Very useful vice at a reasonable price – holds hooks, from size 24 to 02 very firmly .

2.    Guideline F.I.T.S. Tube System

Excellent for tying cone or turbo head flies and everything F.I.T.S.

3.    Genetic Dry Fly Hackles

Superb quality Hackles for tying the ultimate Dry Fly, they come in two sizes small for tying  flies in sizes 16 & 18 and medium for tying sizes 12 & 14.

4.    Veniards Racoon Zonker Fur

8 colours of 3½ to 4 inch length fur. Ideal for tying on Guideline F.I.T.S. tube system when a tapered tear drop wing is required.

5.    Glister Dubbing

Long fibres of high sparkle material which is good for adding extra life to flies. Dubs well onto tubes and can be used for building up a good thorane on crunchers.

6.    Ostrich Herl

Comes in 12 colours and is mainly used for tying butts on salmon flies but owing to its extreme mobility can be utilised as hackle for Michael Frodin modern tube flies.

7.    Bucktail

Comes in nine colours and is used for winging and tails of shrimp patterns. This product has fine fibres and does not  flare when tied.

8.    Krystal Flash

Gives life and sparkle to salmon and lure wings and tails. It comes in 10 colours including Gold, Silver, and Pearl.

9.   Turral Pre Waxed Tying Thread

A versatile pre waxed fly tying thread suitable for almost all fly patterns. Continuous filament polyester on 70 metre reels in a variety of different colours.

10.    Veniards Uni Floss

Comes in 11 colours, including black. Gives a very rich coloured body to salmon flies and enables you to form a very smooth finish.

Getting Started

If you are keen to start fly tying, one of the easiest fishing flies to start with is a North Country Spider, such as Partridge and Orange or a Snipe and Purple, but be careful not to overdress, 2 turns of Hackle only.

We suggest you buy your own vice such as the Lazzerri Morsetto Omega and then use a Veniards Premier Fly Tying kit which will give some good basic materials to get going.

Salmon Fly Tying

If you are tying Salmon Flies and using a non compressing winging material such as a Squirrel Tail, a drop of superglue at the base of the wing will make the fly more robust.

Hackled Wet Fly Tying

When tying any Hackled Wet Fly a couple of turns of Peacock Herl behind the hackle will make the Hackle stand up and create a Thorax.

Dry Fly Tying

When dressing a Dry Fly or the body of a hopper try palmering the body with CDC so that when fishing with Fluorocarbon you can sink the leader and your fly will bob back to the surface.

If you’d like to share your own fishing tackle hints and tips, we’d love to hear from you. Why not email us at: flyfishingtips@johnnorris.co.uk.