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Tying kits

Everything on the recipe card, weighed out.

The materials behind the flies in this catalogue, in kits for one pattern and in bench stock for a season. Hooks, threads and materials are the ones the recipe cards actually name.

Hatch kit — a dozen flies

$48

Every material on one fly's recipe card, weighed out for a dozen of them, in a labelled bag per component. Pick the hatch when you order; the card that comes with it is the same card that ships with the finished flies.

TYE-HATCH-12Made up to order, ships in 3-5 days

  • A dozen$48
  • Two dozen$84

In the box

  • Hooks for a dozen, in the model and size the pattern calls for
  • A spool of the thread named on the card
  • Every body, wing, hackle and rib material, bagged and labelled in tying order
  • The recipe card, printed the way the product page shows it

Specification

Ties
12 flies of one pattern
Hook
Whichever the pattern names — TMC 100, 2487, 2302 or 5212
Thread
6/0, 8/0 or 14/0 to match the fly's size
Patterns offered
Any of the 18 in the catalogue
Skill
You have tied before. This is materials, not a lesson.

Dry-fly bench stock

$189$224

The materials the dry patterns in this catalogue keep reaching for — elk, deer, hackle, superfine — in quantities that last a season rather than an evening.

TYE-DRY-01Ships in 2-3 days

In the box

  • Natural elk hair patch and a coastal deer hair patch
  • Brown and dark dun saddle hackle, both graded for sizes 14-20
  • Superfine dubbing in olive, blue-winged olive, pale yellow, tan and black
  • Amber and brown Z-lon for trailing shucks
  • Fine gold and copper wire, two spools each

Specification

Covers
Elk Hair Caddis, the Sparkle Duns, PMD Comparadun, Sulphur Dun
Hackle sizing
Graded 14-20, two capes
Dubbing
Five superfine colours, 0.2 oz each
Wire
Fine gold, fine copper
Ties, roughly
200-250 flies

Nymph and scud bench stock

$164

Tungsten, wire and hare's ear. The heavy half of the box, for the patterns that fish under an indicator all winter.

TYE-NYM-01Ships in 2-3 days

In the box

  • Tungsten beads, 5/64 in and 1/8 in, in silver and copper, 50 of each
  • Hare's ear dubbing in natural, tan and dark brown
  • Burnt orange antron dubbing for the October pupa
  • Brown partridge for sparse legs
  • Copper and silver wire, two spools each

Specification

Covers
Zebra Midge, Mysis Shrimp, Ozark Sowbug, October Caddis Pupa
Beads
Tungsten — 5/64 in for 18-22, 1/8 in for 12-16
Hook to match
TMC 2487 curved scud, TMC 2302 1XL nymph
Ties, roughly
180-200 flies

Four-model hook drawer

$96

The four hooks this catalogue actually ties on, twenty-five of each size, in a compartment box that closes properly.

TYE-HOOK-04Ships in 2-3 days

In the box

  • TMC 100 standard dry — sizes 12 through 22
  • TMC 2487 curved scud — sizes 14 through 22
  • TMC 2302 1XL nymph — sizes 12 through 18
  • TMC 5212 2XL dry — sizes 4 through 12
  • A twelve-compartment box, labelled

Specification

Models
TMC 100, 2487, 2302, 5212
Count
25 per size, 700 hooks in all
Finish
Bronze, barbed — pinch them yourself
Box
12 compartments, gasketed lid

Nine-spool thread chest

$54

Every thread colour and denier the recipe cards name, and no colour they do not. Three deniers, because a 6/0 on a size 22 dun is the difference between a fly and a lump.

TYE-THR-09Ships in 2-3 days

In the box

  • 6/0 in orange and black — the foam and stonefly threads
  • 8/0 in tan, olive, brown, grey and yellow
  • 14/0 in olive, black, white and pale yellow
  • A nine-slot wooden spool rack

Specification

Deniers
6/0 heavy, 8/0 general, 14/0 for 18 and smaller
Colours
Orange, black, tan, olive, brown, grey, yellow, white, pale yellow
Length
100 yd per spool
Rack
Oiled ash, nine posts

Vise and tool roll

$329

A rotary vise that holds a size 22 without slipping and the five tools you use every single session. Nothing in the roll is there to make the roll look full.

TYE-VISE-01Built to order, about a week

In the box

  • Rotary vise, cam-lever jaws, pedestal base
  • Ceramic-tube bobbin
  • Curved 4 in tying scissors
  • Hackle pliers
  • Rotating whip finisher
  • Bodkin
  • Waxed canvas tool roll

Specification

Vise holds
Size 4 down to size 24
Jaws
Hardened steel, cam lever
Base
Pedestal, 3.2 lb — no clamp, no bench edge needed
Rotation
True rotary, adjustable tension
Roll
Waxed canvas, six pockets

Before you order

See the flies