Not an issue that i or the other staff don't like the idea, just don't think we have the #'s to keep it going for long. Before JigCraft, i was involved in a bunch of swaps on crappie.com. I personally pushed to try and get more than one swap going at once there as i wanted to do some bass jig swaps and others wanted to do trout and other species swaps. At first the general idea worked with totally separate swaps running, but even with the large number of swappers on that site, it started to loose momentum. Swap ideas started to overlap and the numbers got low. There were some other factors as well, but unfortunately the swap board has pretty much gone silent over there now. I do feel somewhat responsible for killing the swaps over there, but i was pushed out of that site unexpectedly and never given the chance to try and fix things as they were no longer going how i intended.
If we had enough people i think it would be great to have several swaps going .......... thinking they would have to be focused on
different species though. Crappie swap - bass swap - trout swap - saltwater swap - and so on so you could pick which you would like to get involved in. We might need 20-30 people who occasionally do swaps for each separate class of jig. That would take a lot of tiers! As the site continues to grow, perhaps it will happen someday.
The occasional side swap i don't think will hurt as long as it is different enough from any other swap going on at the same time. Believe me, i love hearing your enthusiasm for the swaps SlabHappy! We just need more like you.
