Fly Fishing > Fishing Companies

• Fly Fish the West - Fly fishing and tying information for the western and mid-western portion of the United States.
• The Fly Fishing Bug - Articles, fly recipes, entomology, conservation issues, and photos. [requires msn.groups registration]
• Fly Fishing for Life - Offer a series of journeys to legendary freshwater and/or saltwater destinations throughout the world.
• Fly Fishing for Moriches Bay Stripers - Description of the bay, fishing tips, and fly patterns.
• Fly Fishing for Trout and Salmon - Information about fisheries in the UK and abroad, tackle, dealers and manufacturers, knots, recipes, literature, and physiology.
• A Fly Fishing History - Complete history since the 13th Century.
• Fly Fishing Wisconsin - Contains stream and hatch guide, fly box, instructional articles, road trips, and message board.
• The Flyfishing Resource Guide - International fishing news and reports, with a directory to guides, tackle retailers, media, and travel operators. Includes fly patterns and forums.
• Flyfishing Scotland - Provides articles, information and reports. Includes details of fisheries, fees and contact information, fishing packages, and tackle reviews.
• Furled Leaders
• Gjerfloen Flyfishing in Trysil - 2.4 km stretch of river, near the Norway/Sweden border, reserved for fly only. Includes location map. [Site in eight languages]
• Hooked-On-Flies - Information and instruction on all aspects of the sport for beginners and experienced anglers alike.
• The Itinerant Angler - Fly fishing community featuring podcasts, a photoblog, how-to video, bulletin board, and magazine articles. Hosted by Zach and Lauren Matthews.
• Jackson Hole One Fly Event - Three-day tournament in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, with anglers limited to using only one preselected fly per day. Provides rules, past results and awards, and details of grants and projects.
• Mainflyfish.com - Contains lake and stream details, fishing reports and stories, fly tying recipes, hatch charts, tips and tactics, and forums.
• Margaree River Fly Fishing Specialists - Information about Atlantic salmon fishing on the Margaree River, Nova Scotia, including ettiquette, fly patterns, fish life cycles and migration patterns..
• Midwest Trout Fishing - River listings and fishing forums for Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin.
• Minnesota Fly Fishing - Provides information and resources including links to clubs, hatch chart, tackle tips, articles, and forums.
• Neshannock Creek Fly Fisherman - Western Pennsylvania resource with fly patterns, animated tying demonstrations, advice about tackle and techniques, fishing reports, and forums.
• New Zealand Angling Limited - Offers salt and fresh water tours, trips and tuition.
• Over My Waders - Historic articles, images of fly plates and rod makers advertisements, and used and rare books.
• Premier Fly Fishing & Fly Tying Site - Includes beginner tips, entomology, Welsh fishing reports, and trout recipes.
• Redfish on the Fly - Provides information about South Texas flyfishing opportunities and techniques for redfish. Includes biological species descriptions, photos and links.
• Scream'n Reels - Contains animated casting techniques and knot tying instructions, fishing reports, species identification and hatch charts, fly patterns, and links.
• Sexyloops - Humorous but in-depth fishing tips and strategies, tackle reviews, detailed fly tying instruction, and book and video reviews.
• Smallstreams.com - Featuring users articles, product and book reviews, and forums.
• StillwaterTrout.com - Tips and techniques for catching trout in ponds, lakes and reservoirs with information about tackle, belly boats, pontoon boats and places to fish.
• The Full Creel
• The Streamer Page - Devoted to the art of fly fishing with streamers.
• Trout and Salmon Fishing - Information on trout, salmon and sea trout fishing in Scotland featuring maps, tackle, tactics, flies, knots, books and recipes.
• Troutnut.com - Movies and images of aquatic insects with details about their behavior. Also articles, underwater and landscape photographs, and desktop backgrounds.
• Two Fly Foundation - Objects and rules for an annual charity tournament on the North Platte River, Casper, Wyoming.
• UK Fishers - Resource guide containing, articles, news, photo gallery, product reviews, discussion board, and an online shop.
• Washington Fly Fishing - Articles, book and product reviews, discussion forum, links to detailed river information, and photo gallery.
• What a Catch! - Details of the Outdoors Television Network show with episode lists, and crew details.
• Wildfly - Presents information about fishing in South Africa with tutorials, competition calendar, book reviews, and online tackle shop.
• Women in the Stream - Mission is to enrich women's lives by the introduction of the outdoor experience through the art and sport of fly fishing. Trip information, articles and photos.
• Women's Flyfishing - Provides a safe and supportive environment where women can learn to fly fish. Hosts guided trips, wilderness excursions, and float tube outings.
• Yokanga River - Offers the Atlantic salmon fishing on the Kola Peninsula, Russia. Includes articles and photos.

