Fly tying materials

Fly tying materials for quality fly fishing flies

Fly fishing is a passion and a way to spend free time for many of us, and for many of us tying flies is a way to spend autumn and winter evenings.

For all fly fishermen who are tying flies, fishing accessories are essential to prepare and successfully catch trout, grayling, salmon, perch, pike and other species of fish.

Not only fly anglers use these materials, but also spinning anglers use them to increase the effectiveness of their lures.

The most important types of fly tying materials

In our online fly fishing shop you will find a wide selection of selected materials, with the help of which you will tie effective nymphs, streamers, dry and wet flies, as well as other fly patterns. Of course, the most important are fly hooks, which can have various shapes and features, e.g. barbed and every year more and more popular barbless.

To effectively tie the best bait, you need to tie a properly selected material to the hook shank, and that is what the leading thread is for. You can't do with one spool of one color. Thin threads are needed for tiny nymphs and dry flies, and other thick ones are needed to make a large fly for pike or huchen.

Beads and eyes are essential when tying nymphs and streamers, beads can be light (made from brass) and heavy from tungsten. After beads, it is worth mentioning dubbings, it is the total basis for most patterns. To complete the set, you can add realistic eyes, such as epoxy eyes, which are glued with super glue or poured with UV resin.

To strengthen the flies we use various types of tinsel and wires, they also add more or less shine, and the fish also like that.

The classic, from which fly-tying began centuries ago, are natural materials: feathers (loose or capes and saddles) and hair and fur. They are still necessary and essential to tie many classic patterns that catch and will continue to catch for centuries to come. Feathers of cdc, marabou or other from rooster or hen are a must have, the same as the zonker strips from rabbit, muskrat or squirrel.

Synthetic materials are a topic for a separate article, because in recent years this type of material has become increasingly popular. Synthetics have their advantages, such as durability or the ability to tie large and very large baits that can be thrown without much difficulty. There are flashes, foils, rubbers, chenille for bodies and others.

The next group is chemicals, i.e. varnishes, adhesives, waxes and UV light-curing resins.

So as you can see, fly tying materials include a lot of interesting items that you must have in order to tie various types of flies.

What tying materials should you choose at the beginning?

Tying flies and small spinning lures has been my passion since around 1998. I have been present in the fishing industry for almost 20 years, and thanks to the knowledge, experience and business contacts I have gained, I can offer you delivery of interesting premium materials from leading brands or fly tying supplies in a wide range from different countries of the world.

I personally use most of these materials for the flies which I sold in this store, so if you have any doubts, I will be happy to advise you on the most necessary materials to start with. You can also choose ready fly tying material kits that are available in my online store. 

If you have not found the product you need in my store, please contact us and we will try to expand the offer to include this item.

If you have time and want to learn more, I also invite you to my blog, where I will post interesting texts related to fly tying.

Krystian Niemy