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  • Magnum rabbit strips are 1/4" wide (double the width of standard rabbit strips) and are ideal for us ...
    Magnum rabbit strips are 1/4" wide (double the width of standard rabbit strips) and are ideal for use on String Leeches, Dolly Llamas or any large fly where the rabbit is laid down the back of the hook shank. If you are tying #2 or larger Dolly Llamas, this is the best material for creating a full looking body. 
  • Rabbit strips are a staple of Alaskan fly tying. From Flesh Flies to Dolly Llamas and Hareball Leech ...
    Rabbit strips are a staple of Alaskan fly tying. From Flesh Flies to Dolly Llamas and Hareball Leeches, this versatile material adds motion and action to the fly. Check out our variety of flesh colors. Straight Cut Strips are 1/8" wide and there are four 12" strips per package.
  • The Cadillac of bead hooks. The SSW Cutting Point Hook is ultra-sharp and has a triple-edge cutting ...
    The Cadillac of bead hooks. The SSW Cutting Point Hook is ultra-sharp and has a triple-edge cutting blade. This means hooks penetrate easily and hold beautifully.
  • The C14S is the choice of many Alaska anglers. Needle-sharp, heavy wire, and reasonably priced. A gr ...
    The C14S is the choice of many Alaska anglers. Needle-sharp, heavy wire, and reasonably priced. A great bead hook or for tying egg patterns. 25 per pack.
  • Save money when you buy the big pack. The C14S is the choice of many Alaska anglers. Needle-sharp, h ...
    Save money when you buy the big pack. The C14S is the choice of many Alaska anglers. Needle-sharp, heavy wire, and reasonably priced. A great bead hook or for tying egg patterns.
  • Flat Waxed Nylon is our favorite all around fly tying thread. It is super strong, lays flat, and the ...
    Flat Waxed Nylon is our favorite all around fly tying thread. It is super strong, lays flat, and the colors are ideal for Alaska flies. We recommend it for any flies with lead eyes. 100 yard spools.
  • Ready to tie your go to salmon or steelhead Dolly Llama? Now you can do it up with fancy colored con ...
    Ready to tie your go to salmon or steelhead Dolly Llama? Now you can do it up with fancy colored cones! The 3/8" cones are perfect for #2 and #4 Dolly Llamas. 15 per pack.
  • Schlappen feathers are wide and webby and make awesome salmon flies. The individual barbs are much s ...
    Schlappen feathers are wide and webby and make awesome salmon flies. The individual barbs are much softer than standard hackle and flow enticingly in the water. Great for hackling or wrapping collars.
  • The Gamakatsu L11S-3H Salmon Stinger Hook is a wicked, stout, sharp hook that works wonders as a tra ...
    The Gamakatsu L11S-3H Salmon Stinger Hook is a wicked, stout, sharp hook that works wonders as a trailer hook for patterns like the Dolly Llama. 3x strong wire helps ensure that it will hold on the biggest of fish.  This is the trailer hook we prefer for our Dolly Llamas and other similar patterns. These hooks also work great as a tube fly hook. Quantity: 20 per pack.
  • Slotted Tungsten Beads come in some awesome salmon and steelhead colors, they drop like a rock, and ...
    Slotted Tungsten Beads come in some awesome salmon and steelhead colors, they drop like a rock, and the slot feature allows you to easily get them around the bend of the hook or right up to the eye of a jig hook. 20 beads per pack.
  • New Age Chenille adds killer sparkle to your salmon flies and comes in perfect Alaska colors. We lik ...
    New Age Chenille adds killer sparkle to your salmon flies and comes in perfect Alaska colors. We like this material more every year! This is the same material used in all of our lead-eye Egg Sucking Leeches.
  • Blood quill marabou is used for tails, collars, and wings. Check out the wide variety of Alaska-spec ...
    Blood quill marabou is used for tails, collars, and wings. Check out the wide variety of Alaska-specific colors we carry. 1/4 oz. package.
  • Spey Marabou is premium quality marabou that features longer feather length. If you are tying Alaska ...
    Spey Marabou is premium quality marabou that features longer feather length. If you are tying Alaskabou style flies, such as Popsicles, where the marabou is wrapped around the hook shank, this is the right material. Feathers are 5"-6" long each package is approximately 1/4 oz.
  • Looking for a value-priced stainless hook? Check out the U401 from Umpqua. It is made of high grade ...
    Looking for a value-priced stainless hook? Check out the U401 from Umpqua. It is made of high grade carbon steel, is chemically sharpened, has a micro-barb for easy flattening, AND cost less than 8 bucks for 25 hooks!  It is also a great "sacrificial front hook" for tying Dolly Llamas (get the size 1/0) or other trailing hook flies.The U401 is a 1x strong, straight eye, stainless steel hook. 25 per pack.  