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• A.A. Outfitters - Specializing in fly fishing reels, hooks, bait, clothing, and supplies.
• ADG - Produces titanium fly rods, fly reels, and breathable waders.
• Adirondack Sport Shop - Offers Ausable Wulff products.
• Alan's Fly Shack - Offers flies, lures, reels, saltwater rods, and accessories.
• The Alpine Angler - Australian supplier of fresh and saltwater fly fishing equipment, flies, books, and videos.
• American Fly Fishing Company - Offering equipment by manufacturers such as Sage, Scott, and Winston. Includes apparel and watercraft.
• Angler's All - Offers a wide range of tackle, accessories, supplies, and equipment for this sport.
• Anglers' Bookshelf - Over 700 fly fishing books, magazines, videos, and software titles sorted into convenient categories for fly fishers.
• Angler's Lane Fly Fishing Store - Fly fishing supply store and guide for fishing trips and classes for beginners and intermediate bass and trout fishermen in Lynchburg and Forest Virginia.
• Angling Designs - Manufacturer of the Quick-Seine, a device to check the local insect population.
• Aries Tackle - Offers a wide selection of flies, equipment, and tying materials.
• ArtsNFlies - Original art, saltwater flies and tying materials.
• AussieFly Shop - Includes books, flies, guides, leaders, lines and nets.
• The Back Country - Offering rods, reels, fly sets, and Boga grips.
• Bear's Den Fly Fishing Shop - Maintains fly fishing, tying and rod building products in New England. Complete instruction available onsite.
• Beek Flies - Offers flies, boxes, tying kits, and books.
• Black Dog Sports - Offers video, stream guides, and themed paintings and note cards.
• Bob Marriott's Flyfishing Store - Offering a mail order catalog, online store, full service travel center, schools and an annual educational fair.
• BT's Fly Fishing Products - Includes custom flies, tying accessories, lines, reels, and video.
• Bud Lilly's Trout Shop - Provides flies, leaders, rods, and reels for fly fishing.
• Burleson Sporting Company - Offers apparel, fishing supplies, educational DVDs, storage cases and personalized items. Includes a FAQ and advice.
• California Fly Shop - Sells fly fishing rods, reels, line, waders, vests, boots, and pontoon boats.
• Carlsons Fishing Tackle - UK fishing tackle shop offering flies and other fly fishing gear.
• Catskill Flies Inc. - Fly fishing tackle, events and destinations.
• Central Coast Fly Fishing - Provides fly rods, reels, books, clothing and accessories.
• Cliff Harvey Angling Supplies - Online tackle shop based in south Wales specializing in fly fishing.
• CompleatAngler.biz - Fly fishing and tying equipment.
• Dan Bailey's Fly Shop - Complete line of fly fishing tackle, fly-tying tools and accessories with a used Rods and closeouts section.
• Discountflies Flies - Fly shop that sells flies, fly fishing equipment and belly boats.
• Don's Tackle Service - Offers a variety of rods, reels, and books.
• E. Hille Company Angler's Supply House - Sales of flies, custom fly rods, and fly fishing supplies and accessories.
• Ezflyfish.com - Featuring Hardy, Diamondback, Airflo, Cortland, Lamson, and Waterworks.
• Feather Craft Fly Fishing - Including fly tying and fishing equipment.
• Firefly Outfitters - Offers a wide assortment of accessories, rods, reels, supplies, and equipment.
