Heritage Fly Wallet - Limited Edition

• #18 CDC Pheasant Tail
• #16 Gun
• #14 Purple Haze
• #8 Elevated Chubby Chernobyl
• #8 Baby Gonga Tan

Leather Fly Wallet

• Hand-made in Uganda
• South African double sheep wool patch provides plenty of fly storage
• Small leather pocket on the inside - can be used for extra leaders or your fishing license
• Single metal snap closure
• Stamped Rescue River logo
• Dimensions: 5.5" x 4" (closed)
• Note: Because the Heritage Leather Fly Wallet is hand-made, please expect subtle variations in your wallet from what is pictured.

Flies

• Five (5) flies that bring a unique twist to your box, 2 nymphs, 2 dry flys, and 1 streamer
• #18 CDC Pheasant Tail
• #16 Silver Gun
• #8 Baby Gonga
• #8 Elevated Chubby
• #14 Purple Haze

We like this pack because it pairs a refined, hand-made leather fly wallet and introduces patterns that have distinguished variation from what you may already have in your box.

The Elevated Chubby is double stacked foam allowing you to put nearly any weighted nymph below in a dry dropper setup. The Silver Gun has almost comically long legs and tails that are wiggly and filled with movement, like a diet Pat's Rubber Legs. The Baby Gonga is lighter weight streamer with plenty of action.

Are the hooks barbless?

Mostly - yes. Almost all of our flies are tied on barbless hooks. Barbless hooks penetrate cleaner, release faster, and keep fish healthier for the next angler. They're also the standard on most catch-and-release water in the Rocky Mountain West and required in many sections. The Elevated Chubby Chernobyl in #8, and the SOS in #18, and our streamers being the exceptions. We recommend pinching the barbs down with your hemostats or pliers.

What hooks are these tied on? Are they strong enough?

We tie on a mix of Tiemco (TMC), Ahrex and Hanak hooks. These manufacturers supply competitive and professional tiers worldwide. The goal is to find the sharpest, strongest, hooks we can to tie our flies on. The hook is the last thing you need to be worrying about. 

How durable are these flies? Will they survive more than a few fish?

Most of our nymphs use wire ribbing counter wrapped to the body material that locks the materials down. UV resin coats the thread base on patterns like the Thread Frenchie, Guns, Perdigons, Purple Death, etc. Every fly gets head cement applied to the finishing thread wraps to ensure it does not come undone. Flies with more natural materials in the tail or on the collar, will see some break off. That's the reality of using natural fibers as they meet fish teeth, rocks, etc. 

Where are these flies made, and why does that matter?

Our flies are tied by hand in Kampala, Uganda by a team of women who are survivors of abuse and violence. Rescue River pays living wages benchmarked to actual cost of living in Kampala, and we use the same premium hooks and materials as any professional tier in the US or Europe. If you're skeptical because you've bought cheap imported flies before that fell apart — we get it, and we'd rather earn your trust with the flies than ask you to take our word for it.

Do I need floatant for the dry flies?

Yes we recommend it and it helps to apply it before your first cast rather than after the fly gets wet. CDC material on dry flies specifically benefits from a desiccant powder (like Frog's Fanny) when it gets matted down from water.