  • They don't call it Power Thread for nothing! Veevus 140 is a great alternative to Danville's Flat Wa ...
    They don't call it Power Thread for nothing! Veevus 140 is a great alternative to Danville's Flat Waxed Nylon. It lays smaller, and is super strong for when you are tying on your eyes and cones to salmon and steelhead flies.
  • Spectra is super strong braid used for securing the trailing hook on a stinger or strung-out style f ...
    Spectra is super strong braid used for securing the trailing hook on a stinger or strung-out style fly. We offer two different sizes depending on the type of fly you are tying.
  • Crazy Legs are the best silicone legs we have seen. Whether used as a lightweight skirt, collar on s ...
    Crazy Legs are the best silicone legs we have seen. Whether used as a lightweight skirt, collar on stinger-style steelhead flies, or as a tail material, Crazy Legs make a hot looking fly. Plus the silicone doens't deteriorate as quickly as rubber legs so your flies will last longer.
  • The Nickel Dazl Eyes are our choice for Clouser Minnows, Lead-Eye Leeches and all variety of salmon ...
    The Nickel Dazl Eyes are our choice for Clouser Minnows, Lead-Eye Leeches and all variety of salmon flies. Dazl Eyes are perfectly machined from non-toxic brass and are more durable than lead. 25 per pack except 7/32" which has 20.
  • Gamakatsu Octopus Black

    $12.99$19.99
    The Octopus Hook is a killer stinger hook as well as salmon fly hook. We also love it as a ultra-sha ...
    The Octopus Hook is a killer stinger hook as well as salmon fly hook. We also love it as a ultra-sharp hook to fish with a pegged bead. It has an off set point and an up eye. 25 hooks per pack.
  • Gamakatsu's 604 series 90° 1X Strong Jig Hook are the ideal jig hook for large steelhead and salmon ...
    Gamakatsu's 604 series 90° 1X Strong Jig Hook are the ideal jig hook for large steelhead and salmon. These are the hooks that we use for our Liquid Wrench steelhead crusher. In the larger sizes we love them for the Mr. Bodangles fly. The 1x wire of these hooks allow for deep penetration when the hook is set. They also make a sweet sacrificial hook in patterns like the Jig-A-Lo.  Quantity: 25 per pack.
  • When your streamer, sculpin, leech or deep-running minnow needs more weight than a bead head, brass ...
    When your streamer, sculpin, leech or deep-running minnow needs more weight than a bead head, brass cones (coneheads) are just the ticket.
  • If there is one flash material you must have it is Krystal Flash! Its fine, crinkly texture reflects ...
    If there is one flash material you must have it is Krystal Flash! Its fine, crinkly texture reflects light in all directions. By far the most popular material to add to wings or tails to give them some life.
  • Cross Cut rabbit is cut so the fur lays perpendicular to the hide. When the strip is tied in and wou ...
    Cross Cut rabbit is cut so the fur lays perpendicular to the hide. When the strip is tied in and wound forward the fur will naturally flow towards the tail of the fly. While Cross Cut rabbit makes very nice bodies, Straight Cut is a better choice for tails.  Strips are 1/8" wide and there are four 12" strips per package.
  • The Nickel finish on Real Eyes Plus looks really good on everything from baitfish imitations to larg ...
    The Nickel finish on Real Eyes Plus looks really good on everything from baitfish imitations to large salmon flies. We offer them in 3 colors. The Nickel/Red and Nickel/Yellow look awesome on salmon flies.  We have found the Nickel/Pearl to fish best for sea run cutthroat, Dollies and rainbows.When choosing a size, we suggest the 5/32" for small Clouser Minnows (#6 or smaller) and the 3/16" for standard Clousers in sizes 1/0 - #4.
  • These are prime quality northern bucktails that are dyed in great colors. They are ideal for baitfis ...
    These are prime quality northern bucktails that are dyed in great colors. They are ideal for baitfish flies, Clouser Minnows, and all kinds of wings and tails. The tails average an overall length of 12". The fibers are generally 3" - 4.5" inches in length allowing you to tie nice, long streamers.
  • The Daiichi 2141 is a heavy wire, straight eye salmon hook. They are ideal for Starlite Leeches and ...
    The Daiichi 2141 is a heavy wire, straight eye salmon hook. They are ideal for Starlite Leeches and other flies where a straight eye is desired.
  • Laser Dub is one of our favorite salmon fly dubbings. Its vibrant colors make awesome bodies, collar ...
    Laser Dub is one of our favorite salmon fly dubbings. Its vibrant colors make awesome bodies, collars or overdubbing for lead eyes.
