http://troutunderground.com/2008/05/20/singlebarbed-takes-hard-look-at-fly-fishing-industrys-shadow-distribution-channel-or-fly-rod-bargains-101/ Fly Fishing the Upper Sacramento River : Tom Chandler's Fly Fishing Life : Fly Rods are the Measure of Life Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:39:59 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://troutunderground.com/2008/05/20/singlebarbed-takes-hard-look-at-fly-fishing-industrys-shadow-distribution-channel-or-fly-rod-bargains-101/comment-page-1/#comment-47258 ijsouth Wed, 21 May 2008 05:41:15 +0000 http://troutunderground.com/2008/05/20/singlebarbed-takes-hard-look-at-fly-fishing-industrys-shadow-distribution-channel-or-fly-rod-bargains-101/#comment-47258 The manufacturer making a minor change and forcing a discount of the previous model is nothing new - it happens every year, or nearly every year, in the golf club industry, and generally the same sort of price ranges as we find with fly rods, etc. It also happens on college campuses - a professor writes a book, then next year changes a paragraph or two, and the kids taking the class have to buy a whole new edition...meanwhile, you're lucky to get pennies on the dollar when you try to sell them back. The manufacturer making a minor change and forcing a discount of the previous model is nothing new – it happens every year, or nearly every year, in the golf club industry, and generally the same sort of price ranges as we find with fly rods, etc. It also happens on college campuses – a professor writes a book, then next year changes a paragraph or two, and the kids taking the class have to buy a whole new edition…meanwhile, you’re lucky to get pennies on the dollar when you try to sell them back.

]]> http://troutunderground.com/2008/05/20/singlebarbed-takes-hard-look-at-fly-fishing-industrys-shadow-distribution-channel-or-fly-rod-bargains-101/comment-page-1/#comment-47203 The way it has been (what's wrong with the fly fishing industry - part 2) | Michael Gracie Tue, 20 May 2008 16:39:47 +0000 http://troutunderground.com/2008/05/20/singlebarbed-takes-hard-look-at-fly-fishing-industrys-shadow-distribution-channel-or-fly-rod-bargains-101/#comment-47203 [...] opines that fly shops are being taken over by internet retail (h/t to Tom Chandler). The hypothesis is manufacturers are too quick to get new products out the door, and when [...] [...] opines that fly shops are being taken over by internet retail (h/t to Tom Chandler). The hypothesis is manufacturers are too quick to get new products out the door, and when [...]

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