Post by altmor on Nov 25, 2006 9:34:31 GMT
Monthly might saturate the thread - for example if the same tyer recieved 9 new flies each month - that's 108 flies over the forum year. How many of us would have the opportunity to try all the new patterns received in that same forum year ?
I suspect quarterly might be not only easier to administer, but would, using the same theory above, mean that a tyer would receive 36 new patterns over the year, (assuming he was in all fly swaps), and it would promote better feedback on the new patterns tried on new water.
It would be more likely, all flies could thus be tried and tested, and a forum thread on the results of each tying used on 9 different waters would be interesting to follow.
I think the "fly swaps" look to be popular because of the old supply and demand forces, restricting each swap to 10 tyers keeps the interest up and by not overflooding the market as if to say, keeps new ideas and variations fresh and coming.
Quarterly sounds as though it could be a good balance - for the moment anyway - monitored against the size of the forum member's list - the bigger it becomes, fly swaps could take place every 2nd month and then every month as the member's list grows.
Good question though, since from what I've seen of this fly swap - there are some great tying skills here, and a good variation of patterns.
I suspect quarterly might be not only easier to administer, but would, using the same theory above, mean that a tyer would receive 36 new patterns over the year, (assuming he was in all fly swaps), and it would promote better feedback on the new patterns tried on new water.
It would be more likely, all flies could thus be tried and tested, and a forum thread on the results of each tying used on 9 different waters would be interesting to follow.
I think the "fly swaps" look to be popular because of the old supply and demand forces, restricting each swap to 10 tyers keeps the interest up and by not overflooding the market as if to say, keeps new ideas and variations fresh and coming.
Quarterly sounds as though it could be a good balance - for the moment anyway - monitored against the size of the forum member's list - the bigger it becomes, fly swaps could take place every 2nd month and then every month as the member's list grows.
Good question though, since from what I've seen of this fly swap - there are some great tying skills here, and a good variation of patterns.
