Well said Nev. Have any solution to the well defined problem??
I sure dont............. 2010/1/26 Neville Gosling <nev.gosl...@shaw.ca> > Just hold on a moment! The general trend in this conversation is that the > VFB list is not what it used to be because it has less members now than in > its heyday. The implication is that this problem of a diminishing number of > members is peculiar to VFB, but I can assure you that is not. Roll back to > 1995 when this list was born. I too have been a VFB member since the start. > I was on Ross Parnell's list sponsored by Fly Fisherman Magazine, which > closed down for a period due to the need for a server replacement and lack > of funding for same. Shortly after, Byard Miller sent out invitations to > various people to join his new list VFB which I did. > > Now fast forward to today. There are now hundreds of similar lists. Many > use > the "Forum" approach like Flybc.ca, Speypages > (http://speypages.com/speyclave/) and Flyangler.ca while others use the > email like VFB and FF@ which is my personal preference. I was a member of > a > European fly fishing list and the server was located in Germany. It folded. > In Canada we have a list called CANFF which as far as I know is still > available but totally inactive. Flyby.ca on the other hand is hyper-active. > > I am currently the President of the Totem Flyfishers, British Columbia's > first and oldest fly fishing club formed under the tutelage of the late > author, Roderick Haig-Brown. Formed in 1967, we are now experiencing > difficulty in attracting new and younger members. British Columbia now has > many fly fishing clubs spread throughout the Province. This membership > problem is not confined to the Totem Flyfishers, but other clubs as well. > > The net Result? Although there are more people interested in fly fishing, > they are more spread out and can select a club or list, forum etc that > appeals to their particular interest like spey fishing. > > When Byard set up VFB his mail order business followed shortly after. Byard > was a good friend of "Murph" and when Murph died suddenly, Byard's interest > in VFB seemed to wane. In the early days, Byard organized huge caddis fly > swaps on an annual basis for a while with 100 flies to be submitted by each > participant. The last such swap was 2002. Byard is now more interested in > bird photography and that's fine, but his dis-association with VFB has, in > my opinion, had some affect. > > In summary, lack of membership and input is not peculiar to VFB. > > > Neville (Nev) Gosling > Greater Vancouver, > B.C. Canada > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" > group. > > To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en > > VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -- David Colyn 072 345 5510 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com