  • Cactus Chenille in Large is our choice for large salmon fly bodies. Use this for  Mr. BoDangles< ...
  • A Brooch Pin is a very nice way to present one of your carefully tied salmon flies. The hook is a si ...
    A Brooch Pin is a very nice way to present one of your carefully tied salmon flies. The hook is a size #1. One per pack.
  • Select Saddle Hackle feathers are between 5"-7" in length and are ideal for tying big Alaska pattern ...
    Select Saddle Hackle feathers are between 5"-7" in length and are ideal for tying big Alaska patterns, hackling bugger-style flies or as a tail feather on saltwater flies.
  • Gamakatsu T106H Black

    $8.99$11.99
    The 10T6H from Gamakatsu is a chemically sharpened, up eye, tapered loop salmon hook. They are very ...
    The 10T6H from Gamakatsu is a chemically sharpened, up eye, tapered loop salmon hook. They are very economically priced for such a good quality hook.
  • Faux Fox Tails are an awesome brush built by Cascade Crest Tools. The Faux Tails are perfect for tyi ...
    Faux Fox Tails are an awesome brush built by Cascade Crest Tools. The Faux Tails are perfect for tying large bait fish, salmon and steeljead patterns as well as crab and other streamers. The tail itself is built with a 0.50 stainless wire, and spun with Faux Fox Self Tapering Fibers and bits of flash fibers, creating a super flashy, vibrant brush. Two 18" tails come per pack. The material sinks quickly, and can be tied without any added weight. It undulates well in the water, but also sheds water, thus false casts well. The Faux Fox tail is a great material for tying flies for a variety of species such as trout, pike, salmon, steelhead, bonefish, tarpon, GT's and other species.
  • Micro rabbit strips are the perfect material for your micro flesh flies. ...
    Micro rabbit strips are the perfect material for your micro flesh flies.
  • Double Pupil Lead Eyes

    $3.99$4.99
    These double painted pupil lead eyes give your flies contrast and depth. With a variety of sizes and ...
    These double painted pupil lead eyes give your flies contrast and depth. With a variety of sizes and colors, these eyes are perfect for both saltwater and freshwater flies.
  • We use UV Polar Chenille on Party Girls, UV Hareball Leeches and many other flies. It ...
    We use UV Polar Chenille on Party Girls, UV Hareball Leeches and many other flies. It adds bulk, movement and flash to your flies without adding weight. Tie it in just like chenille and wrap it forward. Very easy to work with and flies tied with it fish beautifully. 3 Yards per package. Chenille fibers average about 3/4".
  • We carry two-Tone Rabbit Strips in the best flesh fly colors. These are used in our Choker, Happy Me ...
    We carry two-Tone Rabbit Strips in the best flesh fly colors. These are used in our Choker, Happy Meal, and Twofer flies. Flies tied with these rabbit strips have been tearing up the rainbows and Dollies the last few years!
  • If you need to weight the body of a hook Spooled Lead Wire is the way to do it. ...
    If you need to weight the body of a hook Spooled Lead Wire is the way to do it.
  • Medium Chenille is the standard material for Wooly Bugger and salmon fly bodies. Color fast dye won' ...
    Medium Chenille is the standard material for Wooly Bugger and salmon fly bodies. Color fast dye won't wash out. The Fl. Shrimp Pink is our go to color for Egg Sucking Leech heads.
  • Aqua Talon Swing Hook

    $11.99$14.99
    If you are looking for the perfect salmon fly stinger hook, this is it. The Aqua Talon Swing hooks w ...
    If you are looking for the perfect salmon fly stinger hook, this is it. The Aqua Talon Swing hooks were designed by Jerry French (of Intruder fly fame) and Aqua Flies. They are super sharp, feature just the right wire diameter to penetrate easily without sacrificing strength, and have a micro barb that can be left in tact or flattened easily. 25 per pack.
  • Saltwater Flashabou is about twice as wide as standard Flashabou and has a little more crinkle to it ...
    Saltwater Flashabou is about twice as wide as standard Flashabou and has a little more crinkle to it. Great for larger baitfish patterns. Check out the Pearl if you need long pieces of flash for tying Dolly Llamas
  • The Veevus 6/0 fly tying thread is a fantastic thread for tying all your trout and salmon flies. Str ...
    The Veevus 6/0 fly tying thread is a fantastic thread for tying all your trout and salmon flies. Stronger and more durable than Uni thread, Veevus 6/0 has less thread build up than other threads, so it is perfect for tying small and sparse flies.
  • McFly Foam is far and away the best egg yarn. It comes in great color-fast colors, is very easy to t ...