• Fireside Fly Fishing - Offering rods, display boxes and prints.
• Fishermans Mercantile - Offers selection of accessories, flies, rods, reels, leaders from Rock Creek, Montana.
• Fishermans Tackle Company - Includes rods, flies, sun glasses, DVDs and boat accessories.
• Fishing in the Florida Keys - Flies and jigs.
• The Float Tube Store - Offers float tubes and pontoon boatsand and their accessories.
• Fly Fishing Deals - Flies and tackle.
• Fly Fishing Outfitters, Inc. - Fly Fishing Guide, Outfitter and Orvis endorsed retail store located in Vail/Beaver Creek Colorado.
• Fly Fishing Shop - Tackle, flies, accessories, and equipment.
• Fly Fishing Tackle - Specialises in selected fly fishing equipment for the discerning angler.
• Fly Fishing with Doug Swisher - Flies, fly tying and fly fishing adventures.
• Fly Rod Kits dot Com - Fly rod blanks, kits, parts and instructions.
• The Fly Shop - Fly fishing equipment, accessories, travel packages, guided trips and advice.
• The Fly Shop (Australia) - Offers equipment, accessories, books, clothing, and videos.
• Fly Tiers - Offers flies, boxes, leaders, reels, work stations and benches.
• Flyangler - Fly fishing tackle and equipment.
• Flyfishin.com - Universal mayfly Hatch Chart keyed to a Hatch Box with matching flies.
• Fly-Rite Inc. - Offers fly material and equipment, flies, leaders, and fly boxes.
• Flystore - Specializing in fly fishing flies, books, and videos. In Italian and English.
• FlyteDeck - Makers of the ultimate chest fly box system.
• Four Seasons Fly Shoppe - Fly fishing equipment and supplies available online.
• George Gehrke's Flyfishing World - Offers fly dressing products such as Gink and Xink, fly making products, gun oils, bowstring wax, and bamboo rods.
• The Global dorbeR Group, Inc. - Fly, spinning, and casting rods, spinning and fly reels, and fly fishing accessories.
• High Country Flies - Fly fishing equipment and accessories. Also a guide program.
• Hook and Hackle - Fly tying and fly fishing equipment.
• Idaho Anglers - Offers fly tackle and accessories, outdoor clothing, and watercraft.
• Iflyshop.com - Fly rods, reels, vises, tackle, waders, and fly tying supplies.
• J. Austin Forbes - Purveyors of fishing equipment, including reels, rods, accessories, gifts and jewelry.
• J Stockard Fly Fishing - Tying materials, rod building supplies, reel seats, rods, hooks, and vises.
• Just Fish - Fishing giftware and a complete range of flies, tying materials and anglers accessories.
• Kaufmann's Streamborn, Inc. - Rods, reels, lines and leaders, waders, fly tying supplies, pontoon boats, kayaks, float tubes, clothing, and accessories.
• The Kingfisher Fly Shop - Provides rods, reels, flies, leaders, and clothing.
• KKFlyfisher.com - Extensive line of flyfishing and flytying products.
• Leland Fly Fishing Outfitters - Offers fly rods, bags, and accessories.
• Len Codella's Sporting Collectibles - Bamboo fly rods, graphite fly rods, reels and fly fishing accessories.
• Line's End Inc. - Flyfishing and flytying products.
• The Lower Forty - Central New England flyfishing specialty shop.
• Lyttles of Dunchrch - Game fishing shop in the middle of England specializing in all equipment for fly fishing and fly tying.
• Madison River Fishing Company - Offers reels, flies, fly lines, float tubes, accessories, rods, rod building and fly tying supplies, and clothing.
