I have been in about a dozen swaps since joining this site. Unfortunately have had to drop out of two; one due to family illness and one due to me overestimating how much free time I really have since having my baby.

They are a great way to develop your tying skills and see what other people come up with. I have a pile of flies sitting here from swaps.... can't make myself fish with any of them so if they look good I'll tie up a few copies and give them a whirl.

I've been in 2 swap boxes too and those are great! The last one disappeared halfway through though and I never had the chance to see it. The recipient never answered any emails and managed to make off with a lot of really nice tying materials.... not cool but I guess there's people like that everywhere. {{{{{SHRUG}}}}}