Ok this is getting back to nasty again. Drops and I had a conversation, I took offense to it, told him so and he says he did not intend for it to come across that way. End of story.
I have not been "tirelessly pimping my flies" on here. I made 1 simple post that I tied in my spare time and if anyone was interested, I also sold them. People contacted me, liked the prices and the work and shared that. They were trying to help out a new fisherman that wanted to inquire about buying online. I neither asked these people or had these people post anything about me, they chose to do so on their own so that should speak for itself.
Professional tiers sell to fly shops for about the same price I'm charging so yes, I do make a bit off my work, but I'm not doing it for the money, I'm doing it because I enjoy it. If I can recoup my costs, I can keep doing it and being a free country, I have the right to do that and I have the right to compete with anyone else out there, sorry!
If people choose to get involved in this stupid arguement, that is their choice, not because I've asked them to and I appreciate their willingness to defend me, and keep in mind that I wasn't even the one that brought myself into this but here I am, having to defend myself?
I'm not asking for anyone to be banned but please, if you don't like my flies or don't like that other people are happy with them, then don't buy any and keep your comments to yourself. And again, I'll repeat, this is Dave's site, not anyone elses. If he doesn't want links being posted (of which more people are guilty of than just in this topic) and if he has an issue with me offering to tie and sell flies via his site, then he has every right to ask me not to do so, but that is up to his discresion, not anyone elses. I very quietly posted that I tied, I didn't flaunt it and these people were trying to help a new fisherman get some gear for a decent price and I appreciate that they liked my flies enough to suggest it to him. I'm not targeting anyone or sending out mass emails to people on this site to generate orders.
If anyone is offering suggestions for improvement, I don't mind that but I don't condone personal attacks on me or anyone else, my work, or my site. This is foolish and not called for.