Next month would have been the 25th Anniversary Sale for the Morning Hatch Fly Shop in Tacoma. Instead, this full service shop is having a clearance sale and is going out of business by the end of March.

The reasons are all too clear, people shop and ask questions about gear, flies, etc, at the shop, then buy on the internet to get lower prices and escape the 8 percent plus sales tax.

Good bunch of guys, great shop, gonna be gone. There goes my reason for going to Tacoma.

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