I agree with DonO's take on the potential outcome. As a recent graduate business student I'm curious as to the economics of fly tying.
What is the actual material and labor costs of a domestic versus foreign made fly? Domestic = $0.10-$0.45? (excluding labour) Foreign = ????? Including labor obviously domestic is much higher. If anyone knows from personal experience or know about commercial operations please let me know. My inquiring mind wants to know. Thanks, Preston Waterloo, Ontario > ??? consequences of a domestic-only fly market: > IMHO > > *Flies would cost more in general > *They may possibly be better tied, but not in > all cases > *Would support more domestic full-time > professional tiers > *Would 'force' more fisherman to tie if they > didn't want to pay more > *Would be many more hobbie/$$$ tiers as a > second business > *Would therefore drive the price of > materials up by domestic demand > *I would think 'local shops' would fare > better, rather than large > national merchandising catalogs. > *With what flyfisherman pay for their > 'passion', I think the cost > for flies and materials is inconsequential to the > overall cost. If it was > a 'return for dollar' hobbie, how many of us would > be in it? > > I'm not an economist by any means, but I see the > effects of the foreign > markets, and if these effects weren't happening, the > above 'should' be the > reverse results. But one can never really know. > Maybe one or two big > domestic outfits would take over and employ all > immigrant labor or Indian > reservation labor and we'd be back to where we are > now. > > My thoughts FWTW > > Back to work, > DonO > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Don Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 8:54 AM > Subject: [VFB] American fly tying and fly fishing > > > > In a discussion with a friend the other day, the > > subject of off-shore tying operations came up. The > > question I now pose is this: > > > > What, in your opinion, would be the state of the > > American fly fishing scene in general, and the fly > > tying scene in particular, if there were no off > shore > > fly tying operations supplying US retailers? > > > > > > > > ===== > > New and still under construction: > > > http://www.geocities.com/salmn8r/northwestcountryflies.html > > > > Please e-mail direct for scheduling and pricing > information of fly tying > presentations and seminars for your club or group. > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up > now. > > http://mailplus.yahoo.com >
