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  • All the materials you need to tie 12 Pink Hareball Leeches. Size 1/0 salmon hooks, Cactus Chenille, ...
    All the materials you need to tie 12 Pink Hareball Leeches. Size 1/0 salmon hooks, Cactus Chenille, rabbit strips, lead eyes, schlappen, thread, and a sample fly.  Check out the video on our site for complete tying instructions. The Hareball Leech is one of Alaska's most effective salmon flies. From silvers to kings to chum, Hareballs catch fish!
  • All the materials you need to tie 12 Sockeye Lightnings. Hooks, Uni Yarn, thread, Krystal Flash and ...
    All the materials you need to tie 12 Sockeye Lightnings. Hooks, Uni Yarn, thread, Krystal Flash and a sample fly. All for under 10 bucks! Check out our online video with complete instructions on how to tie the Sockeye Lightning. A great fly that every angler should have in their sockeye fly box.
  • All the materials you need to tie 12 Mr. Bodangles in Hot Pink. Mr. Bodangles is a killer coho and k ...
    All the materials you need to tie 12 Mr. Bodangles in Hot Pink. Mr. Bodangles is a killer coho and king salmon fly that is easy to cast, fun to tie, and even funner to fish!
  • 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.
  • TMC 7999

    $20.99$21.99
    If you need sharp hooks on your salmon flies, it is hard to beat the TMC 7999. It features an upturn ...
    If you need sharp hooks on your salmon flies, it is hard to beat the TMC 7999. It features an upturned, beautifully tapered loop eye. The point is chemically sharpened and sticky sharp. Forged Black color. 25 hooks per pack.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • All the goods you need to tie a dozen UV Polar Starlite Leeches. Daiichi 2141 hooks in #1, lead wire ...
    All the goods you need to tie a dozen UV Polar Starlite Leeches. Daiichi 2141 hooks in #1, lead wire, Real Eyes Plus, thread, UV Polar Chenille, rabbit strips, saddle hackle, Craft Fur, New Age Chenille and a sample fly. 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!
  • These Dyed Grizzly Saddle Hackle half patches are perfect for tying a variety of flies including ste ...
    These Dyed Grizzly Saddle Hackle half patches are perfect for tying a variety of flies including steelhead and king intruders, Alaska sized dry flies and buggers.
  • Keogh Saddle Hackles are ideal hackles for tying flies ranging from a 4 down to a 22. These value pa ...
    Keogh Saddle Hackles are ideal hackles for tying flies ranging from a 4 down to a 22. These value packs are a great way to get your hands on premium hackles without paying high costs.
  • Nothing matches the natural iridescence of peacock. Peacock herl can be used as a wing, tail, or wra ...
    Nothing matches the natural iridescence of peacock. Peacock herl can be used as a wing, tail, or wrapped as a body material.
  • Complete Golden Pheasant Tippet makes striking tails and wings on salmon flies. ...
    Complete Golden Pheasant Tippet makes striking tails and wings on salmon flies.
  • These are some of the nicest quality strung Guinea Feathers we have found. They fold nicely and make ...
    These are some of the nicest quality strung Guinea Feathers we have found. They fold nicely and make beautiful, mottled collars on salmon and steelhead flies.
  • A complete Golden Pheasant Head and Crest for salmon flies. Golden Pheasant Crests make beautif ...
    A complete Golden Pheasant Head and Crest for salmon flies. Golden Pheasant Crests make beautiful tails and toppings on salmon flies. The Tippets are ideal for tails and wings.
  • A complete Golden Pheasant Skin with Head. This is perfect for the tyer who want the whole range of ...
    A complete Golden Pheasant Skin with Head. This is perfect for the tyer who want the whole range of feathers from a golden pheasant. Does not include tail feathers.
  • Teal Flank is slightly smaller than mallard flank but the barring on it is much bolder and cleaner. ...
    Teal Flank is slightly smaller than mallard flank but the barring on it is much bolder and cleaner. Useful on salmon flies as a wing or wrapped as a collar.
  • Micro rabbit strips are the perfect material for your micro flesh flies. ...
    Micro rabbit strips are the perfect material for your micro flesh flies.
  • These Tiger Striped Rabbit strips come in some very cool colors. Give them a try and see what you ca ...
    These Tiger Striped Rabbit strips come in some very cool colors. Give them a try and see what you can come up with. Straight Cut and 1/8" wide strips.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Blowing through normal packs of rabbit? Save a few bucks and a bunch of plastic packaging by buying ...
    Blowing through normal packs of rabbit? Save a few bucks and a bunch of plastic packaging by buying a whole hide! There are 32 twelve inch strips in a bag. These are the best quality hides we have found. Strips are 1/8" wide.
  • 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!
  • Two-Tone Rabbit Strips in the best flesh fly colors. We use these in our Choker, Happy Meal, and Two ...
    Two-Tone Rabbit Strips in the best flesh fly colors. We use these in our Choker, Happy Meal, and Twofer flies. Flies tied with these rabbit strips tear up the rainbows and Dollies! Use these crosscut strips to create the swept-back body on your flesh flies. 1/8" Wide.
  • 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. 
  • New Age Krinkle Flash comes in great Alaska colors and perfectly matches the super-popular New Age C ...
    New Age Krinkle Flash comes in great Alaska colors and perfectly matches the super-popular New Age Chenille.
  • 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 Bucktail Combo Pack is a great way to get a good selection of bucktail colors without buying who ...
    The Bucktail Combo Pack is a great way to get a good selection of bucktail colors without buying whole tails. Contains six different pieces of bucktail.
  • A hair stacker is a must if you are tying with calftail, arctic fox, elk hair, or any other material ...
    A hair stacker is a must if you are tying with calftail, arctic fox, elk hair, or any other material where an even wing is necessary. This machined brass stacker is heavy enough to comfortably stack hair wings.
