The regrets of youth! What can I say. I also had a mullet in college for a minute and thought it was hilarious! Just don't tread on the redds!

He showed one.....

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😂 Im pretry certain at no point in the video does he that fish go into hibernation nor is he implying that. But the trout are absolutely bulking up and putting on the feedbag while they can before they have a long winter with a highly diminished food supply.

KZbin bots. The algorithm doesn’t like it whenever a video doesn’t have any likes or dislikes, so bots will come in and make sure the videos have some of both.

David - while there are still many opportunities for US fly tyers, the vast majority of commercial fly tying has happened outside of the US since the 50's. While many shops don't know where their flies are coming from I know the name of every one of my fly tyers, those of their kids, and who is tying every one of our patterns. We don't adhere to many of the industry standards of success measured by $800 big brand reels in our shop, but instead, measure success by investing in our community and fly tyers. In addition to paying our tyers a living wage, we provide a profit share that is a percentage of all sales, give our tyers 100% of the proceeds (including the cost of goods) of certain benefit products and provide interest-free micro loans to cover health care for them and their dependants. When my kids visit the factories with me they are living and playing in the community with their friends. Success for us is seeing my manager's son receive open-heart surgery when he was young and playing soccer with my kids today. It is seeing kids go to university and law school. There is enough opportunity to go around for both US and foreign tyers. Our fly tyers are family to us and this is just how Ascent chooses to invest its resources. I hope that we get the opportunity to help fill your fly box and be successful on the water this season! Tight Lines: Peter Stitcher - Ascent Fly Fishing Biologist and Owner

@@AscentFlyFishing Thank you for making my point... The march for cheap labor did not happen overnight and I am sure your business model chosen works for you and your community and I respect your decision. I agree with your premise about "industry Standards" does not measure success personally in business circles that have good intentions. You cannot deny the exploitation of foreign labor. The Big Box Hunting and Fishing stores like the ones you are supporting or is supporting your shop with goods, we all know who they are. They flooded the Fly Fishing industry with cheap goods and services on the backs of some of the poorest nations around the world and at the expense of Domestic made products here in the US. Like I said I have been in the Fly fishing and tying scene for a long time and watched a once great industry walk away from the American worker and Sportsman. You need to look quite hard to find fly tying and fly fishing equipment made exclusively here in the USA and have those manufacturers pass on the savings of cheap labor and production costs to there domestic customers. Why is that? I'm not singling your company out, but after all you did copy and paste most of your response from your website talking about how good you treat your workers and how good they are doing in there communities because of your investment. Maybe in the future you can lobby some of the Big World renowned Fly Fishing manufacturers to invest in some of the poorest communities here in the US. Just a thought. America First is the present and the future come on in you are welcomed here too!

We wish! High N Dry is among the floatant options that we offer in the shop. As a shop owned and operated by a scientist/aquatic biologist we appreciate when other science geeks put out exceptional products. If you are in the market for floatant, High N Dry is worth a try!

@@AscentFlyFishing glad to hear you’re not, unbiased reviews are hard to find. I’m in need of a new bottle of shake, I’ll give it a go, a break from the box brand. Just know if I get sold a lie, I’ll be the guy in your shop tearing a fuss about $10 floatant as if I was just sold a lemon Ferrari. Cheers and thank you for the analysis.

@@oak8728 Every brand of shake desiccant has exactly the same ingredient. There is no variation. One is not better than the other, it's just which one this guy who sells this stuff is trying to promote.

Though not affiliated with HnD, could it be it is the highest margin floatant you carry in your shop?