Ken It would seem to me that South Florida would have a lot of flytying organizations. Have you asked your local fly shops about any fly tying clubs? We share a lot of the same residents and fly clubs are full up here. Mike Martinek is actually in ours as well as Mass. You can meet a lot of people and pick up a lot of skills. Not to mention new fishing buddies. Deb ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Staples" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2002 12:29 AM Subject: RE: [VFB] Great lakes Salmon and Steelhead swap/Newbies
> Hi, > > John - That was a great synopsis of the swaps. As a newbie myself I > enjoyed reading it. Thanks. > > Bill - Perhaps we can arrange a newbie swap. I'm new to fly fishing as > well. The swaps seem like a lot of fun but I don't feel like I could > really contribute. I'm learning saltwater patterns (I live in South > Florida) but I'd love to see different patterns as well. > > Ken > Florida > www.snorkelsite.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > On Behalf Of John Martinez > Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2002 9:02 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [VFB] Great lakes Salmon and Steelhead swap > > Bill- > > Since I'm apparently the first one to cruise by your > post, I'll take the liberty of answering. Just so you > know, I've never hosted a swap but have participated > in a few. Basically, here's how they work. > > 1. Someone will announce a swap and usually name a > theme of some kind. May be a general type of fly such > as terrestrials or streamers or salmon/steelhead. Or > it might be using a particular material such as deer > hair as the main material. Or size of fly, no flies > larger than a size 18. Or variations on one patterns > such as Adams patterns. The list of possible themes is > probably endless. > > 2. The person who announced the swap (known as the > swapmeister or host) will set a limit on the number of > tiers. Most swaps are 12-20, but there have been swaps > with well over a hundred tiers. The host will also set > a time limit for signing up and for when the flies are > due. > > 3. People who want to participate will let the host > know and tell the host what they're tying. Normally > the host won't allow duplicates or flies that are > really simple to tie, not fair to others who tie more > complicated patterns. Each person will tie as many > flies as there are participants plus one or two extra > for the host. > > 4. Flies are mailed to the host in a suitable > crushproof container along with sufficient postage for > flies to be returned to the sender. Most hosts require > that the flies be tagged with the name of the tyer, > name of the fly and the tyer's email. They may also > ask that a recipe for the pattern be sent along. Some > hosts put pix of the flies along with the tyer's name > and recipe on a website, some don't. Just depends. > > 5. The host sorts the flies making sure each person > gets one from each of the other tyers and mails them > out. > > That's it. Good clean fun and a chance to get some > nice flies from all over the world. > > BTW, the VFB website also has an explanation of how > the swaps work. Individual hosts may introduce some > variations, but this is the basic idea. > > -John > Oregon > > > > > --- Bill Kenton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello all, > > I have a question. How do these swaps work? For > > those who are just > > getting into fly fishing, we have nothing to offer, > > but would appreciate the > > opportunity to learn from those of you who have been > > doing this a while. > > Are the flies swapped put up on a site somewhere for > > use newbies to see? > > > > thanks, > > Bill > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2002 6:24 PM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: [VFB] Great lakes Salmon and Steelhead > > swap > > > > > > > > > Has everyone received their flies? I haven't seen > > mine yet. Are > > > they lost? > > > Dick > > > > > > > > ===== > The River- > You passers-by, who share my journey, > You move and change,I move and am the same; > You move and are gone, I move and remain. > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! > http://sbc.yahoo.com > > >
