Fly Tying Material of the Week: Beaver Dubbing

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Beaver dubbing has long been recoginzied as one of the finest furs for fly tying and in particular for tying small dry flies. It makes sense if you consider that the beaver spends most of their life in water, and so has developed really fine, soft and water resistant underfur to keep warm. Beaver fur [...]

Where to Find Golden Plover Skins Fly Tying Material

For all of you soft hackle wet fly addicts here is the real deal – Golden Plover! Imported from the UK, these skins are some of the best and only available on the market right now. The soft back and shoulder of the Golden Plover have soft-mottled shades of gold and tan, barred browns and [...]

Best Mother’s Day Gift Ever – Premium Elk Hair

With the Mother’s Day Caddis hatch bearing down on many western US rivers folks are going to need a healthy supply of Elk Hair Caddis and X-Caddis fly patterns. As such it seems fitting to nominate Elk Hair as our Fly Tying Material of the Week. As usual we take a look at what kind [...]

[Fly Tying] Whiting Brahma Hen

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Whiting Brahma hen capes and saddles with Chickabou are perfect for wet flies, nymphs, soft hackles and more! Whiting Brahma Hen Capes for Sale on eBay right now! Related posts: Fly Tying Material of the Week: Starling Feathers Fly Tying Material of the Week: Ostrich Herl [Video] How-to Rig a 2-Fly Czech Nymphing Setup [Video] [...]

Vintage Mustad Hook Gold Mine

I don’t normally run more than one eBay fly tying special a week, but this one is just too good to not let folks know about. Singlebarbed.com just tipped us off to a mother-load of antique Mustad hooks that he stumbled across on eBay. 1950′s Mustad Hooks & Prices! As Singlebarbed put it … we’re [...]

Fly Tying Material of the Week: Starling Feathers

Each week we scan the inventory in our eBay Fly Shop and pick one of our favorite fly tying materials and see what kind of deals are available. This week we take a look at Starling feathers, which are great for tying soft hackles. Starling Feathers for Sale on eBay Right Now If you are [...]

Fly Tying Material of the Week: Snowshoe Rabbit Foot

Each week we scan the inventory in our eBay Fly Shop and pick one of our favorite fly tying materials and see what kind of deals are available. This week we feature Snowshoe Rabbit foot. Snowshoe Rabbit for Sale on eBay Snowshoe Rabbit Foot Uses Hands down Snowshoe Rabbit foot hair has to be the [...]

Fly Tying Material of the Week: Ostrich Herl

I thought it would be fun to start a new weekly feature called Fly Tying Material of the Week. Each week we will scan the inventory in our eBay Fly Shop and pick one of our favorite fly tying materials and see what kind of deals are available. Ostrich Herl Currently For Sale on eBay [...]