What did you purchase at Allen Fly Fishing? Were you satisfied or dissatisfied with anything?
I won the April caption contest and the only two things that jump out to me are the flies (meh) and leaders. I don't think I need $150 worth of trout leaders but I might go there if the flies are poor quality.
I asked Kyle who Allen's fly supplier is and he could only muster he thinks somewhere in Africa. The studio shots look like Kenyan flies which are often lower-quality in person with sparse hackle and misrepresent the photos on the web that aren't great to start with. So if you purchased flies, how are they?
I was just contacted by Kyle after following up with Kirsty 2-3 times as Allen doesn't have any contact info on their website. Kyle admitted he's not good at keeping up with email.
I asked Kyle if he could make an effort to contact winners within a day or two so they aren't left wondering for 3+ weeks whether or not the forum prize will ever come to fruition. This doesn't reflect well on him, Allen, or the forum. I've heard others grumble similar complaints and my experience was the same.
Finally for future reference Allen's email is info AT allenflyfishing DOT com
I won the April caption contest and the only two things that jump out to me are the flies (meh) and leaders. I don't think I need $150 worth of trout leaders but I might go there if the flies are poor quality.
I asked Kyle who Allen's fly supplier is and he could only muster he thinks somewhere in Africa. The studio shots look like Kenyan flies which are often lower-quality in person with sparse hackle and misrepresent the photos on the web that aren't great to start with. So if you purchased flies, how are they?
I was just contacted by Kyle after following up with Kirsty 2-3 times as Allen doesn't have any contact info on their website. Kyle admitted he's not good at keeping up with email.
I asked Kyle if he could make an effort to contact winners within a day or two so they aren't left wondering for 3+ weeks whether or not the forum prize will ever come to fruition. This doesn't reflect well on him, Allen, or the forum. I've heard others grumble similar complaints and my experience was the same.
Finally for future reference Allen's email is info AT allenflyfishing DOT com