Hi Denny: The price of just about everything has increased exponentially but my income has not increased one cent. As a direct result, I can no longer afford to pay these high prices and now have to settle for lower quality instead.
Nev On 2013-09-15, at 9:43 AM, Conranch wrote: > Nev, > > In 2001 I was paying $7.49 per 50 lbs of my special feed. As time went along > there were several small price increases but I tried to not raise my hackle > prices. > I think it was in 2008 prices of feed jumped so I had to make my first hackle > price increase. For the past 2 years feed prices have really jumped. One > year ago when Lars got my birds he wanted to use the same feed I had used for > many years. The price one year ago was $16.47 per 50 lb. Feed is milled on a > 3 ton formula and > priced per 3 ton. Within 4 months of Lars getting the birds he informed me > that feed prices had again jumped considerably. I am not sure what the price > is today but know he had to increase hackle price. It is alarming but if you > go back and look at prices of everything else it is all very alarming to me. > Clearwater hackle is still one of the top quality hackles on the market today > and is priced competitively. Clearwater Hackle still is the only supplier > of JV hens. Yes you can get hens from other breeders but they are not of the > quality that we want in a true genetic JV hen. Still excellent price in the > JV hen because they are processed at a younger age and still give we tiers > what we want/need. Clearwater dry fly hackle is one of the top dry fly > hackles on the market today, if not the top. Colors available fro;m Lars is > far above any other breeder. Don't take my word for it, try it yourself. I am > sure you will continue getting the same top quality hackle as all of you > received from me > for the past 15 years. The day of a $3,500 new 1/2 ton pickup is gone > forever. (I remember buying a 1967 Chev 1/2 ton off the showroom floor for > $3,500 cash). > > Denny > > > > On 9/15/2013 9:09 AM, Neville Gosling wrote: >> Hi Denny: >> >> is is my bad memory or has the new owner of Conranch (Clearwater Hackle) >> increased the prices an alarming amount? >> >> >> >> Neville (Nev) Gosling >> Greater Vancouver >> BC Canada >> >> The Enbridge pipeline is a project so toxic that it brings global shame to >> Canada. >> >> On 2013-09-15, at 7:49 AM, Conranch wrote: >> >>> Thanks for taking us along, fishin with you Tony. Interesting that I have >>> had exceptional experiences, fishing flies tied with the Ginger hen. >>> The ginger hen is the result of 5 generations on the hen side and they are >>> the Cree mommas. If one looks closely you will see, basically the color is >>> Ginger but when one looks very closely there is more colors. Why do they >>> work? I sure do not know but I feel it is how this particular color hen >>> feather refracts the light. Who knows. >>> >>> Denny >>> >> >> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. >> >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en >> >> VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "VFB Mail" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en > > VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VFB Mail" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VFB Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
