Quote Originally Posted by Gigmaster View Post
Yeah. China knocks out several million Adams, Woolly Buggers, Clousers, and stock patterns, most likely tied by children in sweat shops, and they sell them over here for next to nothing.
It could be argued, with no small amount of validity, that what tiers get here, stateside, is tantamount to a sweat shop wage. I think most would be stunned at how well the flies from China are made. Some of the worlds best tiers have their pattern made in China. I buy bugs all the time...sometimes because the guy behind the counter helped me. Most of the time because try as I may, I cannot tie all the patterns I would like to use.