  • A very nice set of quality tying tools. Includes ceramic bobbin, scissor, hair stacker, threader, bo ...
    A very nice set of quality tying tools. Includes ceramic bobbin, scissor, hair stacker, threader, bodkin, and whip finisher. Comes in a nice box.
  • Calf Tail is a slightly crinkly natural material that makes beautiful wings on medium and small salm ...
    Calf Tail is a slightly crinkly natural material that makes beautiful wings on medium and small salmon flies. We recommend using a hair stacker to even Calf Tail before tying it in as a wing.
  • Squirrel Tail is commonly used on hairwing salmon flies and traditional sub surface steelhead flies. ...
    Squirrel Tail is commonly used on hairwing salmon flies and traditional sub surface steelhead flies. Easy to stack and work with. We recommend using a hair stacker if you are tying squirrel tail wings. 
  • Blue Fox Tail makes wonderfully supple tails and wings on salmon and trout flies. It also can be put ...
    Blue Fox Tail makes wonderfully supple tails and wings on salmon and trout flies. It also can be put in a dubbing loop and made into a collar. All colors have dark tips. i.e. the pink is mostly pink in color with dark brownish tips.
  • Deer Belly Hair is ideal for spinning bodies. These strips are high quality and dyed in vivid colors ...
    Deer Belly Hair is ideal for spinning bodies. These strips are high quality and dyed in vivid colors. Great for Pollywogs, mouse patterns, pike flies, bass bugs and more.
  • The Fluorescent Bucktail Combo Pack is a great way to get a selection of Alaska-Style bucktail color ...
    The Fluorescent Bucktail Combo Pack is a great way to get a selection of Alaska-Style bucktail colors without buying whole tails. Contains six different bucktail pieces.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 and UV Polar Starlite Leeches.
  • Coastal Blacktail deer hair is ideal for spinning as well as for wings. Very nice quality hair on a ...
    Coastal Blacktail deer hair is ideal for spinning as well as for wings. Very nice quality hair on a soft tanned skin. Color is Dark Brown as shown on the far left in the photo.
  • Nice long Moose Mane for tying Alaska's State Bird: the Mosquito. Tie in one dark hair and one light ...
    Nice long Moose Mane for tying Alaska's State Bird: the Mosquito. Tie in one dark hair and one light hair and wrap simultaneously to create the Mosquito body.
  • EP took arctic fox hair and some sexy flash to create a brush to take all the difficult work out of ...
    EP took arctic fox hair and some sexy flash to create a brush to take all the difficult work out of building dubbing loops. This brush can be used as a subsitution for hackle and palmering it forward in flies, as a substitute for chenille, or as a material to build a prop and wing on flies. Each pack contains 6 - 10" brushes.
  • The EP Anadromous Brush is one of our favorites for creating salmon and steelhead fly patterns. It c ...
    The EP Anadromous Brush is one of our favorites for creating salmon and steelhead fly patterns. It can also be used in large bait fish and salt water fly patterns as well.
  • 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".
  • Diamond Braids are a sparkly low-profile body material that are wrapped around the hook shank to cre ...
    Diamond Braids are a sparkly low-profile body material that are wrapped around the hook shank to create the body. They really make flies "pop", but is not overly flashy. Ideal for patterns such as Flash Flies, shrimp patterns, Montana Bills, Money Bugs, fry and smolt bodies,  and more.
  • 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.
  • Lateral Scale is the original Dolly Llama flash material. It is similar in width to Saltwater Flasha ...
    Lateral Scale is the original Dolly Llama flash material. It is similar in width to Saltwater Flashabou and has an embossed perpendicular barring that gives it a great look. The 1/69" flashabou is the perfect flash to add to your typical baitfish pattern, or mini-Dolly Llama flies.
  • Steve Farrar Blend Hair is a terrific combination of wing material and subtle flash. You can tie awe ...
    Steve Farrar Blend Hair is a terrific combination of wing material and subtle flash. You can tie awesome baitfish patterns as well as bright attractor patterns for salmon.
  • Mirage Flashabou is our favorite material for adding flash to baitfish patterns. Only a few strands ...
    Mirage Flashabou is our favorite material for adding flash to baitfish patterns. Only a few strands are needed to give a Clouser Minnow a blast of light that predatory fish can't resist!
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • During the spring and early summer, various species of juvenile salmon, called smolt, make the great ...
    During the spring and early summer, various species of juvenile salmon, called smolt, make the great migration from freshwater to saltwater. These small salmon travel in large schools as they try to find refuge in numbers. Along this journey, they are met by voracious predators including trout and char. These trout and char love to push these small salmon to the surface where they will slash through the school, forcing the smolt to "bust" the surface trying to escape. We call this the Smolt Bust. Throwing poppers and sliders designed to look like salmon smolt is a very exciting way to crush trout and char on topwater.  Using Rainy's Pee-Wee Pops is essential to creating Popping and Sliding Smolt. Use them with long shank hooks steamer hooks or tie them stinger style, either way you'll have too much fun busting smolt for trout!

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  • Angel Hair is a very fine and very flashy wing material. It is ideal for baitfish imitations, Clouse ...
    Angel Hair is a very fine and very flashy wing material. It is ideal for baitfish imitations, Clouser Minnows, or chopped up and mixed with your favorite dubbing. It is slightly uneven in length and runs 6"-8".
  • Fish Hair is the best substitute there is for natural bucktail. We use it in our Humpy Hooker, Salmo ...
    Fish Hair is the best substitute there is for natural bucktail. We use it in our Humpy Hooker, Salmon Fry and Searunner Special flies. It is easy to work with, very durable, and sinks quickly. 4" Length.

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