The Essential Fly Reviews

4.8 Rating 2,304 Reviews

97 %

of reviewers recommend The Essential Fly

4.8

Based on 2,304 reviews

Shipping & Delivery
Delivery Methods	Postal Service
Average Delivery Time	Within 5 Days
On-time Delivery	Greater than 89%
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

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Anonymous // 01/01/2019

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“Great selection of stuff , easy to work with always letting you know about your order”

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Posted 6 months ago

“Haven't had the chance to use these Mayfly imitations, but they came in good time and look great Can't wait to get out on the river and use them.”

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Posted 6 months ago

“Essential Fly have a great range of products, however delivery is so slow that I only ever use when I can’t get something elsewhere.”

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Posted 6 months ago

We are sorry to hear you feel our delivery is slow. We do our best for our customers and to offer great customer care. As you have sumbitted your feedback anonymously we cannot look into your specific order unfortunatley. We would be very happy to have a chat with you at your convenience. In the spirit of openness, we carry massive stocks and do our best to deliver as quickly as possible - usually same or next day. However if someone has ordered a special order item (as shown on the site and at the check out) we do bring in these items specially for customer so there is a planned timeline for this to happen. All of this is shown on the site and in the check out as mentioned. Feel free to get in touch if we can help you in any way. Thank you Team TEF

Posted 6 months ago

“Good looking flies - postage was a bit expensive and a bit slow”

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Posted 6 months ago

“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 6 months 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 6 months ago

“very goood”

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Posted 6 months 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 6 months ago

“Great product and excellent delivery time”

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Posted 6 months ago

“Great buy and delivery took couple days”

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Posted 6 months ago

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

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Posted 6 months ago

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

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Posted 7 months ago

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

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Posted 7 months ago

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

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Posted 7 months ago

“Great service, good quality flies.”

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Posted 7 months ago

“Exactly what I needed thanks very much.”

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Posted 7 months ago

“Quality flies 👍🏻”

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Posted 7 months ago

“Review box in way”

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Posted 7 months 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 7 months ago

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

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Posted 7 months ago

“Great quality flies and well packaged.”

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Posted 7 months ago

“An easy transaction and great products.”

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Posted 7 months ago

The Essential Fly is rated 4.8 based on 2,304 reviews