Don't buy a fly tying kit.

My goal in this was to choose a set of patterns that would require only about a shoebox worth of tools and materials to produce. A small enough collection that you can steal time at your desk at work, use the dining table at home or travel with what you... [Read More]

So you kind of have to buy the tools all at once. I wish there was a way around that, because it’s not an insignificant spend. That first bunch of cash is going to be a one-time spend of between $250 and $425. If you want to go cheap on... [Read More]

A hen hackle bag is about 15 x 6 (the ones I have anyway), so that set the parameters for a tying box for me. The Effective Fly Box doesn’t require a whole lot of materials, so organization inside the box wasn’t super important to me. I wanted something I... [Read More]