They have infomercials now for do it yourself feather extensions that you can easily remove. Feathers from just about any bird imaginable from what they showed in the commercial. It pretty much depicted what I feared most, that this fad wasn't just relegated to simply saddle hackle. Once demand outstripped supply, they looked around to see what else was readily available. I am seeing rooster capes, hen saddles, salt water capes and saddles, lots of peacock and guinea. I am pessimistic that the dust will settle soon if ever. And when it does, the suppliers wont want to sell it for the prices we were accustomed to prior to the apocalypse.
I think fly tying has been turned on its head. The good news is this will force us to start using less conventional materials more so than ever and I suspect we will see a lot of new patterns in the coming decade as a result. Scott On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 10:56 AM, Wayne Blake-Hedges <wayneb22...@yahoo.com>wrote: > Perhaps the prices will actually drop after this fad for awhile. There may > be a short term surplus of hackle due to some firms increasing production > and then having the bottom fall out of the market. > > Whishfull thinking on my part but, who knows? > > Wayneb > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com
