I'd like to buy everything at small fly shops- I'd also like to drive a
brand new pickup, fly to Christmas Island every winter and own property
on a river in Montana. Fly fishing is not an inexpensive passion. I get
by with the low-middle range equipment because that is all I can afford.
I will continue to go to small fly shops for information and those
hard-to-find items, but if I am going to buy a new rod, reel,waders,
float tube or something and the big warehouse or catalog place has the
exact same item for 20%-30% less, then I would be stupid to go elsewhere.
If I get good, friendly service at the small shops, I always buy a
handful of flies and maybe a hat (if they have a cool logo), but to
support them just because they exist is kind of silly. If you have
plenty of cash then that is great but I would like to continue to enjoy
the sport with out going broke!
I too miss the little shop that burned down- my trips to Sequim are not
the same anymore- I talked to someone there soon after the fire who said
there where plans to reopen- Are those plans still intact?
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