Post by christian on Feb 12, 2016 10:41:28 GMT
Hello Folks,
I was wondering if I could get some thoughts on an idea I have: I'm obviously a big fan of Tenkara otherwise I wouldn't be here but another fun outdoor pursuit is geocaching (in a nutshell, finding hidden treasures and logbooks scattered about the country - anyone remember letter boxing?).
Anyway, I'd like to combine the two so my idea is to start a fly box with just a few useful patterns in it and send it on its way throughout the season all around the country, allowing people to use the box, add to it ideally and pass it on/hide it somewhere for the next person.
Now, true geocaching involves hiding the "cache" somewhere and posting some online clues as to its whereabouts (mainly so the general public cannot find it too easily). Once found, a logbook is filled in and the cache either replaced or taken somewhere else with a new set of location clues posted for the next person.
An alternative, and one which Daniel from Tenkara USA has adopted, is sending a box to someone to "host" for a couple of weeks before that person then sending it on to the next in the queue and so on.
This all may seem pointless but it's kind of an experiment and much of the value and interest comes from where the box ends up and what people record in the log.
So, thoughts anyone? Mainly, should it be a hidden cache or should it be sent to people to host? Oh, and would you take part?!
Thanks,
Christian
I was wondering if I could get some thoughts on an idea I have: I'm obviously a big fan of Tenkara otherwise I wouldn't be here but another fun outdoor pursuit is geocaching (in a nutshell, finding hidden treasures and logbooks scattered about the country - anyone remember letter boxing?).
Anyway, I'd like to combine the two so my idea is to start a fly box with just a few useful patterns in it and send it on its way throughout the season all around the country, allowing people to use the box, add to it ideally and pass it on/hide it somewhere for the next person.
Now, true geocaching involves hiding the "cache" somewhere and posting some online clues as to its whereabouts (mainly so the general public cannot find it too easily). Once found, a logbook is filled in and the cache either replaced or taken somewhere else with a new set of location clues posted for the next person.
An alternative, and one which Daniel from Tenkara USA has adopted, is sending a box to someone to "host" for a couple of weeks before that person then sending it on to the next in the queue and so on.
This all may seem pointless but it's kind of an experiment and much of the value and interest comes from where the box ends up and what people record in the log.
So, thoughts anyone? Mainly, should it be a hidden cache or should it be sent to people to host? Oh, and would you take part?!
Thanks,
Christian
