Fly Tying: Purchasing Dry Fly Materials

Dubbing: Tan, pale yellow, Adams gray, olive, and rusty colors

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Fly fishing with dry flies is one of my favorite aspects of fly fishing, yet selecting the materials to tie those patterns is extremely complicated. This video is intended to help the beginner to intermediate fly tier select quality materials to build or enhance a fly tying collection. The materials discussed in this video are ones that I find essential to tying dry flies, hence their recommendation to others.

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[tomonthefly-xsru]

good job Tim, I wish that i had this info back in the 70's when i started tying, it will help a lot of people and save them a bundle of money too. thanks and tight lines.

[jasonarrowood]

My advise to a new fly tier such as myself is pick a fly buy the materials for that fly and tie it. That way you buy what you need and some of those materials my work on the next fly you choose to tie. I bought for two or three flies at a time.

[RichardSandmire]

Thanks, im a beginner i went in to purchase some fly tying material and lol i didn't have any idea what i was doing, i had the wife with as well needless to say we purchased a lot of thing that looked pretty lol but now i have learned what im looking for to help in tying, thanks for the tip 👍

[kerrypitt]

I started tying in 1969. Dad bought me a tying kit and in those days they were pretty minimal. We lived in the country, no fly shops of any kind, so I was stuck using the materials that came with the kit. Very few tools as well. Half hitch tool, scissors, a horrible pressed steel vise.oh yeah a bodkin.
I had a cheap booklet that showed how to make a Full back and a Half back, Doc Spratley and probably one more.
It took me many years to learn materials, my tying career was a long slow process, but I still managed to turn out a few flies that accidentally caught fish. I love your videos, great work Tim.

[Crunok]

Best video, and dead on with the materials. Just listen to this guy. Fly shop owner I went to literally selected all of the EXACT same materials he did. Thanks!

[southernexposure]

Thank you. This is exactly what I needed. I can modify the list a little because I have no trout in my area.
I'll look uo some of those other videos you mentioned.

[robertdenully]

Thank you so the info. New to tying and wish i would have seen this first.

[robertyetsko]

EXCELLENT VIDEO GREAT DETAILED EXPLANATIONS HIGHLY INFORMATIVE THANKS TIM..

[TimCammisa]

Great suggestion, Chet; thanks for sharing.  TC

[KevinHorne-eh]

I am new to fly tying and struggling to decide what materials I need to purchase, this was very interesting and I learnt a lot, Thank You.

[chetkirby]

I found that dryer lint and your pet's undercoat that you brush out can make good dubbing

[krisnichols]

I was at a fly tying show last  November, One of the  tyer's was demonstrating  his foam beetles and ants. for the  legs  he  was using  bristles from a small sweeper brush from a dollar store. Also Hobby Lobby is a great place for foam sheets and extremely  cheap.

[wats-on-Internet]

Hi great tips thanks.
I discovered an interesting material and it is free. I wanted a pale orang and white for some flies I saw on the stream. I had none, but our tabby cat did. I combed her and she enjoyed it. I now had a good selection of various shades of dubbing that worked well, and there was enough for a year after 5 minutes.

[tomfisher]

Absolutely excellent video Tim. Great advice!

[mikesflies]

Tim, thanks for this video and all your other informative videos. Right now my fly tying skill is high in frustration and low in aesthetics. I think this will help me. Mike

[TimCammisa]

I'm glad that you liked this video, Terry Little ; I wanted to give valuable information that could save many time, energy, and money.  Thanks for taking a moment to comment.  TC

[albertascaletrailing]

Thanks so much for making this video, it definitely has made it easy for me to choose what materials to buy.
Thank you.

[ericpierce]

Getting into tying a bit. Watching a lot of videos. It has been my experience when going into fly shops, or fly sections of a certain big box store, It has been more about trying to sell me the most expensive items. I am not a complete noob, and know the difference...

[Landroverguru]

thanks for a very informative guide on buying materials i am looking into buying more materials and am lucky to know people that hunt and shoot atb matt

[redcat]

You hit a  home run with this video.  I have been following you for some time and your work is greatly appreciated and well done.