Must admit I thought this was a joke until I bounced over to Angling Trade. It would be nice if the hackle manufacturers refused the sell to the salons direct forcing the salons to purchase feathers from the fly shops. This would be a nice bounty for the fly shops.

For myself, I will wait patiently for the trend to peak before taking out my neighbors rooster which is wearing the most beautiful cape.

Apologies to Aerosmith fans, but I've never been a fan, and this cements it! Even more disturbing than his role in the decimation of the hackle market is the size of the guys mouth. No, really. Look at it. It is HUGE! Scary huge. On a related note, Deeter, if you read this, saw your article on AC/DC on Anglers Tonic. Well done! I too used to rock an SG, until it was stolen. Now rockin' the telecaster(think Jimmy Page, circa '68/'69). I agree with the song choices too, by and large, but would add "Problem Child" and "If You Want Blood" as well.

Alternative innovations and self dependability are becoming more and more important in this day and age. Thats why I have my own little flock of chickens. Heck I would give them to people if shipping was free!

I second that it started in Boulder...that picture of a CU Sorrority Girl will prove it!! Oh wait that's Steven Tyler.

Problem Child would have been a very good call... can you play the "Shake a Leg" riff?" That would have been a good pick also. My phone ringtone: "It's a Long Way..."

dang, Steven Tyler looks more and more like a woman...

dud... you don't tie flies , do you? Also, run-on sentences don't help get your point across, and you don't need to hit submit more than once.

Dude looks like a (old) la-dy.........

I've got enough dry hackle to last me until I'm well into retirement, at least at the rate that I tie dries. I still have not see this trend in person, but I do not hang out anywhere a featherhead would.

I've been tellin the story in HS classes for a week now. I bring my saddles, show the students, and explain the genetic engineering that has made the feathers attractive to the girls. The genetics is an interesting story in itself. Two salon women came into our local fly shop and bought $3,000 worth of feathers..wiped them out, and it took over a month to replentish their stock Same story going on in the Big Sporting Goods store in town.

Stop squacking and start finding something new to tie with. This will blow over soon enough, especially if we start a rumor about mites in feathers! But here's the thing. My loyalty lays with the shop, not the feather company. And your right if these feather company's had any balls they just make the salons go to the fly shops. Which would increase the $$ for everyone around, plus keep us in tying supplies.

What this whole thing has done was to force me to start buying dry flies on line for .50-.75 a fly. from theflystop.com . I know there are al lot of others around with great prices. All other flies I still just tie myself. It's also forced me to go to the fabric store for alternatives.

He need the feathers to distract ones eyes from his scary face. Put some upper and lower, over sized canines on him and Tyler would look like the predator!

I'd like to think that this will be a quickly passing fad, but look at how long the "rat-tail" and the mullet hair styles held on for. In fact, I'm thinking about grabbing a saddle right now and gluing it to the back of my head, thereby creating the feathered mullet-best of the old and new! Hope they don't discover deer hair and CDC anytime soon.

I don't think this "trend" will really catch on. I really hope that I goes by fast for the sake of humanity and the fly tying world. Please don't discrace it.

the guy has got enough on that head of his in the first place you could probably take from his head to tie flies instead of him taking more and putting it in there

NEVERMIND I'll just stay off this thing.

if you had what Steven Tyler had you wouldn't care what other people say. I like what he is doing now and if you don't like it start your own chicken farm.By the time you finish belly aching you could have found another way to tie your flies .There are plenty of other types of feathers out there you just got to look for them.I don't think Steven or Millie had anything to do with it. As for Jamesti how do you he's a crack head.TKbone (is that turkey)and PSUbassboss(Mr.liberal)how do you know he's a lady you looked lately,and JoeD I don't think you want to get PETA involved in any thing you sure don't want them defending those poor little chickens DO YOU. Ya'll have a nice day now ya hear.