I hauled the whole lot of 'em into the office today & made use of a
conference room table. Got all of them sorted & mostly packaged.

A few swappers, including a couple who ought to know better, just
didn't send appropriate return packaging. Yeah, your little flies &
little tags fit just fine in there, but no way Larry's popper & a
couple others were going to squeeze into that little ziploc or that
compartmented fly box. You guys have to wait until I get you a bigger
box tomorrow.

Kudos to all, however, for an excellent job on the tags. Only a
handful came loose, and that part of the job was a breeze. Special
thanks to Eddie Jasen for helping carry Tony's load.

As of today, I expect to get at least the 7 easy ones into the mail.
If I had to lick it, write on it, box it, or do anything other than
pack it & seal it, yours will be lagging behind a day or two.

And, tho it's oft repeated by swapmeisters, a really nice job by all
of the tyers. As a novice and infrequent practicioner of the craft, I
am humbled and impressed by what you guys can do.

Lastly, I'll be digging out my vise & tripod for individual pix asap,
and I'll try and put them up on the same website as the swap info. I
took a few shots of the sorting, but I can't upload them thru the
company system, so that'll have to wait until tonight.

TOS,
Joe F.