Kalina Bruce

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So the retail side of the business this year has been very slow.

We've seen a definite drop year over year.

I haven't seen as much spending on gear or even just She's Fly merchandise this year at all.

I'm seeing the bulk of our sales are coming in the form of retreats.

So people are booking retreats, which is nice.

About monthly, I will go through our store, our online store, and make sure that the prices we have are what the suppliers are selling for.

Actually, the waiters went up, I'd say probably 20%, and then fly rods went up a bit.

But that could be attributed to a new design with the fly rod maker we're working with.

fly fishing gear can get very, very, very expensive very quickly.

And we try to stay in that mid or lower range because so many of our clients are beginners.

And we always say the fish don't care what rod you use when you get out there.

The things that keep me up at night are lately, it's been the problem with the airlines and jet fuel.

So that is going to impact our

Because they are kind of all over the country.

We have a retreat in New York in September and we haven't bought our tickets yet because we just don't know what it's going to look like.

We also usually would fly in and out of Bozeman and Montana for that retreat.

But...

We are not sure if the flights are going to be affordable enough.

And so now we're considering driving.