• March Brown Ltd - Offers travel fly rods, reels, flies, fly boxes and apparel.
• The Missouri River Trout Shop - Fly fishing tackle and services in Craig, Montana.
• Morayflyfishing.co.uk - Offers flies, fishing tackle, guided game and coarse fishing, and clothing.
• Murray's Fly Shop - Offers fly fishing tackle and accessories.
• Northwest Classic Tackle - Providing Fly fishing rods, reels and accessories.
• O'Reillys Fishing - Fly rods, reels and tackle available for purchase online.
• Orleans Outdoor - Fly-fishing tackle shop.
• Ozark Angler - Full service fly shop offering flies, clothing, rods, and reels.
• Percy's Flies - Offers fly fishing supplies, boxes, rods, reels, and tackle.
• Purely Fly Fishing - Stockists of R.L Winston, Powell, Fly Logic, and Bruce and Walker.
• The Rod Box - Offers tackle, shooting accessories and clothing. Also provides related gift-ware and books. Mail order.
• Roth Angling - Offers plates, custom framing and shadow boxes.
• Schmidt Outfitters - Specializing in fly fishing equipment and supplies. Includes news and events.
• Shift Outdoors - Canadian fly fishing store featuring rods, reels, flies, leaders, and float tubes.
• Sierra Pacific - Wholesale distributor and manufacturer of products for the flyfisherman.
• Silver Bow Fly Shop - Fly tying and fly fishing equipment.
• Siman Fly Fishing - Czech supplier of flies, fly tying material, and other fly fishing gear.
• Snake Brand - Fly rod guides. Catalog, dealers, and order form.
• Snake River Outfitters - Offers Snowbee fly fishing products including rods, reels, waders, and nets.
• SnB Specialties - Fishing supplies and gear.
• Snowbee - Fly fishing products, including rods, reels, lines, waders, boots, and clothing. UK.
• SportFish Fly Fishing - Fly fishing community with forums, events information and fly fishing equipment with rods, reels, lines, and lures from the major manufacturers.
• Stenzel Flyfishing - Offering Stenzel reels, Redington reels and rods, lines, waders, clothing, and accessories. In German and English.
• Stone Creek, Ltd - Flyfishing gear, gifts, and accessories, including Split Willow Fishing Creels.
• Stoney Creek Fly Tying - Designs and builds Black Cherry and Red Oak fly tying desks.
• Streamside Fly Shop - Fly fishing gear, flies and equipment.
• Superfly Inc. - Fly Fishing.
• Tradenstuff.com - Offers new, second hand, or trade fishing reels.
• The Trout Spot - Provides selection of fly boxes, gifts, and books.
• TroutBound - Offers J.Ryall reels, Heritage kayaks, and pontoon boats.
• Troutcatchers.co.uk - Supplies flies for trout, salmon, pike fishing. Includes rods, reels, nets, boots, and sunglasses.
• Troutfishing.co.uk - Flyfishing rods, reels, and accessories.
• Troutfitter Flyshop - Flyfishing equipment and accessories.
• Tulpehocken Creek Outfitters - Fly fishing shop. Includes information on equipment, clothing and travel.
• W. S. Hunter Fly Fishing Outfitters - Fly fishing rods, reels, hooks, accessories and clothing.
• Westbank Anglers - Fly fishing shop in Wyoming. Offers tackle and fly fishing travel.
• Wetfly.net - Offers fly tying kits, books, wallet and accessories.
• Wilderness Access - Fly fishing tackle and equipment.
• Ye Olde Fly Shoppe - Fly tying materials and fishing tackle.
• Yorkshire Game Angling - Provides rods, reels, clothing, and videos.

