Really was a tough decision to give it up for a while, but I lost all my tying materials to moths and really did not have the money at the time to replace everything. Back in the day I tied commercially for 3 different shops, so I lost quite a bit in dollar value. I had my own shop for about 8 years. Where I live it was a tough go to make it solely on fly fishing so I also sold all types of fishing tackle.
Believe me it is really great to be back at it.