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
>>> 
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