sounds great count me in too.
Matthew M. Council
Geologist
>From: John Martinez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: [VFB] New Swap Idea
>Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 12:17:16 -0700 (PDT)
>
>Okay, folks, let's get back to our roots. Flies and
>swaps. I just joined a swap on another list I hang out
>on, Westfly, which is a list for ff'ers from northern
>Cal, Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana. Before I
>outline the swap, let me say that the guy who started
>it on Westfly borrowed it from FAOL, so I don't feel
>like I'm plagiarizing his idea. Apparently, the FAOL
>swap started with tying materials, but I'm thinking we
>can do it with flies. The one on Westfly is for flies,
>too.
>
>Let's say, just for example, we start with 10 people,
>each person ties three flies and sends them to me. Out
>of the 30 flies, I take the ones I want and replace
>them with at least the same number I took (or more if
>I want). The flies I put in don't have to be the same
>as the ones I orginally tied and they don't have to be
>all the same. I then send them to the next person on
>the list. That person can take as many or as few flies
>as he wants, but he must replace them with at least as
>many as he takes (or more). He then sends them on to
>the next person who does the same and so on. The
>number of flies in the box will gradually increase or
>at least remain the same while the mix of flies will
>change. Remember, the flies you put in can be totally
>different from the flies you originally tied.
>Theoretically, if no one cheats the box could go
>around perpetually with different flies each time it
>comes to you.
>
>I know this sounds kind of weird, but I think it might
>be interesting. This wouldn't work with any group
>except one like VFB, since it depends on basically
>fair, honest, upright and just plain fine folks,
>exactly the like the ones on this list.
>
>Anyway, if there's any interest in this, let me know.
>If anyone has any suggestion, please say so. Don't
>want to have too many restrictions or rules, would
>like to keep it to trout flies and of course no
>ridiculously easy flies, since it's not fair to
>everyone else. If you think this a crazy idea, don't
>hesitate to say that, too. Once the box has gone
>around a few times, we could, with the vote of
>everyone involved, donate the flies to a cause or
>maybe auction them off and donate the money to TU or
>FFF or or the Boy Scouts or see just how long we can
>keep it going.
>
>Okay, that's it. Please post your responses to the
>list so everyone can get a feel for how this crazy
>idea goes over. If it looks like there might be enough
>interest (I'm thinking at minimum ten people), I'll
>post a deadline and so on.
>
>One last note, 10 participants was just a "for
>instance" kind of thing. I we had say, 25 tiers at 4
>flies each, it would make a real nice variety to start
>out with.
>
> -John
> Oregon
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