murray Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 Can you believe the price of hackle these days? I was just checking E Bay and came across this. May I should sell all of my hackle and just buy the flies. http://cgi.ebay.ca/Whiting-Grizzly-Saddle-...=item415b57a68b Murray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougC Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 Ya, I was just looking at that the other day too, my $500 hackle box is now worth about $5000. Apparantly all of Whitings hackle is spoken for until 2013. It's only gonna get worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 When I looked earlier today it was $550 - now it's $680. wow And how can something be classified as "new" when it came off a dead bird? For the less learned like me, what did something like this go for before the "hair hackle" thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverDoctor Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 Depending on the grade $40 - $110. Have a few I will sell in the fall, betting they will go even higher. When I looked earlier today it was $550 - now it's $680. wow And how can something be classified as "new" when it came off a dead bird? For the less learned like me, what did something like this go for before the "hair hackle" thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordo Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 It really is only a matter of time before this affects the prices of all hackles and flies in general. Just came across this article on another forum but gives a good read on the whole situation. Lets all hope this fad passes soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 420FLYFISHIN Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 god i cant wait for the A.D.D of fashion to kick onto the next craz. Im starting to notice a dent in my hackel collection, i hope this *hit is done be christmas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryH Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Hackle mania = Tulip mania --> read more here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverDoctor Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Doubt very much if it fades by Christmas, expect an increase as we've just seen the top of the bubble. Have friends in the fashion business and the condenses is it will stay as an addition to hair styling (by the way a designer friend of mine is starting to use long strands of Krystal Flash™ or Flash-a-bou™ along with feathers). Meanwhile we are most likely looking at a few years before growers catch up as they will be hesitant to do a lot of expanding of their flocks in case the fad suddenly fades and they are left with too much product. We are talking about premium genetic long hackles here. Certainly easier to tie with but the normal capes and saddles aren't affected as they are too short for fashion and still work well for tying, you just have to sort more. The long generics are much faster to tie with so the commercial fly tying houses will be most affected by the price increase. Now something no one has mentioned a lot is that the Hackle growers had already faced a feed increase of 60% that before the craze that had a hard time passing on to retail ships. That of course has now changed. As everything travels downhill we are most likely to see an increase in the cost of flies which in many cases from a labor point of view, are under priced at it is. The other point is not all flies are tied with hackle. god i cant wait for the A.D.D of fashion to kick onto the next craz. Im starting to notice a dent in my hackel collection, i hope this *hit is done be christmas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murray Posted July 12, 2011 Author Share Posted July 12, 2011 I seem to remember awhile back City Council voted on weather or not to alllow residents to raise chickens in the city. Sounds like a good way to suplement the retirement income. Food plus feathers. Murray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smitty Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 I seem to remember awhile back City Council voted on weather or not to alllow residents to raise chickens in the city. Sounds like a good way to suplement the retirement income. Food plus feathers. Murray Oh, I only wish. The gentleman from Howard's Hackle said in the paper it 'only' took him 25-30 years to get the breeding done right to get the desired quality for hackle. Though, I'm sure you could be collecting eggs sooner than that... Smitty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conor Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 I have heard of Whiting #1 griz saddles going for up to $1500. I would bet a saddle this is a fad. It is too unique/noticable to be a permanent thing. I am also starting to think that the fad has peaked. I have seen some in Calgary hair. As far as fashion goes, Calgary is delayed. It will hit the small urban areas next, and be passe by then. The demand seems to be driven mainly by southern California. Once it passess there, things will settle down. I'm selling mine now and keeping a year or two worth to tide me over until prices drop again. There is always CDC and snoeshoe! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheeler Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Hopefully the fad passes before the mob starts kidnapping the birds for the black market. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beedhead Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 I was blown away the other day when my buddy's daughter comes walkin in, and she had hackle in her hair, the very first thing I thought was "How the heck did she get into my fly tyin material?".... About that moment her mom says " You like??..Its a new fashion from the hair dresser" .... Im like, good god!!... It was a weird moment to say the least... I then explained to her that I use that stuff for flies.... Hope my oldest daughter dont get into the new fad, cuzz I dont have much hackle. .. But I think my buddy does.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverDoctor Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 So you though they where using a lot of hackle before did you? Remember you are only looking at eh front of the dress. Take a close look and try to count the capes. How many fly shops did that wipe out stock in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murray Posted July 23, 2011 Author Share Posted July 23, 2011 Lornce, how many capes do you think are on that dress? Would 200 be a good guess? I just checked the final sale price of that cape, it went for 860.00. That is one expensive dress! Murray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverDoctor Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 Good guess Murray, it was 240. I've been noticing a few of the shops and suppliers are holding their Long saddles for thier regular tying clients. Here's a post from my friend Poppy at Red Shed. http://www.redshedflyshop.com/WHITING.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gil Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 Spent tonight tying stimulators, which started me worrying about how much hackle I use. I go though a ton of flies it seems since I end up supplying many of my friends that I take down the river. Might have to become less generous switching to foam and SJWs only for friends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sldrose Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 Quick, someone start making foam extensions! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverDoctor Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 Just sold a saddle for $750 to a local fashion salon. Yippie, more money for toys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 420FLYFISHIN Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 is the Ebay market getting a bit full? it seems as though the price is slightly dropping and the bidding is not as hot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headscan Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 The fad is probably already starting to fizzle. I've seen a couple of girls wearing hair hackle in Calgary which means it's already passe in places like LA and NYC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 420FLYFISHIN Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 shoot, i think i have missed the bubble as it were! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fliesbymike Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 I think it is slowing down on e-bay, I sold several saddles awhile ago for a great profit on that site, prices are slowly dropping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverDoctor Posted August 7, 2011 Share Posted August 7, 2011 This is one is hitting $1,000 http://cgi.ebay.com/Whiting-PLATINUM-Grizz...=item2a12dc6a40 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean84 Posted August 7, 2011 Share Posted August 7, 2011 This is one is hitting $1,000 http://cgi.ebay.com/Whiting-PLATINUM-Grizz...=item2a12dc6a40 When I was reading the description I thought for sure this was a add for hair additions then came this"1500 flies for the master fly tier" I guess i should start referring to my flies as supple, and beautiful. My flies are tied in a spunky "insect green" Trout beware you cant resist this vibrant modern, not olive drag hackle. See you soon.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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