Fly Tying Tool
 DUBBING TWISTER Fly Tying Tool LARGE US $3.79 
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 Fly Tying Tool Dubbing Twister with Half Hitch Tool US $3.75
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 Gerstner Tool Chest W Orvis fly tying kit US $300.00
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 6 PC FLY TYING TOOL KIT US $23.00
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fly tying supplies?
i am looking to start tying and am wondering what things to buy besides the obvious tools and vise which i am going to get together in a kit. i will be mostly tying dry flies and some nymphs. anything for freshwater trout.
Thread, silk was my first thread, kevlar used for big flies.
Head cement, Dave's Flexament is pretty good. I use fingernail polish for larger flies and thinned fingernail polish for small flies now.
Some grizzly hackle or some color hackle for mayfly dry flies. has to be dry fly quality. At least silver quality
Wet fly hackle (much cheaper than dry) for woolly buggers, etc. I like any color grizzly because of the stripes
a piece of elk hair on skin, or deer hair. I like a medium to light brown if I only had one color. I have white through olive to black myself.
Dry fly dubbing. gray or tan maybe if not a whole assortment
Nymph dubbing, a friend uses his cat's hair, some buy a rabbit mask, you can get wet fly dubbing. Lots of room for experimentation
For poppers I use a wakky noodle or tube that you can get at a Dollar Store for a dollar. Orange first, red second. Should last a lifetime. Poppers are tougher with Flexament
Some glass beads of assorted colors from Michael's craft store or any craft store for beadhead nymphs.
Good scissors.
Tweezers or thumb forceps
hackle pliers are real nice to have
Vise
thread bobbin
you can buy a whip finisher or use your hands
hairstacker for elk hair caddis which is a dynamite fly
spool of lead wire to weight nymphs or equivalent. My friend uses old champagne lead, but I think that is going extinct in fishing and the wine industry. Yellowstone doesn't allow any lead on the fly to show you the way things are going. Consider tungsten beads.
bobbin threader is nice, but you can get by without it. I didn't know what it was for 2 years even though it was in my original kit.
Mirabou feathers for leaches. Black most popular, I like brown
I tried to be complete. Get hooks and you are all set. Maybe you don't need a kit, but often they give you a good deal.
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