Totally ridiculous!!!

[Mato Kuwapi]

Want to see something totally ridiculous? This sort of thing is going to kill fly tying.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Whiting-Grizzly-...item45fc05e012

http://cgi.ebay.com/Grizzly-Saddle-H...item415c0b13c0

http://cgi.ebay.com/Premium-Grizzly-...item1c1d8deaf4

http://cgi.ebay.com/Whiting-100s-Gri...item2a12c0ec06

....and it goes on and on.

[Lotech]

Somebody ingenious needs to invent something synthetic.
For the "Chicken Heads" not the fly tyers.

[Ron Eagle Elk]

Yup, times are tough and good saddle hackle (and now even capes) is getting scarce for those who fish dry flies. Luckily, I fish 90% wet flies. No shortage of hen feathers, partridge, moorhen, grouse,etc.

REE

[rainbowchaser]

When this fad ends I'm going to offer the local hair salon five bucks for what they have left. I sure hope they can't shoot straight.

[Daniel J]

I worried about buying bullets for my gunz about three years ago.
Everything is OK now.
Not worried about chicken feathers being in short supply any time soon......
......and if I am not more creative than a trout in a stream then damn me for fishing in the first place.....

[NewTyer 1]

I wouldn't be surprised if it was a fly fisherman buying these and selling them at a profit. As a matter of fact, it might be a good idea. Why not jump on the band wagon? They are going to buy them anyway. I'm certainly not condoning it, just stating a fact.

[Lotech]

For the price of that first hackle, I could get a darned nice outboard motor for my jon boat.

[fishbum]

Wa Wa Wa. Somebody found a way to make a buck and every one else wants to hang them out to dry. Rainbowchaser has the right idea, wait until the fad ends and then pick it up for pennies on the dollar.

"The worth of a product is only what someone is willing to give up for it." Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations, 1776

As true today as it was in 1776.

fishbum