First, I’ll try to get an item locally, if that’s not possible, I then check the sponsors on this site to see if someone there has it available. If I still haven’t found the item, I’ll get it elsewhere, although it is very rare that one of the sponsors here doesn’t carry what I’m looking for. I’m particularly fond of Hook & Hackle and Kaufman’s Streamborn (wonderful dubbings!).
-Darryl
“If we carry purism to it’s logical conclusion, to do it right you’d have to live naked in a cave, hit your trout on the head with rocks, and eat them raw. But, so as not to violate another essential element of the fly-fishing tradition, the rocks would have to be quarried in England and cost $300 each.”
OKO, I buy a heap over the web now, and have forsaken my local stores due to poor service, range and pricing. Naturally I look at the sponsors of my favourite forums first. (???)
After that, Hook & Hackle, Cabelas, Orvis or another very fine company to deal with that hasn’t been menetioned yet, J. Stockard, (www.jsflyfishing.com/) All these guys would have 99% of what I need and are terrific to deal with.
“If we carry purism to it’s logical conclusion, to do it right you’d have to live naked in a cave, hit your trout on the head with rocks, and eat them raw. But, so as not to violate another essential element of the fly-fishing tradition, the rocks would have to be quarried in England and cost $300 each.”
