Personally I think mustad is going to shoot itself in the foot. I am an amateur tier who relies on the inexpensive mustads as the basis of my tying business, Raise the price of my flies to adjust to new pricing you say? Just try and raise your prices against $.80 trout and $1.25 asian salmon flies. Whats next?? will we only be able to purchase $600 simms waders?
Dr fish,, why is it not feasable to keep the classic line and also promote a "signature line"?
Personally i would have switched brands awhile ago but the 36890 is what my "old-school" customers want for their Atlantic Salmon fishing.
Also, my shop tells me of a 30% hike on the signature series. Thats substantial to a local tyer who pumps out 5 or 10,000 flies a year
Salmon Chaser