bringthepain
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Glad to hear it!! I'd love to get back to Penns i dont think i have fished it since 2017
Do fly shops still sell U.S. tied flies?
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Glad to hear it!! I'd love to get back to Penns i dont think i have fished it since 2017
bigslackwater
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My rule of thumb is under $2.00 = imported, over $2.00 = made locally.
Bamboozle
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You better adjust that rule for inflation...
As an example, I don't think Orvis sells a single fly under $2.00 online or at any of their stores and I almost guarantee they aren't tied locally or even in Vermont...
Same goes for TCO closer to home but at least they admit they outsource flies.
mattofcarlisle
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Some of their musky flies and a good chunk of their smallmouth patterns are tied locally.
mtelesha
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As a kid I use to tie dozens of nymphs for my local shop for in store credit 🙂
Back then it was a hidden black art. Now a days you can learn so quickly. Thank God I had a mentor at Trouts Unlimited and Eric Leiser was a patient of my dad who was a Chiropractor. He would get free adjustments and teach me for free. I got the best end of the bargin.
I have a network of people who will occasionally call me for flies but it is getting less and less frequent. Custom orders by American fly fishers are still happening but I think the people who would order are now mostly tying.
Custom orders = better hooks and better beads usually. The over seas African and Sri Lanka tyers are amazing so it is hard to beat them with tying skills anymore on standard patterns.
Back then it was a hidden black art. Now a days you can learn so quickly. Thank God I had a mentor at Trouts Unlimited and Eric Leiser was a patient of my dad who was a Chiropractor. He would get free adjustments and teach me for free. I got the best end of the bargin.
I have a network of people who will occasionally call me for flies but it is getting less and less frequent. Custom orders by American fly fishers are still happening but I think the people who would order are now mostly tying.
Custom orders = better hooks and better beads usually. The over seas African and Sri Lanka tyers are amazing so it is hard to beat them with tying skills anymore on standard patterns.
dudemanspecial
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Orvis flies are made by Fulling Mill which are tied in Kenya. Tom Rosenbauer did a podcast with a guy from Fulling Mill and they went surprisingly indepth about the whole deal. Very good listen.
Podcast: Where Flies Come From, with Steve Carew - Orvis News
My guest this week is Steve Carew of Fulling Mill. Steve is the guy who gets fly patterns from an original sample to those gorgeous flies you see in the fly bins of your local Orvis store or dealer. How do commercial flies get made? Who are these people who . . .
news.orvis.com
What brand of hooks do you use?
