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Any good go-to online stores for buying fly tying supplies cheap?

I bought some supplies today at a local fly shop. It seems to me that today's fly shops are interested mostly in catering to the more well-heeled crowd, which is great, unless you're not well-heeled. The "sale" rack of materials had about two dozen items on it, none of which interested me. All other materials in the entire store were being sold at full retail prices.

Years ago, local shops seemed to have more "character" than today's sterilized shops that use most of their floor space to peddle Simms and Patagonia clothes. No more boxes of miscellaneous crap like scraps of fur coats, open package specials, the smell of moth balls, pots of not-so-fresh coffee, regular old-timers hanging out and telling stories, etc. It now has the feel of shopping in a jewelry store.

I like to support local businesses when possible, but finding some online bargains has merit, too.