i agree with miller
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i agree with miller
Count me in if you get enough interest to pull it off. Another option/idea might be to tie an old pattern from your state or area of the country. Could be a bit of a history lesson as well as a fun tying experience . . .
Joe
this is defininetly gonna be a lot of work no matter what. what im concerned is that some people will do a lot of work on there flies so that everybody only gets the best of theirs while other people just tie up a bunch of crappy ones quick just so they can join so they get a bunch of good flies from the people who did do a lot of work. im not sure how but you might wanna set up some sort of standard for the flies. but anyways i have faith in you and if you can do this im definitely in and im already working on some nice crawdads. also, would you only have one tyer for each region/state? cus my neighbor also goes on here (in fact he told me about this site) and it would be nice if we could both do one for virginia
50 flies? That's a whole order of hooks! I might be fun, though.
If you decide to do it, here in Ga., one of the most productive flies for all species is a black and yellow Chernobyle Ant. Next is a weighted olive Wooley Bugger.
Let me know if it is a go.
Semper Fi!
I honestly think it might be too big to finish off.. I mean big swaps have been done before say for the likes of charity things, in that all the flies get sent off somewhere, but to sort them all out and return, wow! Also even the small swaps seem to be plagued by endless difficulties in getting participants to complete etc... is this possible? Sorry to be a wet blanket, I don't mean to, just that issues need to be thought about. No good if half the people are doing a heap of work and then it fizzes out.
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Originally Posted by Gringo
It's like any other swap. If you don't think you can finish than you shouldn't join. As far as running the swap I always check to see who the Swap Meyster is. Ol'blue for instance is a good one, and has many, many swaps under his belt. I'd trust him when he says he wants to put this on, it's up to us to complete the flies on time and get them to him. And lets say for the sake of an argument that it does fizzle, whats the worst that can happen? You had excellent practice tying flies & now you have 50 -70 spares of "SanWannie Worms" :lol: :lol: ( you know somebody will want to Tye them ) :)
Bud
Good points, all of them. The A to Z I did last winter was a good one, but yep, it was a bunch of work with only 26 entries. And this will most likely nearly double that one. I'm still thinking this one over. It will be a massive project for everyone involved and I'm sure everyone will do their best attempt for this one. It might be best to go east/west, but if everyone is willing to tie all of those flies up, we can do the whole thing. It would be cool if we can pull it off.
I know some will enter lower quality flies, but I don't think they are all just trying to get some good flies for some crappy ones. I think the "lower quality" entries will more likely be from the guys who are less experienced and are just wanting to get involved. And my tying is probably in that category as well, so I really wouldn't know where to draw the line for quality standards. I think I'd rather play on the good faith principal for those involved.
I do alot of work and my flies still turn out "crappy". :? But if I tied 50 of the same pattern the last 10 or 15 would be pretty good maybe. :lol:Quote:
what im concerned is that some people will do a lot of work on there flies so that everybody only gets the best of theirs while other people just tie up a bunch of crappy ones quick just so they can join so they get a bunch of good flies from the people who did do a lot of work.
See, that's the spirit!!!!!!!!!! Experienced or in-experienced, who cares everyone started out with 10 thumb. I've been tieing for a few years now and still have 5-6 thumbs left. :lol: What this swap has to have is committed tiers.( and maybe still limit the number of San Juan Worms :) )Quote:
Originally Posted by Sagittarius62
I've been following this thread with a bit of interest.. Some very good ideas and comments have been put out there. I personally like the regional idea. Like a few other mentioned, definitely a cold weather swap. If anyone can pull this swap off it and have it be a tremendous success, it would ol'blue. I have thoroughly enjoyed every swap of his that I have participated in. I would definitely join in if anything come about from this. :lol: ...it would probably be the only swap I join for a while. It would also be good practice since my flies are all that good....except when it comes to catching fish :) .