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  • 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!

    *White only
    **6 heads per pack
  • The rainbow brass cones are a great way to add a bit of color to your otherwise dull pattern. Spice ...
    The rainbow brass cones are a great way to add a bit of color to your otherwise dull pattern. Spice up a mini llama, wooly bugger, or basic leech pattern with these coneheads. 

    Rainbow brass cones come in a 1/4" size. 20 per pack.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • These are the eyes we use on our legendary Mr. Bodangles fly. The Nickel/Chartreuse Psuedo Eye is id ...
    These are the eyes we use on our legendary Mr. Bodangles fly. The Nickel/Chartreuse Psuedo Eye is ideal for making your fly dip and dive while still keeping it reasonably easy to cast. 12 eyes per pack.
  • These silicone legs are a perfect replacement for the original rubber legs.  They are truly round b ...
    These silicone legs are a perfect replacement for the original rubber legs.  They are truly round but they are made from silicone and will not degrade over time like rubber does.
  • Hard as Hull Penetrator Head Cement is a deep penetrating adhesive that soaks into thread wraps and ...
    Hard as Hull Penetrator Head Cement is a deep penetrating adhesive that soaks into thread wraps and locks them down. It soaks in nicely and doesn't change the look of the thread wraps. The bottle cap has a built in applicator brush. It is our default head cement for all our flies.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • These barred ostrich drabs are great for tying a range of flies.  Intruders, baitfish, and leeches ...
    These barred ostrich drabs are great for tying a range of flies.  Intruders, baitfish, and leeches all will benefit from the black barring, adding a nice contrast to your fly.  Each pack contains two feathers.
  • OPST's Dubbing Spinner is a must have for serious fly tyers. It has more weight to it than the avera ...
    OPST's Dubbing Spinner is a must have for serious fly tyers. It has more weight to it than the average spinner and this lets it really spin when you are twisting up a dubbing loop. Built in the USA with super high quality materials.
  • The new and improved shank from Fish-Skull.  These shanks are used for the wildly popular "Game Cha ...
    The new and improved shank from Fish-Skull.  These shanks are used for the wildly popular "Game Changer" style of fly.  They work equally well for salmon/steelhead type intruder flies.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Softer than bucktail, stiffer than marabou, lightweight Neer Hair’s ultra fine fibers have an awes ...
    Softer than bucktail, stiffer than marabou, lightweight Neer Hair’s ultra fine fibers have an awesome action when wet. These fibers shed water effortlessly and are fairly bouyant. They can be used in streamer patterns such as smolt or sculpin, used as a parapost in parachute dries or as wings in bonefish flies or small crab patterns. These veritile fibers come in a large array of colors and can be used with other synthetic or natural fibers to add depth to a pattern. Made in U.S.A
  • 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.
  • All the materials you need to tie 12 Mr. Bodangles in Hot Pink and 12 in Purple/Pink. Mr. Bodangles ...
    All the materials you need to tie 12 Mr. Bodangles in Hot Pink and 12 in Purple/Pink. Mr. Bodangles is a killer coho and king salmon fly that is easy to cast, fun to tie, and even funner to fish! Kit includes 25 Gamakatsu Heavy Wire jig hooks, 24 eyes, thread, Cactus Chenille, Marabou in two colors, Two-Tone Crazy Legs in Pink/Hot Pink and Blue/Hot Pink, Saltwater Pearl Flashabou and a sample fly in each color. Watch our instructional video and start tying. A Mr Bodangles fly sells for $4.95 so buying 24 would cost almost $119. The Tie Two Dozen Kit offers our best value and you will end up with 12 flies in Hot Pink and 12 in Purple Pink. The two best colors that catch fish all over Alaska!
  • 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!
  • If you have been trying to cut the Morrish Mouse foam with your freehand and scissors, you have like ...
    If you have been trying to cut the Morrish Mouse foam with your freehand and scissors, you have likely realized how difficult it can be. The Morrish Mouse foam cutter gives you a hand at creating a more realistic, and happy swimming mouse pattern every time. The cutter comes with a hard base to cut against to protect your tying table or bench.
  • 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.
  • 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!
  • The 1/69th Mirage Lateral Scale is our favorite flash for baitfish patterns.  Similar to regular la ...
    The 1/69th Mirage Lateral Scale is our favorite flash for baitfish patterns.  Similar to regular lateral scale but in a narrower width to ensure great motion in the water.  A little goes a long way when tying with this product.  This is the flash used on our AK Clouser Minnows.
  • The Micro Tubing Assortment contains 36" of 1/16" OD tubing. Note that it does not come with junctio ...
    The Micro Tubing Assortment contains 36" of 1/16" OD tubing. Note that it does not come with junction tubing.
  • Micro rabbit strips are the perfect material for your micro flesh flies. ...
    Micro rabbit strips are the perfect material for your micro flesh flies.
  • MFC Strung Barred Ostrich is only the best and longest ostrich fibers.  Great for a composite loop ...
    MFC Strung Barred Ostrich is only the best and longest ostrich fibers.  Great for a composite loop or wings on salmon, steelhead and baitfish flies.
  • MFC Sparkle Dumbbell Eyes are similar to Spirit River Real Eyes just with more pop.  The flashy col ...
    MFC Sparkle Dumbbell Eyes are similar to Spirit River Real Eyes just with more pop.  The flashy colorful pupil adds a little something extra and the colors match well with popular streamer colors.
  • MFC Kreelex Fish Flash Blend mixes your favorite colors of Kreelex together for a dynamic flash patt ...
    MFC Kreelex Fish Flash Blend mixes your favorite colors of Kreelex together for a dynamic flash pattern for your favorite streamer flies.  The blend packs can replace several individual colors for the ultimate in efficiency.
  • The standard Kreelex Fish Flash really adds some live and shimmer to the best streamers around.  No ...
    The standard Kreelex Fish Flash really adds some live and shimmer to the best streamers around.  Not only is it a great sub for Krystal Flash, but it works as bucktail for extremely flowy baitfish patterns.
  • MFC Bunny Brushes are absolutely perfect for finishing heads on a range of minnow patterns.  Also m ...
    MFC Bunny Brushes are absolutely perfect for finishing heads on a range of minnow patterns.  Also makes great body segments for various other leech and sculpin type patterns.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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. 
  • The Magnum Bobbin is a compact and reinforced version of the Supreme Ceramic. It features a reinforc ...
    The Magnum Bobbin is a compact and reinforced version of the Supreme Ceramic. It features a reinforced stainless tube and the flare at the end of each tube is larger. Fits nicely in your palm.

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