Fly tyers are hoarders. Most would be embarrassed to show a picture of their stash, and would never part with any of their treasure trove. Many fear that a material will be discontinued and you will run out. Myself included.
Seriously though, it is not the quantity of each material that you have in excess (then you might sell some of it). It is the variety of stuff that kills you so there's not an excess of one particular material or colour. The only time I sold some material is when I received a bulk order of beads, and did not see any possibility of using 2000 beads in each size over a lifetime. So I sold a few batches of 800 to get rid of them, leaving me with only 10,000 or so.
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