Vin's Bug Shoppe

Vin's Bug Shoppe Disabled Veteran, Retired Waterways Conservation Officer for the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission who ties and sells flies

Posting flies for sale or just for you to look at. I do not stockpile flies for sale, most--if not all orders are tied PER ORDER. Most orders can ship within' a day or two depending on material availability and quantity of order. Flies come from a SMOKE-FREE home. This is part of my guide business located in Berks County Pennsylvania. Trout, Salmon and Steelhead flies are what I love to tie. Dries

, Streamer, nymphs......love them all. The buggier the fly, the better !! Flies are designed to be impressionistic, not exact replicas. I do have my own ties: Mothra, Death Stonefly, DSS Streamer, Beadtail Caddis, Hatcher and Crazy Spawn. I do have an AAS degree from Garrett College in Natural Resources and Wildlife Technology and I spent 13 months being trained by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission to become a Waterways Conservation Officer. To my knowledge, I am the only Disabled Veteran / Retired Waterways Conservation Officer turned guide in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. If you have an idea for a fly that you want tied, get me the details and I'll see if I can't bring that fly to life. Or, if there are certain colors you want on a pattern, let me know what they are and I'll try to get the job done. When you purchase flies from me, you are helping an American Family. My children, Zoe and Vinny love the great outdoors as much as I do. They tie a few flies and love to fish. Everybody always posts how long they have been tying flies.....welp-- either you can tie flies or you can't.......but, I've been tying since around 1997 under the tutelage of Harold Harsh and Alan Noland of Spring Creek Outfitters ---

Although Diabetes has tweaked my eyesight a bit, I still get the job done on super tiny flies with the help of magnified reading glasses. I also write a monthly article for the Reading Eagle pertaining to Fly of the Month and or what patterns you should have in your fly box for the upcoming month.

Well, well, well...
08/24/2026

Well, well, well...

So much stuff aquired for this season. Waiting on some beads and vinyl rib.
08/22/2026

So much stuff aquired for this season. Waiting on some beads and vinyl rib.

Hopper for the win, dinker choked on it.Bill Skilton ant always fools somebody
08/22/2026

Hopper for the win, dinker choked on it.

Bill Skilton ant always fools somebody

Vin's Bug Shoppe select flies are tied on Daiichi and Gamakatsu hooks.The Daiichi 2151 hook has been discontinued. The ...
08/20/2026

Vin's Bug Shoppe select flies are tied on Daiichi and Gamakatsu hooks.

The Daiichi 2151 hook has been discontinued. The hook I use to tie my DSS streamer.

Now, I'll just tie DSS adjacent streamers that do not need a curved-straight-eye hook.

Let's not forget, large Vinyl Rib discontinued. Estaz quality is spotty. And most of all, my awesome hook dude up in Canadadada, has stopped shipping to the USA.

No matter what, if a hook is in my vice- you can count on it getting the job done. I fish my flies, usually the flies that I won't ship to you.

Summer
08/18/2026

Summer

Bob Majowicz
08/11/2026

Bob Majowicz

Original U.V COPPER POLAR CHENILLE šŸ’„

We have a small amount left of the original U.V Polar Chenille in U.V Copper - a colour which has fished really well here on Scottish smallwaters when tied as a Black/Copper Polar Bear Lure.

This is the last chance to grab some before it's gone. Available here: https://tinyurl.com/yt2kwv4c

www.flyboxdirect.co.uk

Death StoneflySiCPurple/BlackDaiichi 2161Gamakatsu T10-6HWhen you are sold Estaz that isn't Estaz, you make it work. Li...
08/08/2026

Death Stonefly

SiC

Purple/Black

Daiichi 2161
Gamakatsu T10-6H

When you are sold Estaz that isn't Estaz, you make it work. Like a cruddy cactus chenille.

Damn I miss Glissen Gloss.

No more large Vinyl Rib and cruddy estaz, time to get creative.

A few years ago, I called so many fly shops and I purchased all the large Vinyl Rib I could get my hands on. I am about out of clear.

The original Death Stonefly was tied with Larva Lace.

Purple/BlackDSS streamer. Daiichi 2161DSS adjacent streamer. Daiichi 2441Death Stonefly nymphs will be ready tomorrow.
08/08/2026

Purple/Black

DSS streamer. Daiichi 2161
DSS adjacent streamer. Daiichi 2441

Death Stonefly nymphs will be ready tomorrow.

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Oley, PA
19547

Telephone

+16109444851

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