BREAKING THE BOOM AND BUST Gary McClellan is a saddle maker from Maeser, a small town just outside Vernal. For 18 years he has worked for Dry Fork Saddle, a company his brother, Brad, started in 1972. The company builds about 900 saddles a year and sell them worldwide for some $2,735 each. “We can’t keep up,” he says, but enjoys the work as much as the success. “I like seeing the finished product.