Dan: You made a good point re the IOFF (International Order of Fly Fishers I think it was called) in that although it was harmless and purely fun for the people involved, it did leave some of those not involved or invited with the feeling of being left out or not belonging. Even Byard got involved by supplying the hats. See how easy it is to lose list members without meaning to.
Neville (Nev) Gosling Greater Vancouver B. C. Canada -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dan Sent: November 14, 2007 10:16 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [VFB] What do we need to get this list going like it used to be Howdy all from the Great Republic of Texas! In my opinion, the board started to become fragmentized when that new special interest group (SIG) about flyfishers started here in VFB that only had members that met a certain critera. Hats were even made for it IIRC. That group, even though it was mostly made in jest, alienated me, and I am sure other members who hadn't been born with a tying vise in their mouth, so to speak. When that SIG started, for several months, most of the posts were about it and not much of anything else. I sort of lost interest in VFB then because I was/am pretty much a newbie and even though I have been a member here for a few years now, I still haven't tied many flies...most were for fly swaps either here or on other groups. I noticed that several of the regular members quit posting here, for whatever reason. Then came a surge of posts that were either from or about alter-egos and not much about flytying. I became less interested because of it.
