The Essential Fly Reviews

4.8 Rating 2,192 Reviews

97 %

of reviewers recommend The Essential Fly

4.8

Based on 2,192 reviews

Shipping & Delivery
Delivery Methods	Postal Service
Average Delivery Time	Within 5 Days
On-time Delivery	Greater than 90%
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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“Delivery was prompt and accurate, thankyou using the Nymphs this weekend ... will it make me a better fisherman ... probably not !”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Excellent flies and advice.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Very professional and friendly staff.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Very good service and would have been 5 stars but just 2 -3 days after placing an order for just short of £200 I received a 20% discount code.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“I haven’t used the flies yet but they look good.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“I don’t tie my own flies and Essential’s flies are some of the best flies I buy. They seem to be robust in that they don’t fall apart after the first catch and, unlike a number of nice flies, the hooks are generally strong - which is important for stillwaters where fish are often stocked much bigger than you’d find wild. They also have an expanding collection of barbless flies, which helps since my person decision to only by barbless, as far as possible.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Quality goods, Quality service”

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Posted 5 years ago

“I have used the flys I purchased before and I like the style & pattern.”

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Posted 6 years ago

“Whilst the items I ordered were of good quality and reasonable price, they did take rather a long time to arrive. Ordered 22/1/19 and arrived 7/2/19. Apparently they had to be ordered direct from the supplier. Perhaps keeping a larger stock would cut down any delays.”

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Posted 6 years ago

Hi and thank you very much for your feedback. With regards to the stock availability, we do carry very large stocks of a wide variety of products. However there are some items that we order in especially for customers direct from the manufacturer. On each item online in our store, the stock status is shown even down to individual colour/size variants - it states whether it is an in stock item or if it needs to be ordered in - anticipated delivery timescales are shown. This is shown in red underneath the price box. Stock availability is then confirmed again at check out in red, with the estimated time for delivery. I hope this clarifies the situation regarding our stock and that it reassures you. If there is anything we can help you with in any way at any time please do not hesitate to get in touch. With very best wishes The Essential Fly

Posted 6 years ago

“An excellent range of products. Friendly service.”

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Posted 6 years ago

“Good products.Correct delivery time i recommend best regards”

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Posted 6 years ago

“I have purchased various flies on line from The Essential Fly over the last two to three seasons and have always found them to be excellent both for value and service.”

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Posted 6 years ago

“The service was good, however the voucher sent would only print off the writing and not the picture.”

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Posted 6 years ago

“the day after i placed my order the cash was taken from my acc. , but after waiting for aweek with out any word ihad to 'phone , to be told they were waiting for hooks, an e-mail would have helped to let me know, regards jim.campbell.”

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Posted 6 years ago

Hi Jim, Thank you very much for your recent order. With regards to the delivery and communications may I point out that our website shows on every product page the availability of each item. This is repeated in your basket at time of checkout, for each item to advise what is in stock and what is special order. Our system is an active stock system which shows the current stock (even down to individual size options on flies for example) that we have in our store at any one time. The items that you ordered were indeed special order which, as shown at time of ordering means we order these items in especially for you – the site does explain the estimated time of delivery. This is why it took a few extra days for your goods to arrive compared to our in stock items which are dispatched immediately. You will have received our order acknowledgment email as standard. I hope that this clarifies the situation for you. Please let us know if there is anything else that we can help you with. Kind regards The Essential Fly

Posted 6 years ago

“Polite, helpful and a timely delivery to the Republic of Ireland.”

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Posted 6 years ago

“Everything arrived exactly as described & caught a nice trout on the third cast with one of the daddies! If I was being really picky the delivery was a bit slow.”

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Posted 6 years ago

“great service very quick delivery and excellent products”

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Posted 6 years ago

“Quality of materials good a bit slow on delivery, but all in all good service no complaints,regular emails with fly tying patterns are great.”

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Posted 6 years ago

“Some of the flies I ordered were not readly available leading to a delay ...however , I was kept informed of progress ....good customer handling !”

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Posted 6 years ago

“It would be helpful if you would pack fly orders in separate labeled packs”

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Posted 6 years ago

The Essential Fly is rated 4.8 based on 2,192 reviews