Fly Tying Hooks and Materials

Great for WMD’s, other hoppers and beetle patterns. This is a general purpose closed-cell foam.

A classic dubbing used for dries and wets, antron is fine, has a hint of sparkle, and dubs easily. This is a standby dubbing used on many caddis and mayfly patterns.

A classic winging material, bronze mallard is perfect for wets and dries, including the famed Claret Dabbler. Approximately 20-24 large feathers per pack.

Premium quaility large bucktail.

This soft and easy to use dubbing features a blend of dyed wallaby under-fur, and a hint of antron. A great all-purpose nymph and dry fly dubbing. Our favourite for the bodies of deer hair Shaving Brush patterns.

Premium quality CDC, 1 gram bags. Large feathers.

A popular winging materials, essential to have for Royal Wulffs.

The best value rotary vice on the market, suitable for beginner to intermediate tiers. Capable of #6 to #20 hooks.

Great for muddlers, hoppers and damsels. Straighter and easier to use than deer belly hair.

The standard in fly-tying epoxy, Devcon features a 2 in 1 dispenser, and dries clear and quick, even in low temperatures.

Great value 20 packs of tungsten beads from FlyShop1864. 20 beads for the same price as our competitors sell 10.

Premium quality ceramic bobbins, makes tying easier with less broken threads.

Good quality arrow-tip scissors. Great general purpose.

Weighted Heads for Streamer Flies. Eyes included.

Size Small – Medium (hook range #1-#6), 8 per pkg

Dark Grey.

Written by Daniel Hackett and published in Tasmania, these individual cards give clear and concise tying instructions for each of these Australian patterns, along with their use, and the history of each pattern. Each card includes a colour photo of the fly, tying instructions, and a photo of the most difficult tying step.

This is our basic fly tying tool kit. Great for beginners, or those wanting a budget minded kit. Includes a pedestal base and vice, along with the 7 essential tools, and a basic fly tying instructional book.

The orginal and the best Fuzzle Dub, by Muz Wilson. Great for Fuzzle Buggers and other wet fly patterns.

Original, large 2 gram bags.

Gamakatsu hooks offer the highest-quality saltwater hooks available.  Size 4-8: 12 per pack. Size 10: 15 per pack.

The most trusted and widely used hook for medium to large saltwater species. The best saltwater hook for medium and large species. Tin-plated fly tying hook, super sharp and slimmer for best hook set. Fly tying hook size: 2 qty-12, 1/0 qty-12, 2/0 qty-10, 4/0 qty-7, 6/0 qty-6.

Great for heads on loch-style flies.

Complete golden pheasant tippets, on the skin. Great quality, and perfect for legs and tails on classic fly patterns such as the Nobby Hopper and Bibio Hopper.

Medium sized, barred-rubber legs. Perfect for all hopper patterns including Wee Creek’s and WMD’s.

Great value half capes from Metz and Whiting Hebert Miner birds. These are our recommended all-round capes, with loads of long feathers for #8-#18. Most feathers can tie up to 3 flies worth of hackles.

(note: full capes shown in image)

Excellent quality and great value Hare’s Masks

Excellent quality and great value natural hare’s masks.

The most popular ribbing material on the market, and great for Woolly Buggers and variants.

Perfect for Wee Creek Hoppers and Mini-WMD’s.

Good sized bags of  hungarian partridge feathers. Great for soft-hackled wets.

This is our favourite dubbing, and the easiest dubbing to use. This synthetic material contains a subtle flash, and is a deadly substitute for Seal’s fur, Glister or Masterbright. It’s also very effective when blended with natural dubbing materials such as hare’s ear or seal’s fur. We stock the largest range of colours, in Australia, and at the best price.

The most popular flash material on the market. Very popular with saltwater patterns.

This is a med-long fibred synthetic chenille, with lots of flash. A staple chenille for freshwater and saltwater patterns.

A very solid, very simple, and extra reliable vice. Suits hooks from #2/0 to #18. This is our recommended vice for those starting out, or seeking a reliable non-rotary vice.

Loon Applicator Bottles – This is our recommended product to store and apply water-based head cements (such as the Orvis Head Cement). We use it in our shop.

Clear and flexible, this is a great non-toxic head cement system. Comes with easy to use applicator bottle.

Orvis magnetic Hook Pallet – 6 magnetic compartments to store and organize your fly tying hooks. Use one for dries, one for nymphs, and one for wet fly hooks. Picture shows the pallets stored in hook tower (optional extra).

The best quality marabou plumes available.

The MP Magic Tool set is perfect for creating CDC or Marabou bodies.

1 gram bags of the world’s best CDC, from Marc Petitjean. Consitent sizes, and great colours.

Great for WMD’s and other hopper patterns.

Premium Grade Metz Neck Capes. Long hackles, with 2-3 fly hackles from most feathers. Limited stocks.

Great beads from Orvis and FlyShop1864.

Made in Japan, 25 pack. The perfect emerger hook, great for deer hair and possum emergers, also perfect for curved nymphs, light scud patterns and caddis grubs.

Continuous Bend, Down eye, 1X Fine, 1X Short Shank. Forged, Reversed, Bronzed.

Our favourite dry fly hook, made in Japan. Round Bend, Standard Shank, Down-Eye, Extra Fine Wire, Bronzed.

Water Based, very easy to use.

The perfect wet fly hook. Made in Japan.

1X short, 2X strong, Sproat Bend, Down Eye Bronzed.

Great for tags and posts, high flotation synthetic.

Made in Japan, 25 pack. Round Bend, Down-eye, 1X Strong, 2X Long, Forged and Bronzed. Needle Point, Small barb, tempered.

Great for nymphs and heavy dries such as foam dries and hoppers.

Made in Germany, 100 Yard spools.

Para Post is a great indicator or winging material. Less dense than poly-pro, higher floating and bushier.

Full herls from selectively grown Australian birds. Great for Red Tag’s, Black and Peacock Spider’s, and other popular flies.

Perfect for classics such as the Mrs Simpson.

Great quality pheasant tail feathers. Perfect for dry fly bodies and pheasant tail nymphs.

This is our number one deer hair, used for all our hopper, Shaving Brush and Fastwater Dun ties. Strips are approximately 10cm x 7cm.

A classic dubbing for nymphs and dries. Used on famed Australian and international patterns such as the Carrott Fly, Bob’s Bits, Glister Tag, black and red spinner patterns, and seal’s fur nymphs.

Stonflo Super Hook Pallet – 14 compartment hok and bead organiser. Great quality.

Stripped Goose Biots, great for nymphs and wingcases.

The most popular dry fly hook made. 20 pack.

Very good quality, whole ringneck pheasant skins (cock pheasant).

Our most poopular chenille, Woolly Bugger Chenille is a medium chenille with flecks of flash.