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Where do you purchase your flies? I often pay $1.50-$2 for a single wet fly, and I'd like to pay less. I met a british tourist who pays 30p (about 75c Canadian).
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What you pay is fairly standard. you can pay upwards of 250 to $3. Cheaper flies can be had. Try some internet searches or some of the FF newsgroups. You might not get what you want though as outfits that market slies at that price usually offer a limited and rather outdated selection. Better yet - learn to tie your own.
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Berrys bait and tackle, 99 cents for a fly, 1.19 for a streamer. The thing is, their Streamers are quite small I belive. I'm not a fly fishermen, but I can see a difference in the quality of theres compared to a quality Babcocks Fly. So you can go for price, or quality, your call. Babcocks flys are fairly expensive, but I notice they have a lot of quality flys. Their leech patterns and choices of materials make them seem very realistic. My buddies babcocks leech made my Berrys leech look like a bunch of black thread tied around a hook. Its your call, but I think Flys in general, unless you learn to tie them, which after years will start saving you money, seem to follow a suit. Quality costs money, as with many pieces of equipment and Tackle in Fishing stores. Scott
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Flies very in quality in each store and so do prices. At Berry's bait and tackle they have the $.99 flies and also good quality flies for more coin.Try Micheal and Young in Surrey and you will see well tied flies and also will pay the price.If you learn to tie use the pricey flies as a template and save some coin, if you don't want to tie or tie a few patterns,do like I do. Pick a few quality flies that you know work,buy the cheaper ones to fill the box "just in case or got to have" and tie the rest. Tight lines
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Dam If you are going to continue buying your flies, I would also suggest that if you happen to be doing a 'trip' to a lake/stream, do some research and find the local equipment dealers. Prior to getting into tying my own, I would often bring along a few extra bucks to buy locally tied patterns. There is often no substitution to a good 'locally' tied fly. I would then match them to fly's back home (now I just tie them myself). As to budget fly's, you really do get what you pay for. Personally I'd rather pay an extra dollar for a fly that will do the job and actually hold up to more than one take than save a dollar and not catch fish, or have it fall apart after the first fish. If you're on a tight budget, cut back on your gear expenses. You'll find that there is a huge price difference in 'quality' gear, and 'top of the line' gear. I know, I have both. If you're just starting out, or even if you are a couple of years into it, you really don't need to go out and spend very much money in order to get very good quality gear. On the other hand, the fly is (hopefully) all that the fish actually sees, so it's the one item I simply 'never' skimp on. I hope this helps.
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Many thanks to all of you who responded! Very helpful. I've only been to a few shops, but this is what I've found: Jaymers in Poco: good value for big steelie flies, and backing sold per foot. Bob's on Hastings: decent, cheap flies, most .99 to 1.19, lots of great spratley's, but no bead-heads on leeches; Michael and Young in Surrey: very expensive, but the best chironomids. Haven't been to Babcocks or Berry's yet. Believe it or not, Wal-Mart is great for basics: 2 gold bead head olive wooly buggers for 2.29; 2 mickey finns for 1.99,but lame chironomids. Isn't tying equipment very expensive? I'll continue to buy my flies. Any of you home tyers want to sell me flies? dam
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