The Essential Fly Reviews

4.8 Rating 2,220 Reviews

97 %

of reviewers recommend The Essential Fly

4.8

Based on 2,220 reviews

Shipping & Delivery
Delivery Methods	Postal Service
Average Delivery Time	Within 5 Days
On-time Delivery	Greater than 91%
Accurate And Undamaged Orders	98%
Customer Service
Communication Channels	Telephone, Email, Live Chat
Queries Resolved In	Under An Hour
Customer Service	4.9 out of 5

About The Essential Fly:

Specialists in Fly Fishing with salmon, trout flies, and flies for lots of other species. We sell Fly Fishing Tackle and gear and a huge range of Fly Tying Materials and Tools - The Essential Fly is a leading supplier of gear for fly fishermen, rainbow & brown trout flies, salmon flies and flies for every species from our massive selection. Fly tying materials and tools to satisfy every fly tyers needs. With tackle from Greys to Wychwood, from fly rods to waders, luggage and all of the accessories you will need.

We have won awards for customer service and believe in value and quality. Check our reviews from thousands of customers all around the world. Having delivered to over 50 countries from homes to fishing lodges for that last minute requirement.

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The Essential Fly 5 star review on 16th February 2025

Anonymous

Anonymous // 01/01/2019

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“I'm disappointed, l got notice about my order will be one week, after one mouth nothing even we are sorry or something like that, when l wrote my message to them, that's some kind of jokes or what? I waited next two weeks and l didn't get everything what I ordered, shame! l can't recommend.”

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Posted 21 hours ago

Hello - thank you for your order in March and we are sorry to read your comments here. We would like to respond please. We can see that your order was dispatched with a few days of you placing it (it was placed when we were closed over the weekend). There were 2 items in your order that were special order as shown on the site at the time and as confirmed in the check out. We rely on the suppliers to get these to us as quickly as they can, as explained in our ordering process. Sadly sometimes there can be delays and we genuinely do all we can to hurry these along but we are beholden to the supplier. As soon as these came in we dispatched them to you immediately and we can see from the tracking and proof of delivery that they were successfully delivered to you. We hope you are enjoying your materials and we hope to be able to help you with your fly tying materials again in the future. Best wishes Team TEF

Posted 20 hours ago

“very goood”

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Posted 1 day ago

“Great fly thing tools and good service. I've made a few purchases and will no doubt be back.👍”

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Posted 4 days ago

“Great product and excellent delivery time”

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Posted 6 days ago

“Great buy and delivery took couple days”

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Posted 6 days ago

“Great company to buy from, great prices, easy to use website & very quick delivery, perfect 👍”

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Posted 6 days ago

“Excellent service, fast delivery and good communication. Great range of products. Highly recommend”

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Posted 1 week ago

“Excellent service, fast delivery and good communication. Very good range of products. Highly recommend The Essential Fly”

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Posted 1 week ago

“Excellent quality of fly, with a wide selection available on barbless hooks.”

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Posted 1 week ago

“Great service, good quality flies.”

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Posted 1 week ago

“Exactly what I needed thanks very much.”

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Posted 1 week ago

“Quality flies 👍🏻”

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Posted 2 weeks ago

“Review box in way”

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Posted 2 weeks ago

We are sorry to receive your review, however in order for us to help you, could you please let us know more about your experience? We are not sure what mean in your feedback and as you have posted anonymously we cannot contact you directly. If you could please get in touch with customerservices@theessentialfly.com or call us on 01757 333003 we will do all we can to help. Thank you Team TEF

Posted 1 week ago

“Kitchen Sinks look well tied and will used in early May on The Spey”

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Posted 2 weeks ago

“Great quality flies and well packaged.”

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Posted 2 weeks ago

“An easy transaction and great products.”

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Posted 2 weeks ago

“Really happy with the selection and quality of the products available from The Essential Fly. Delivery is always quick and I find the prices really competitive.”

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Posted 2 weeks ago

“Very happy !!”

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Posted 3 weeks ago

“I have just checked my bank account - you appear to have charged me twice for my last purchase. I would be pleased if you could check your account to see if it's my bank at fault”

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Posted 3 weeks ago

Hello Ms Steele. For any such matters it is advised to contact customer service please via customerservices@thessentialfly.com or 01757 333003. We will draw this matter to their attention for you and ensure it is looked into. Thank you Team TEF

Posted 3 weeks ago

“Fly started to come apart on first day outing. P”

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Posted 1 month ago

Hello and thank you for your message here. This is a most unusual situation and we would appreciate an opportunity to look into this please. The best way to do this is via our customer services so they can check your order and the fly mentioned. Here we can't see which fly or more relevant information unfortunately. Please can we ask you to get in touch with customerservices@theessentialfly.com and we will do all we can to help. Thank you

Posted 4 weeks ago

The Essential Fly is rated 4.8 based on 2,220 reviews