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Anyone recomend a great place to get Fly tying materials?
BA

The roadside, the barn, the coup, the kennel, the woods, the zoo, the wifes sewing kit, behind the couch.... once you start looking the possibilities are endless. Now for hooks, try Green Drake in your neck of the woods, or, order 'em up from somewhere cheaper like John's Fly Materials in London.

http://www.fishflies.ca/
this is based in Kanata, but it's order only

Orvis Green Drake on Richmond Road in Ottawa is probably better though. They have good staff there, and a decent selection of materiels.

BA,

Locally you have the following:

• Orvis Green Drake
  Sports Action
  Mike's Flyshop

You can also find some good buys at the local dollar store, craft store, etc.

Cheers,
Todd

Believe it or not Walmarts often have a decent supply of fly tying hooks and some thread. The hooks are Mustads which are quite all right. I rarely spring for expensive chemically sharpened hooks. For some patterns I don't care for them.

Wallyworld normally has 94840 dry fly hooks 10-16, 9671 nymph hooks 8-14, 9672 muddler hooks 6-10 and 78940 bucktail streamer hooks 6-10 as well as salmon hooks sz 6-8. They also have 6/0 Unithread and 3/0 Monocord as well as chenille, marabou, bucktail, deer hair, tinsel etc etc.

Hey man if you want class A sevice try W.W.Doaks based out of Doaktown NewBrunswick. They have everything a fly tyer could want. They will send you a cataloge too. You can call them at 506-365-7828 or check out thier web site at www.wwdoak.com I highly recomend them as myself and my father Jim have been customers there for over 20 years.[/b]

Read Moosebunk's post and he has a point.

Squirrel tail is "almost" as good as marabou, and check any road for it.........etch , but it's free.

If you know any turkey hunters, askem for feathers, marabou. Deer hunters may have bucktail.........

...............or buy it...........probably easier.

I have several huge pieces of deer hair hide. All different textures. Thick pulpy hair for bass bugs and short hard hair for trout dry flies. None of it cost me a cent yet I have enough to tie thousands of flies. For colour I use Rit die you get at the dollar store. I've been doing it for years. If done properly it dosen't fade. I can also bleach it out if need be. I have more deer hair than I know what to do with.

Years ago I got a ton of fur scraps....beaver, muskrat, fox etc from a furrier again cost was nothing.

My inlaws are duck hunters and I get more feathers than I can use. I must have 20 yrs supply of expensive wood duck flank feathers.

LeBaron's has some decently priced starter kits you may want to check out.
You can find them on their website on-line catalogue - it's pdf files so its a pain, but at least you know where your headed. I think they were around 40 bucks or so.

new to the fly forum,

I do a bit a fly fishing for Bass and pike though not that much as I always forget to take the rod with me, I think I'll put it in the boat. I tie my own flies but don't buy too much material unless I have too. Look for old chenille (sp) sweaters, find one in black and it will last a lifetime. Ask around the older female family members and friends, you are bound to find one that knits for bits of left over wool. Michaels also has a great craft section for beads, tinsel, and other shiny stuff. For pike lures I have started using old power-pro as thread and am find that the flies last longer.

Favouite most productive fly - Olive nymph, any size with gold bead head optional on the larger ones.