It's absurd. I was actually in a fly shop here in Colorado and they even had some jewelry-type feather things made by a local artist displayed proudly on the counter. I asked them how much hate mail they had gotten so far, but luckily for them the vitriol had been minimal.

The nice thing is that the whole fad has brought some attention to the fly fishing industry and maybe a few of the hipster chicks that have taken to shoving poultry fur in the hair will gain some personal interest in our collective endeavors.

We can always use cute chicks on the river and ladies that understand our obsessions.

I have already had my hackle inventory raided by my stylist. Told her she was crazy spending $200 for enough feathers to do only 6 extensions when I had boxes full of feathers at home. She left my house with a couple nice packs of grizzly hackle at no charge. (have known her since she was born and consider her a second daughter). Both my wife and daughter have feather extensions. The cost of which is unknown.

We can only hope when this fad fades away we can buy back the hackle dirt cheap.

Sounds like free market capitalism today. You guys all for protectionism? Tells me the woman in the family spends the money, and the man whines. The thing is way over blown besides. Fly shops are closing their doors for lack of business..give them a break.

Sounds like a great format for creating a bunch of genetic, chicken farmers.. Turkeys crossed with chickens, an ostrich and a chicken with a special ladder to get the job done. All kinds of great new feathers and flies.

I'm all for my girlfriend buying the "extentions", then I when she is tired of them I get the feather and I don't have to hear the hour of gripping about why I payed 30 bucks for a package of feathers.. Kinda a win win for me.