The Essential Fly Reviews

4.8 Rating 2,130 Reviews

97 %

of reviewers recommend The Essential Fly

4.8

Based on 2,130 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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Anonymous // 01/01/2019

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“I have used the shrimp flies here in the south west for a variety of marine species,including flounder,bass,mullet and the odd gilt head bream! Incredible imitations of top quality. The maggot flies I,be used for carp,rudd and perch so far. I have fished for 60+ years and can honestly say that these flies the best I,ve used,many thanks, Pete”

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Posted 2 days ago

“This is the ultimate in fly tying Brilliant workmanship and quality Flies , I am very happy with them and hope to use them very soon.”

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Posted 1 week ago

“Excellent service. No problems will definitely use again.”

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Posted 1 week ago

“Très belles gammares (mais très chères aussi!!!) Gros inconvénient ! commandées le 26 septembre et reçues le 11 octobre ,très long.”

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Posted 1 week ago

Hi and thank you for your recent order of flies. Having helped you via your messaging on this particular premium range, we are glad you like them. With regards to the shipment, you placed your order at the end of the week and we shipped them to you after the weekend on our first day back in the warehouse. These have been sent to you in your country using an international tracked postage service and you should have the tracking number in your dispatch email. We can see on the tracking that your delivery has been released from customs so we hope it will be with you very soon and you can soon enjoy fishing with these beautiful flies. Thank you and tight lines Team TEF

Posted 1 week ago

“Very helpful on the phone. Semperfli threads are ace. I like the new fluo red. Find online shop clunky which is why I rang to order”

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Posted 1 week ago

Thank you so much for your kind feedback about our customer service team! We are glad you like the Semperfli threads too, they are very popular! Thanks again Team TEF

Posted 1 week ago

“Always a great service and fast delivery.”

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Posted 1 week ago

“I bought the new semperfli bright red and watery green thread.i wasn't impressed by the red at all.it looked alot better in photos.i don't think it warrants the price.i will be using normal red as usual and getting twice as much per reel.basically disaappointed in semperflis new offering.”

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Posted 1 week ago

“Always top quality flies. Looking forward to getting out on the water with some of the recent purchases.”

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Posted 2 weeks ago

“Always accurate and fast. Very good range and very good customer service.”

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Posted 3 weeks ago

“All good 👍🏻👍🏻😁”

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Posted 3 weeks ago

“Great flies at a reasonable price.”

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Posted 3 weeks ago

“Excellent products, efficiently delivered”

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Posted 1 month ago

“They had the full range of the flies that I was after unlike other suppliers who had a very limited range. Delivery by Royal Mail a bit slow .Not suppliers fault.”

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Posted 1 month ago

“I have bought far amount of materials and tackle from Essential Fly over the years. They stock items that are not available elsewhere and their prices are reasonable. But the true measure of a business is the service you receive if you need to return items or have an issue, and they have been excellent in this regard, which is why I continue to use them.”

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Posted 1 month ago

“Pretty poor that I waited over a week to be told their supplier didn’t have some of my order in stock. Probably won’t buy from you again because of this procedure.”

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Posted 1 month ago

Hello and thank you very much for your recent order and feedback. We would like to take this opportunity to respond please to your comment regarding unavailable items. The items you are reffering to being out of stock were special order as shown on the site at time of order and in your basket at check out. As explained in our terms, we do rely on these special order suppliers to communicate with us to let us know their availability. Unfortunately on this occasion the supplier did not have it and we processed your order as soon as possible. Please be assured that we do carry massive stocks here and if ever you would like to check on any stock availability before ordering, you are more than welcome to get in touch via the phone or email. Our customer service team are really helpful and friendly and will do their very best for you. We do hope you will shop with us again. Thank you sincerely Team TEF

Posted 1 month ago

“Excellent service. Flies look great, but not yet had a chance to see if the trout agree!”

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Posted 1 month ago

“Fine products prompt delivery”

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Posted 1 month ago

“Always good service and equipment”

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Posted 1 month ago

“Excellent service from essential fly brilliant selection of salmon flys very easy to order from web page and quickly delivered”

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Posted 1 month ago

“Good selection of materials available, although in my last 2 orders some materials have not been available, even though they were showing as in stock on the website. A bit of a gap between ordering and delivering!”

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Posted 1 month ago

Hi and thank you sincerely for your recent orders and feedback. As you have contributed here anonymously we are not able to check your orders for you to clarify what happened unfortunately. We do carry massive stocks but we also offer a special order service for some items. We wonder if the items you are referring to here were special order? It would show against the product and again be shown in the cart to confirm. But if at any time you would like to check availability or take advice please do call us or email us - we will always do our best to help you. Thanks again and best wishes Team TEF

Posted 1 month ago

The Essential Fly is rated 4.8 based on 2,130 reviews