How Would You Replace All Of Your Flies If You Lost Them?

[alhuger]

All,

 

I recently was reminded why you should always be vigilant with locking your doors in the inner city. I was working in the back yard recently and I left the garage door open out front. Not a terribly clever decision. While I was out back someone wandered into my garage and helped themselves to some of my fishing gear. They walked out with two Bauer M4 and M5 reels along with a big box full of my flesh, egg and dry flies. It's pretty miserable to be stolen from but it's even worse for them to steal your fishing gear! In any event I now need to replace my dry flies as I will never have enough time to tie that many before the season starts up again. Can anyone suggest a good online retailer with affordable but quality dry flies?

 

Thanks,

al

[sirocco]

Hey Al,

 

Look no farther than Icky Flyworks. At $1.00/fly you can't go wrong. I ordered a buttload of flies from them a while ago and am more than satisfied with the quality.

[bigbowtrout]

Maybe give one of our own a look http://www.glenbowflyfishing.com/

 

Sorry to hear about the theft that really sucks and I hope Karma kicks them in the ass.

[Brownstone]

Sorry to hear .. slimy SOB's, I had all my fishing gear stolen a few years back , 2500 bucks + worth of gear .. lucky they found the guy and it was returned .. good luck ..

[maxwell]

sorry too hear about your misfortune..freakin punks eh...check out montana fly dude... idylwilde.com they got some great stuff too...

[j5ep00]

icky fly works is awsome!

and they are also members of the board:)

shipping is fast and free the flys are great i fished them all season.

and you cant beat the price.

[alhuger]

Thanks guys, that gives me allot to work with and thanks to the people who contacted me off-line. Losing it all sucked but what bothered me most was losing a collection of flies my grandfather fished with. It could have been allot worse so I am lucky in that regard. Oh well, in any event thanks again guys.

 

-al

[reevesr1]

Al,

Thats terrible about the flies your grandfather fished with. Really sorry to hear that.

[Teck71]

Sorry to hear that Al. if I tied I'd send

[cheeler]

Sorry to hear about that, but keep an eye on ebay, you never know if they'll turn up. In my experience, robbers can be quite the dumbf**cks.

[birchy]

Where is Icky Fly Works located? I see that it's Canadian on the website... but don't see a city.

[cheeler]

It's here in Calgary according to a quick google search.

[birchy]

It's here in Calgary according to a quick google search.

 

Funny. I did a google search before I asked.. and couldn't see anything that said Calgary.. other than the couple references to them donating flies at the Bow River Cleanup.

[alhuger]

All,

 

As an FYI I placed an order with Ickyflyworks and just received the flies. Awesome service and the flies look to be good quality. I would not hesitate to recommend them to others. Thanks to those made the suggestion.

 

Cheers,

al

[j5ep00]

birchy ickyflyworks run out of calgary.

thats why you get you flys in only a few days!

the guys are also board members and i have floated the bow with them.

awsome guys and awsome flys.