Where do you get your supplies?

[Rut]

Where does everyone get their supplies in the Salt Lake or Utah County areas? Who has the best selection? Who is the most helpful? Who has the lowest price? Etc...etc...etc...
Or do you just use the internet?


Thanks,

Rut

[ScottT]

Mostly I/net. FishTech has a pretty decent selection & great people.
Hooked in Kaysville has some also, but as usual they're really proud of it.

ScottT

[Ouzel]

there are 4 places to buy fly tying supplies depending what you are looking for. Fish Tech and Western Rivers are both good fly shops with the edge in selection and price going to my long time friends Byron and Mickey. Steve at Western Rivers is at worse only a half step behind. Dennis's Fly Desk offers a good selction at good prices and is the place when buying hooks. If you have a good understanding of materials and what is needed for your flies Sportsman Warehouse and various craft stores will give you a price advantage.

There is of course the internet and its further advantages of selction and price. I can't remember getting tying materials from L.L. Bean, Orvis or Cabelas that I was dissatisfied with; I have not bought any supplies from EBay.

Some are very high on touch & feel and in some cases I quite agree with them, especially for capes and saddles.

The Fly Shops like Fish Tech and Western Rivers very likely note the quality of materials before the are put out for their customers.

Fly Shops due to their overhead ratio are likely to charge 8% to 12% more on any given product and that is OK with me for their help in other areas.

[newtyer]

go with local stores. If not check out Janns Netcraft. super cheap but a little difficult to get used to ordering from.

[fish-hunter]

Hooked Fishing Tackle (James Ferrin) Kaysville

Sportsman's Warehouse (Riverdale) Low-Country-Steve

"Hooked"
has some great people that like to help, and some aren't real hard to look at either! LMAO (Hope my wife doesn't read this!" James has some pretty cool patterns like the Dry Emerger that he invented, and has a pretty good handle on what you need to tie different patterns. They handle Ross, Loomis, ST. Croix, and some of the other brands. Lots of tying materials to choose from. W2U, Mini, PBH: Yes, he even has power bait, minnows, crawlers, and wax worms, and allot of ice fishing equipment. Pretty much just a well rounded all you need kind of shop.

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[Vanilla]

I have had good success with some of the supplies at Sportsmans. Some of their stuff is not up to par. But a lot of their stuff is better and cheaper than what I have found at most fly shops.

[FlySmyth]

Salt Lake Couty: I always go to The Fly Desk first. If he doesn't have it I go to Fish Tech. Between the two of them if they don't have it you don't need it. Same goes for information and fly fishing advice. As to price, hooks and hackle pricing The Fly Desk is cheaper on everything I have ever priced at both places. Fish Tech will have some stuff The Fly Desk doesn't. Fly fishing and tying would less fun without either.

Utah County areas? The only place I ever go when in Utah county is Lone Peak in American Fork. I was in there today and bought some mylar tubing their selection improves every time I stop in. Get in there and tell them I sent you.

FlySmyth.

[newtyer]

I thought this was about rod building supplies. Does fly desk have rod building materials?

[Ouzel]

supplies are concerned FISH TECH is the only shop, 'I knew', carried rod building supplies.

[joshuahodges]

I got my supplies frm cheech. he makes one good looking burrled cork grip.