When I was on the BOD of the New England Saltwater Fly Rodders we arranged for different speakers for each of the monthly meetings. Some were guides of note, some were authors of 'in demand' books of various aspects and destinations of fly fishing and probably the speakers who received the most interest were the fly tiers of national and local fame - each of whom had "invented" and developed their own very effective fly patterns. It was always a mob scene around the fly tying table with a good number of members never being able to see of hear what was going on at the table. Then we got a camera and a really BIG TV to show the whole process on along with a clip-on mike for the speaker. What a huge improvement that made.
Great suggestion Robin to augment a great idea from Greg.
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