Another vote for no separate fly fishing forum, and I'm an avid flyfisherman. Dave's point about too many forums is spot on. If you get too many, each one gets 2 posts a week, and they wither and die. This is what happens in the specialty groups in Usenet. The current volume of posts is what makes this forum interesting.

I don't know if the software can handle it, but it would be nice if the threads and subthreads could be visible, ala what the Virtual Flyshop has. See www.virtualflyshop.com/bulletin/

The essence of success for a community is participation and activity, both of which exist here. I'd be cautious about dividing any of that.

I'll bet the software allows for increasing the page size, or number of currently displayed posts, which would address one of the concerns discussed.