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Tie it yourself! Whatever you want to tie for whatever you want to chase, we offer the best in fly tying tools, materials and accessories to help you make the most effective, durable and fishy patterns that will hit the water. Click here to read more... WHAT EQUIPMENT IS NEEDED TO TIE FLIES? The most important tool for fly tying is a fly-tying vice to hold the hook in place, a bobbin to hold the thread and keep tension while tying and a sharp pair of scissors for cutting thread, fur, tinsel and hair. These are the basics that you really need to get started. You can also add a whip-finish tool to help tie off your finished fly, hackle-pliers to help hold onto small feathers, wire or thread, a dubbing-needle to pick apart fibers or split thread, a comb or brush to scruff up materials or smooth them down as required, a deer-hair-stacker for (you guessed it!) stacking deer hair, a dubbing-spinner for spinning different hair and fur together to create layers. Honestly, the list just keeps on going as new fly-tying methods are being developed, and we’re forever adding to our fly tying tool range. WHAT MATERIALS DO YOU NEED TO TIE FLIES? To start with, you need a good quality hook to tie onto and some tying-thread to tie with. From there, you can add beads or wire for weight to sink your fly, feathers or foam to float your fly, fur (dubbing) for bodies, tinsel for tails, hair for wings, or anything else you can think of. Materials in fly tying are limited only by your imagination. You can tie, glue, or resin materials to your hooks as you see fit to come up with your desired profile or action. From the tiniest ant pattern for trout to the largest Murray-Cod fly that imitates a large rat swimming across the surface; if a fish eats it, you can tie a fly to imitate it. We generally divide tying materials into two big groups: Naturals or Synthetics. The big difference being that one is made in a factory, the other you're more likely to find on the side of the road... Generally