Guyz-N-Flyz wrote:
"Tim J." wrote...
Why don't you join the GFS? Hell, Mark - look at the first couple of
entries I made to swaps. They weren't that great, but tying 50 of
anything is bound to make you better at it. And getting flies back
that are tied by the really good tiers is certainly inspirational.
I'll bet I've learned more about tying from participating in the
swaps than any other source, both from the tying itself and the
flies I receive.

I figure that it is possible that there are some folks out there that
would like to do a swap, but aren't comfortable enough with there
entries to join a swap with so many excellent tiers. Like I said,
this may fall flat on it's face, but it could also get someone that
might otherwise not desire to tie flies motivated. Who knows, this
could very well become an annual event. I foresee a world in which
there are novice tiers, intermediate tiers, and expert tiers with the
lower levels moving up the ranks over time--I have a dream--DON"T
SPOIL IT! :~^)

In my dream, all the tyers of the world are united in one happy family
of man, where no tyer considers himself better than the others. We all
live in perfect harmony until (and this is where the dream falls apart
and spirals into horror) one of the f*&^ing flies gets stuck in a
f*&^ing tree and then the killing starts.

Should I awake from this dream with only me to send flies to myself,
I will wait a while before I attempt to enter another pro-flyswap.

Besides, though I have never seen any of your flies, I bet the only
thing that would ever put it's mouth around one of your flies, lives
in a world where they have to breath dissolved oxygen!

I can only hope you're right!
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TL,
Tim
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