    McFly Foam is far and away the best egg yarn. It comes in great color-fast colors, is very easy to tie with, and it absorbs water which helps your eggs sink. It can also be used for wool heads on sculpin flies.
  • Zap-A-Gap, the liquid thread that we use for locking down our eye on patterns like Clousers and Hare ...
    Zap-A-Gap, the liquid thread that we use for locking down our eye on patterns like Clousers and Hareball Leeches.
  • We love Hareline Ice Dub and use it in many of our custom AFFG flies. Ice Dub is super easy to work ...
    We love Hareline Ice Dub and use it in many of our custom AFFG flies. Ice Dub is super easy to work with, has amazing sparkly translucent colors and is a proven fish catcher. It is ideal for a dubbed head or butt on any of your favorite salmon flies.
  • Hot Beads have a super-durable baked on enamel finish over a base coat. They hold up better than any ...
    Hot Beads have a super-durable baked on enamel finish over a base coat. They hold up better than any other painted bead we have used. They make awesome "Hot Bead" Egg Sucking Leeches. Colors are Salmon Pink, Hot Orange, and Hot Pink.
  • Flashabou is a limp, easy to tie with, flashy material that is a mainstay in salmon flies. Add a few ...
    Flashabou is a limp, easy to tie with, flashy material that is a mainstay in salmon flies. Add a few strands to tails and wings to give your fly just the right amount of flash, or use a lot to tie patterns like Flash Flies or Red Hots.
  • Pearl Mylar Tubing makes very realistic and fishy-looking minnow bodies. 1 yard per package. ...
    Pearl Mylar Tubing makes very realistic and fishy-looking minnow bodies. 1 yard per package.
  • Extra heavy Tungsten Cones offer the most "drop" for the size. Color is Silver. Small is 3.5mm an ...
    Extra heavy Tungsten Cones offer the most "drop" for the size. Color is Silver. Small is 3.5mm and fits hook sizes #8 - #12. 16 cones per pack. Medium is 4mm and fits #4 - #10. 14 cones per pack. Large is 4.8mm and fits #1 - #6. 10 cones per pack.
  • All the materials you need to tie 20 of the hottest salmon flies in Alaska! We made these kits up so ...
    All the materials you need to tie 20 of the hottest salmon flies in Alaska! We made these kits up so you can tie five each of Black & White, Pink & White, Chartreuse & White and Tutti Fruiti Dolly Llamas. Each kit includes a 20 front sacrificial hooks, 20 3/8" silver coneheads, 20 feet of connector material, Gamakatsu L11S-3H rear hooks, seven packs of magnum 1/4" wide rabbit strips, a full pack of Pearl Saltwater Flashabou, Flat Waxed Nylon thread and a sample fly. Check our our video on how to tie the Dolly Llama and get to it!
  • All the materials you need to tie 20 of the hottest trout flies in Alaska! We made these kits up so ...
    All the materials you need to tie 20 of the hottest trout flies in Alaska! We made these kits up so you can tie five each of Black & White, Olive & White, Brown & Olive and All White Dolly Llamas. Each kit includes a 20 front sacrificial hooks, 20 3/8" silver coneheads, 20 feet of connector material, Gamakatsu L11S-3H rear hooks, seven packs of magnum 1/4" wide rabbit strips, a full pack of Pearl Saltwater Flashabou, Flat Waxed Nylon thread and a sample fly. Check our our video on how to tie the Dolly Llama and get to it!
  • Medium Cactus Chenille is best on smaller salmon and trout flies where you want the flash and textur ...
    Medium Cactus Chenille is best on smaller salmon and trout flies where you want the flash and texture but you don't need the bulk of Large Cactus Chenille. Grear for patterns like the Kilowatt and smaller Hareball Leech
  • UV Polar Chenille is a great body material for use with leech and sculpin patterns. It can be used a ...
    UV Polar Chenille is a great body material for use with leech and sculpin patterns. It can be used as a stand alone material or it can be palmered with rabbit, marabou, schlappen or chinese saddle. The medium size chenille is a good choice for using with smaller patterns or when a more subtle flash is desired.
  • TMC 5263

    $10.99$11.99
    The TMC 5263 is a super sharp 3X long streamer hook that is perfect for wooly buggers, freshwater sa ...
    The TMC 5263 is a super sharp 3X long streamer hook that is perfect for wooly buggers, freshwater salmon flies and streamers. Forged Bronze and 25 per pack.
  • The TMC 811S is the sharpest saltwater hook we have found. We use it to tie all our Clouser Minnows ...
    The TMC 811S is the sharpest saltwater hook we have found. We use it to tie all our Clouser Minnows for salmon. Stainless Steel and straight eye. 25 per pack.

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