Beginners

• Beginner's Netguide To Flyfishing - What fly fishing is all about and how to get started in the sport.
• Fly Fishing - For Beginners 101 - Offers useful tips for the fly fishing beginner.
• Fly Fishing and Fly Tying Guide - Introduction to fly fishing and fly tying using pictorial examples and step-by-step instructions. Includes entomology, casting tips and recipes.
• Fly Fishing for Beginners - Provides basic information for the beginner or novice angler including rods, reels, line, flies, knots, casting and fishing techniques.
• The Fly Fishing Guide - Introduction to the basics of fly fishing including techniques, equipment, and details of various locations to fly fish in North America.
• Flyfishing with WildBill - Tips for successful saltwater fly fishing including equipment selection, filleting fish, catching and rigging live bait, kite fishing, and recipes.
• Stream Side Adventures - Professional guiding company offers useful tips and techniques.

Fly Casting

• Allan Johnson's School of Flycasting - Instruction for beginners and experienced anglers. One and two day schools in New Jersey and on the Upper Delaware River in New York.
• American Casting Association - Conducts the A.C.A. National Tournament and coordinates casting tournaments held by associated clubs. Includes rules and details of events.
• Border Game Angling - Offers casting tuition in Carlisle, Cumbria, UK. Includes tips, course details, and fees.
• Damsel Fly Fishing - Sue Macniven, Berkshire based licensed and insured lady instructor. Includes details of qualifications and experience.
• Federation of Fly Fishers Europe - Flycasting instructor certification program. Provides course programs and instructor details.
• Fly Casting Forum - Competition news, fly rod evaluation and calibration, instruction and commentary. Also international casting news, reviews, fly casting instructions and some history of casting.
• Ken McHugh Fly Fishing Instructor - Fly fishing casting instruction by fully qualified STANIC instructor. Based in Nottingham UK.
• Proper Guides Ease Fly Casting - Excerpt from the book of Bob Brunsell, published with the kind permission of the author.

Flt Tying

• Alice Conba Master Fly Dresser - Patterns, tips, links, and products.
• Artflies - Classic Salmon flies tied without a vise. Provides tying instructions, information about natural dressing materials, and photos.
• Basic Fly Tying - Offers the manual by Ronald Howard as a PDF download.
• The Classic Salmon Fly - History, patterns with pictures, and tiers biographies.
• Copper Fly - Fly tying tutorials with step by step instructions. Includes information about tools and dressings, and forums.
• Crocheted fly-patterns - Crocheting instructions and variety of patterns.
• Danica Flytier's Page - Presents closeup photos and recipes for flies gathered from a collection of tyers around the world.
• Diptera - Offers patters, tips and knots for making a variety of freshwater and saltwater flies.
• Dougherty's Fly Box - Articles, instructions and pictures of successful flies.
• FAQ - Processing Fly Tying Materials at Home - Describes possible health hazards and safe methods of handling, treating, and storing natural dressing materials.
• Fly Fishing Salt - Provides step-by-step instructions for tying salt water flies.
• Flytyer - Illustrated and photographic patterns and tying instructions.
• FlyTyingForum.com - Community featuring pattern database, photo gallery, entomology, tips, and swaps.
• Graham Owen - A collection of photographs of hand-tied flies.
• Guy Turck Fly Fishing & Tying - Original articles as well as information and tying tips for the Turck Tarantula, Power Ant, Snake Drake and other fly patterns. Jackson Hole fishing information.
• How to Tie Some Random Flies - Selection of fly descriptions.
• Invicta Flies - Featuring patterns and techniques. Tips on tying methods and material preservation as well.
• Jacqueline Wakeford Flydressing Instructor - Offers courses on flydressing from complete beginners to advanced flydresser. Includes profile, course details and rates, authored publications, and contact information.
• The Jaeger Spey - Tying instructions for a spey type fly.
• Montana Fly Tyers - Features detailed photographs and brief descriptions of individual flies.
• My Virtual Fly Box - International salmon fly swaps. Includes acrchived patterns.
• North West Fly Tier - Flies for fishing in the North West with photos and recipes.
• Nymphing with the RS2 Fly - Deals with tying and fishing the RS2 fly.
• Online Fly Tyer - Includes pattern database, articles, swapping forum, retail locator, and product reviews.
• Philatelic Phly Tying - Patterns for flies featured on postage stamps from around the world.
• Salmon and Steelhead Fly Tying Guide - Includes patterns, facts about the species, recommended books, articles, and Washington fishing information.
• TheFlyBench.com - A collection of fly patterns, including photos, recipes and tying instructions, combined with an interactive database search mechanism.
• Trout Flies - Fly patterns for trout fly fishing.
• The Tying Bench - Hosted by master fly fisher Mark VanPatten, television schedule and tying recipes.
• Tying Bench - Pattern database, and articles.
• Virtual Flybox - Online resource featuring tying instructions for fly patterns from around the world. Includes swaps, articles, chat room and forums.
• The Wallywing Method - Features step-by-step instructions.
• Wes' Virtual Pattern Book - Presents closeup photographs, recipes, and tying instructions for a variety of unique and unusual fresh and saltwater flies. Includes kids flies, and hook conversion charts.

