Tailwaters Fly Fishing: Dallas fly shop and fly fishing travel
Fly Shop · Dallas, TX
Fly Fishing Gear From a Real Fly Shop
Fly rods, reels, waders and flies from Simms, Sage, Scott and more. Shop online or at our fly shop in Dallas.
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Shop Fly Fishing Gear
Fly rods, reels, waders, flies and fly lines, sorted the way you actually shop for them.
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Freshwater Fly Fishing
Trout, salmon, steelhead, dorado.
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Saltwater Fly Fishing
Bonefish, permit, tarpon, GT.
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Best-Selling Fly Fishing Gear
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Shop Fly Fishing Flies by Species
Bonefish, permit, tarpon, trout and more. Pick a species to see the flies we tie on for it.
Bonefish
Permit
Tarpon
Giant Trevally
Triggerfish
Redfish
Snook
Roosterfish
Billfish
Barracuda & Shark
Trout
Salmon
Steelhead
Golden Dorado
Bass
Peacock Bass
Pike
Carp
Shop the setup — jungle
Shop the Complete Fly Fishing Setup
What we hand someone walking into big water a long way from a road. Everything in the frame is on the wall in Dallas.
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Fly fishing brands we carry
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New Fly Fishing Gear
The pieces our guides asked for by name. If it did not survive a season of hard use, it is not here.
Tailwaters Travel
Fly Fishing Lodges Worldwide
More than 60 lodges in 11 countries. We have fished them, so the recommendation is a first-hand one.
Where we would go this season
Featured Fly Fishing Lodges
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Freshwater
Saltwater
From the bow
“You do not need a hundred flies. You need the six that work here, and someone who will tell you which one.”
Tailwaters guide staff
The journal
Fly Fishing Articles & Guides
Destination guides, rod setups and hard-won opinions from the people behind the counter.
Start here
How to Fly Fish, Step by Step
Nobody starts on a saltwater flat. This is the road most of our anglers actually take — a class in the shop, a cast fixed early, a guide close to home, then water worth the flight.
Level 01
Fly Fishing 101
An evening in the Dallas shop. Knots, leaders, and what the gear on the wall is actually for.
In store · 2 hrs · $75
Join a class →Level 02
One-hour lesson
One on one, on the lawn or on the water. We fix the cast before it becomes a habit.
Private · 1 hr · $100
Book a lesson →Level 03
A guided day, close to home
Texas water with a guide in the boat. First fish on a fly, no flights involved.
Guided · Full day
Find a guide →Level 04
Your first destination trip
A freshwater lodge with easy wading and forgiving fish. Trout, salmon, a week to get comfortable.
Freshwater · 5–7 nights
See freshwater →Level 05
The far flats
Seychelles, Bahamas, Belize. Sighted fish, one shot each, and everything above finally paying off.
Saltwater · Advanced
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Tailing
Fly Fishing Catches From Our Anglers
Every fish here was caught and posted by a Tailwaters angler, from bass ponds to bonefish flats, and pinned on one map. Post yours and it goes up alongside them.
37 catches and 26 species so far.
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New arrivals, open lodge weeks and the occasional strong opinion. No noise.
Talk to Our Expert Staff
The person answering the phone has fished the water you are asking about. Call the shop and ask for the messy details.
Call the shop →Rigged Before It Ships
Reels come spooled, backing on, leader attached. Open the box and go fish it.
Shipping details →We Have Been There
We do not sell a lodge we have not fished. If it is on the list, someone here has slept there.
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