I think the most interesting thing about the VFS is they were really the 1st really large fly fishing Internet site - and successful at building a community. They were purchased by the Fly Fisherman Magazine which I believe at that time was not yet owned by anyone else...
they did fly swaps, had a great data base on flies, neat stuff. However, once they were owned by someone else, the 'bean counters' got into the picture as so often happens, and things which weren't 'making money' were dropped. As I understand it, the BB software became outdated and could not be retrofitted so the BB was moved to the current location.
I'm sure if I have it wrong someone will correct me. The original idea was really
unique! At one point the VFS 'board' was going to be by subscription, which is why FAOL is free. I believe they are two years older than FAOL.

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LadyFisher, Publisher of
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