Equipment

• Angler Sport Group - Distribute Daiichi hooks, Wheatley fly boxes, and the BowTyer fur tying materials exclusively in the United States and Canada
• Cul De Canard - Fly tying material, accessories and flies. In English, German, French, and Italian.
• Danville Chenille Company Inc. - Provide chenille, tinsel, threads, and other flyfishing and flytying.
• David Rice - Wholesale catalogue of fly fishing and fly tying materials. Lots of Irish angling information.
• D.H. Thompson Fly Tying Tools and Materials - Offers vices, tools, and materials. Includes product and company information.
• Dyna-King - Makers of rotary and stationary vises and accessories.
• Finnish Fur Fly - Fly tying materials and tools, distributed worldwide.
• Flycraft - Foam terrestrial bodies for the fly tyer. Also offer tools.
• Fort Shockley - Organizes your tying area, with tips, tools, and workstations.
• Hareline Dubbin Inc - Manufacturer and distributor of fly tying materials.
• LAW products - Fly tying vices and fly reels.
• Montana Fly Company - A manufacturer of flies, fly tying materials, and hooks. Sells to retail stores only.
• Munot international - Manufacturer and exporter of tying tools such as vises, pin on reels and nippers, kits and accessories. India.
• RG Saga Exports - Manufacturer and exporter of flies, and fly tying tools and materials.
• River Road Creations - Fly tying materials, tools, equipment, foam cutters, and wing cutters.
• Saga Instruments - Makes tools and materials such as vises jaws and tube fly attachment. India.
• Sunrise International - Manufacturers of fly tying tools and materials.
• Tiemco - Produces fly hooks, fly tying material, vies, tools, and fly fishing accessories.
• Uma International - Manufacturers fly tying tools, vises, tackles bags, and materials.
• Umpqua Feather Merchants - Provides fly tying material and hooks. Features product information and dealers.
• UNI Products - Flytying material and fly tying thread by a small Canadian company.
• Whiting Farms - Produces several varieties of hackle. Includes product and company information.

Organizations

• Calgary Hook & Hackle Club - Dedicated to the enjoyment of all aspects of fly fishing with special emphasis on fly tying. Includes meeting and events schedules, forum, and photo gallery.
• DuPage Rivers Fly Tyers - Weekly meetings at the College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, Illinois. Features membership information, meeting details, newsletters, and database of fly patterns.
• Durban Fly Tyers - Aims to give members a forum to discuss and demonstrate all forms and techniques. Includes membership and meeting information, patterns, and events schedule.
• Fly Dressers Guild Middlesex Branch - London based group meets fortnightly between September and April. Beginners classes, guest speakers, social and fishing days.
• Fly Tying World - International fly tying ring. Features pattern database, lessons, forum, and member profiles.
• The Flydressers Guild - UK based organization with an international membership and branches in Japan and the U.S.A. Includes meeting and committee details, newsletters, and club merchandise.
• Grand River Fly Tyers - Federation of Fly Fishers club in mid-Michigan offering fly casting and fly tying clinics.
• New England Fly Tyers - Provides meeting details, events calendar, course information, photos, and stories.
• North West Branch of the Flydressers Guild. - Reflecting fly tying and fishing around a group of enthusiasts in the north west of England. Includes questions and answers, meeting information, and event schedule.
• United Fly Tyers - Founded in 1959 in Woburn, Massachusetts. Contains meeting information, calendar of events, articles and membership application form.