Peggy, I tried tying for the shops and resorts but after a while as I said, I got burned out. They wanted a lot of the same flies and I got bored tying Wooly Bugger type flies, I did tie the Peacock and Bronze, Still Born Emerger, Scuds, Sowbugs and a lot of others too but the Buggers were the main flies. It may be for some people but after four years of that I just did not want to do it on a regular basis. I enjoy making Bamboo rods better. Tony --- On Thu, 10/11/12, Peggy Brenner <peggy.bren...@comcast.net> wrote:
From: Peggy Brenner <peggy.bren...@comcast.net> Subject: Re: [VFB] Selling flies online To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Date: Thursday, October 11, 2012, 6:54 AM I sell feather wing streamers, classic Maine style for fishing my minimum is $5 per fly with a jungle cock eye. Tandem streamers, same patterns and style $7 minimum. And I make salmon flies for fishing, display and brooch pins, it's the pins for weddings, dinners and that that make the most. Not a living but I cover a few shows and 1 fishing trip a year. This year I have a guy creating a web site for me and have been working Facebook a little, I want to take it up a notch. I was going to offer dry, wet and all that fishing flies, but there are to many offshore of those models out there, so I stear clear of them. Also, I teach, but I don't charge kids for their lessons, so this year I've had no teaching income, all kids starting. Peggy On 10/10/2012 7:28 PM, Chuck Alexander wrote: > I don't see how anybody can tie the amount of flies it would take to > even net minimum wage. I know you'd get faster and faster with certain > patterns, but in order to sell many, you'd have to constantly be > changing patterns (I guess) which would slow you down. I don't think I'd > have the speed to ever cut the mustard in that industry. Thanks, Chuck > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Jimmy D. Moore <mailto:ray...@earthlink.net> > *To:* vfb-mail@googlegroups.com <mailto:vfb-mail@googlegroups.com> > *Sent:* Wednesday, October 10, 2012 10:57 AM > *Subject:* Re: [VFB] Selling flies online > > You gota tie a boat looad of flies to make any money. A few > VFB'ers I know sell via amazon, etc. But nobody;s getting rich > at it. > > Chuck Alexander wrote: >> Folks: This is a question for ppl who have ever, or do now, sell >> flies. I have been searching ebay, and other sites, and the ppl on >> there sell their flies, mostly just pretty simple patterns for >> only 6/$2.99 up to about 6/$5.95 tops. Plus either free shipping, >> or 45 cents, or maybe 75 cents or a dollar tops. Now, any hooks >> alone that are name brand, unless they are having a great sale, >> are gonna run ya up to a about 15.8 cents each @ $3.95/25 pack . >> So, how do these ppl make ANY money at all like this?? Or are they >> just doing it to try to recoup some money on a hobby they enjoy >> doing anyway?? 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