Fly Tying Tails

Soft, flexible realistic tails for lifelike flies and enhanced movement.

Add lifelike shape, proportion, and subtle movement to your flies with soft, flexible, realistic tails. Easy to tie and highly durable, these tail materials bring natural behavior and detail to nymphs, emergers, dries, terrestrials, and aquatic patterns.

Tails

Tails are one of the key elements that give a fly its recognizable insect profile. They influence the silhouette, balance, and triggering movement of a pattern — helping fish identify your fly as natural food. Our soft, flexible, realistic tails make it easy to add accurate shape and subtle motion to a wide range of fly patterns, from nymphs and emergers to terrestrial insects and small aquatic creatures.

Crafted to mimic the natural taper, segmentation, and flexibility of real insect tails, these components pulse gently in the water, adding life without any extra work from the tier. Their softness provides natural movement, while their durability ensures they hold up to repeated strikes and long days on the water.

These ready-made tails are simple to tie in, saving time and improving consistency. They create a professional, lifelike finish that’s difficult to replicate with traditional materials alone. Whether you're tying mayflies, stoneflies, damsels, shrimp, terrestrials, or realistic specialty patterns, these tails bring unmatched realism and motion — two of the most important triggers for selective fish.

Perfect for both beginners seeking easy realism and advanced tiers building anatomically accurate flies, realistic tails bring your patterns to life and help them perform more convincingly in the water.