Fly Tying Materials Last updated 20:40 02/11/00 This page is currently under construction.

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Traditionally, flies were made from from whatever natural materials could be found locally. These tended to be fur, feather and silk threads for tying. These days however there are all manner of materials both natural and synthetic available in virtually ever colour imaginable. Indeed whole books have been written solely on the materials themselves. Below are some photographs of a very small proportion of the materials I have acquired in eight years of tying (fly tyers are notorious horders!).




Natural capes from the neck/back of the humble cockeral




Natural fur. In this case hare, mole, squirrel and fox.




A mixture of dyed natural and synthetic materials

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