Well that's a picture we all needed to have in our heads.   VBG  Maybe if we 
post enough of those we can start a new fad that replaces the hair extension 
thingy.
Deb
On Jul 2, 2011, at 5:29 PM, Niclas Runarsson wrote:

> “We can all blame Chris Reeves and Joe Cordiero for wearing hackles in their 
> hair at the flyshows.   LOL....  It's their fault not Dr. Toms.”
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> But Charles Jardine (left) is doing what he can to promote “extensions” from 
> birds they can hunt themselves… ;o)
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> Whiting Farms is in the business for creating feathers for fly tyers but this 
> is also very good revenue for the farm.   I'm so happy to see them keeping 
> busy because I saw a couple of my favorite fly shops go out of business.  I 
> think Tom is right when he said the fly shops are also selling their feathers 
> on Ebay.  I've seen a lot of them list their feathers for extensions and 
> tying so you know who they are trying to market to.   Even if they weren't 
> though the hair stylists are pretty savy.  I've had several of them contact 
> me through email trying to get me to sell them my feathers.  They have to be 
> getting my name and email off the Whiting website.  Some of them are pretty 
> aggressive.  I guess they're getting even with me for my raids on Sally 
> Beauty supplies.  They have some pretty great things to use in fly tying 
> also.  I read the post about the hackles and as I see it Whiting is always 
> going to have a market with the fashion industry and higher end crafters.  
> I've seen a significant improvement in their Euro Hackles and the colors they 
> are making available so I think it has also been a benefit to me.  I've been 
> asked to put together a few hair extensions for my neighbors daughter and a 
> friend of hers because even they can't really afford the prices they're being 
> charged.  The major market is young girls.  So I just tied up four of them 
> tonight for the girls and swore them to secrecy because I'm not interested in 
> making them for anyone else.  I also got the chance to introduce them to the 
> real thing tied into flies.  They were amazed so hopefully it left an 
> impression on them.  I told them when they were ready they could come back 
> for a fly tying lesson.  LOL.  They looked at my Maine Streamers and decided 
> they would make beautiful earrings.  Of course the most savy of us fly tyers 
> have already figured that one out.  I see them sold at fly shows more often 
> than not.
> I'm sure the fad will pass.  Anyone wishing to sell their hackles will make a 
> bundle but a good reason not to do that is that the supply and demand is very 
> high and you may get rich but you will have a lot of competition when you try 
> to replace them.  I think the fad will pass and the demand will ease up a 
> little and we will most likely see a good supply in the future.  Whiting is 
> making adjustments for it, it just takes time.    We can all blame Chris 
> Reeves and Joe Cordiero for wearing hackles in their hair at the flyshows.   
> LOL....  It's their fault not Dr. Toms.   Heee Heee.  I'm just having fun 
> with this.   I think it's a great way to store my hackles for stream side fly 
> fixes.   I am kidding....  I'm not wearing feathers in my hair.  Just don't 
> let your wives see you crimping hackles in your hair.
> Deb
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