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Foam is used in many fly patterns, but foam isn't just foam. Here's a guide to getting the right stuff - and at a decent price

Large feather rooster saddles are different beasts. Here are some tips on buying them.

Some tips on getting your hands on good skin bits

The quick guide to buying marabou feathers that are useful

The soft hackle is supposed to be - as the name implies - soft. Soft hackle can come from many birds. Chickens, gamebirds like partridge, grouse and quail, pheasant and even crows and jackdaws.

Buying dry fly hackle without breaking the bank

In this chapter of our series we look at what to look for when buying deer hair for fly tying. Get the right material whether you are going to use it for caddis wings or for spinning bass bugs.

Bucktail is a useful and inexpensive material. This is how you get the best

This article is about buying fly-tying materials

Zonker strips: what to look for when buying, and what to do when cutting your own