Fly Tying 

There are many pieces of equipment and materials used to make or tie flies. There are too many materials to list them all but, here are some of them.

A Vice is what you use to hold the hook while you attach fur, feathers or synthetic materials. I use a Renzetti traveler vice and love the rotary style vice. It allows you to see all sides of the fly as you make it.

Benches are helpful keeping your supplies in order when tying. Many styles are available how ever a good crafts men can make one custom for your tying

Bobbin is what holds the thread you use to wrap around the hook and hold materials in place. Their are many different sizes and shapes as well as materials they are made from.

Bodkin is a needle with a comfortable handle used to apply glue to the thread or to pick out fibers on the fly.

Buck tail is for tails or wings on flies. It is dyed in many different colors. It is a solid fiber and will sink in the water.

Capes are used on large bass bugs and saltwater flies

Chenille is a string like material made from different types of natural or synthetic fibers and wrapped around the hook for the body of the fly.

Deer Body Hair is a hollow fiber like a straw. As it is tied to the hook it flairs out and can be shaped with scissors. It floats well and is used on deer hair bass bugs.

Dubbing is chopped fibers in various colors and like chenille used for the body of the fly.

Dubbing Spinner is used to apply dubbing or fibers to the hook. Most for the underbody of flies.

Dumb bell eyes come in different materials and colors. They weight the fly and can be attached to make the fly ride hook point up.
 

Feathers are one of the main things tied around the hook to make a fly. Their are many shapes to use.

Flash-A-Bou is a synthetic material that adds color and flash to the fly. Is a type of Mylar that holds up to toothy critters and reflects light.

Holographic Flash-A-Bou

Flex cement is a flexible glue perfect to seal the finished head of the fly.
 

Fly Rattles make sound that helps attract fish to your fly. Many fish and crabs, shrimp and crawfish make a clicking sound the fish can hear through the lateral line. Excellent in stained or dirty water, they bring fish from farther away to your fly.

Hackle is the neck of a roster. The feathers are hollow and float so are used for dry flies.

Hackle pliers are good to hold the end of a feather or hackle while wrapping around the hook

Hair Stacker is what makes the cut off ends even so they can be attached to the hook.

Kits are great for beginners as they come with everything you need to get started. Later as you get in to it you can upgrade your vice or add more tools and materials to your set. You can pick the kit for the type of fish you are after. They will come with hooks, fur, feathers and synthetic materials as well as a book or video to get you started correctly.
Bass Saltwater   Trout/ pan fish

Krystal Flash is a synthetic material that adds flash and color to the fly. Mostly used for Bass of Saltwater. I use it all the time even for pan fish flies.

Neck Hackle is from the neck of a hen and has solid fibers and will sink. It comes in many sizes and colors.

Scissors are used to cut the materials. Their are different sizes , shapes and types for different uses. I find a short sharp pair and a curved pair to be the most useful. Sewing scissors have to small holes for most men's fingers.

Thread comes in many sizes, types of material and colors. I use a Kevlar or flat waxed mostly.
Kevlar Flat waxed

Threader will make it easier to get the thread in your bobbin. I have 6 bobbins each with a different color thread so tying is faster.

Tool sets give you all the basic tools you need to get started. You can upgrade the vice later if needed.

Tweezers used to pick up small eyes or other small items to put on the fly. It is also good to hold something in place while you glue it or prepare to attach to the hook.

Whip finishing tool used to finish the head of the fly. I don't use it as I learned to do it by hand before they were invented.