{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Urban Angler in Alexandria to Close January 30 (with Clearance Sale)

In addition to the internet, I imagine that the vast improvements in mid-range gear arent't helping much.  15-20 years ago I wouldn't think of buying anything other than a Sage because they were by far the best rods out there (along with T&T and Winston).  Even though I have way more disposable income now, my last few rods have been TFO, Echo, and Beulah simply because there isn't much dropoff from the top rods which would have been more than double the cost.  I am sure the shops I bought those from made way less from me then if I would have shelled out $800+ for Sage, T&T etc. 

On Friday, January 15, 2016 at 1:31:54 PM UTC-5, HeaveToo wrote:

I really hate hearing this.  It is a sad reality that the local fly shop is becoming an extinct notion.  I knew the owner of a local fly shop in Culpeper and he was a great guy.  It was his dream to start a fly shop.  He worked hard at making the dream the reality and he ran a nice shop.  I helped him some and guided with him a few times.  It was really painful to watch the shop close. 

I wish Urban Angler the best.  It is so hard to compete with the internet guys who have little overhead since some of them don't even have brick and mortar stores.  Eventually it will be hard to find a local shop to walk into and see what local fly patterns are there.  We will be using some copied fly pattern that was tied in some foreign country.  I was told that this was the fate of Walt's Poppers too.

Sorry to hear this news. 

--
http://www.tpfr.org
---
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tidal-potomac-fly-rodders+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
To post to this group, send email to tidal-potomac-fly-rodders@googlegroups.com.
To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tidal-potomac-fly-rodders/e92bac6c-8fc9-4c81-a13e-617726292a95%40googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.