My buddy asked if I wanted to come along with him to our local shop that sells flies. I hadn't been in awhile so I decided to go. We walked over to the fly bin area and I started to scan around at the various patterns. While looking I ran across a small sign that said flies only $2.50. At first I figured they meant streamers were that price but I was mistaken. The streamers were $4-$5. I recently bought some flies last year via Etsy. The flies were $3.75 for 3. Recently I noticed those kind of deals are few and far between now. I'm wondering when I missed something. Did the price of materials go way up?
Seems like the average price for a fly is $2.29. This gives me way more incentive to tie and even possibly try to sell some of my flies. I'd happily take $2 for any fly I tie.
Has anyone else noticed this influx in pricing? Is it giving you more motivation to tie your own flies?
poppers and streamers have most assuredly gone up.
ReplyDeleteI personally love to tie, but not to save money. I just like the satisfaction of tying, and sharing my work, but I know what you mean. it's almost beginning to be "worth it."
There are many great sites out there for quality flies at low prices.
http://riverbum.com/ (all the patterns. I can confirm, these are VERY Good for the price)
http://stores.ebay.com/millersplace/ (super cheap, but still O.K.)
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DeleteThanks for the other sites Jason. They do have some good deals.
DeleteKevin
ReplyDeleteI've said over and over that I need to learn to tie my own flies, but I wonder if I would have the patience--for now I'm still buying over priced flies---thanks for sharing