What Is Fulling Mill and What Does fullingmill.com Sell?

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Fulling Mill is a fly fishing brand and online store that manufactures and sells premium fishing flies, fly tying materials, hooks, beads, fly boxes, and leaders and tippet. The site at fullingmill.com is the US version of its shop; visitors from the UK or elsewhere are pointed to fullingmill.co.uk. It suits anglers who want ready-tied flies and tying components from a single brand rather than a general outdoor retailer.

What the site sells

The catalog is organized around the fly and the materials used to tie or fish it:

Category What's included
Flies Dries, migratory patterns, nymphs, saltwater flies, soft hackles, stainless steel flies, stillwater patterns, streamers, warmwater flies
Fly tying materials Beads and eyes, chenille, yarn and wool, dubbing (including dubbing selections), feathers, foam, hair and fur, hooks, thread and wire, synthetics
Leaders and tippet Nylon, fluorocarbon, tapered leaders, connections
Fly boxes A full fly box range, described on the site as UK made
Accessories Caps, catalog, drop back bungs, fly tying mat, gift cards, mud strike indicators, tools

The homepage also surfaces "New Products," "Clearance," "What's Hot," and specific lines such as Pro GSP fly boxes (30D, 50D, 100D, 150D), saddle hackle in 20 colors, Pro Wire in 12 colors and three sizes, and new flies from Devin Olsen.

Who makes the flies

Fulling Mill describes itself as a global leader in manufacturing premium fishing flies, tying materials, hooks, beads, and fly boxes, with a heritage dating to the 1930s. It runs a Signature Tyer Program that adds new patterns each year from anglers including George Daniel, Luboš Roza, Devin Olsen, and Howard Croston. The site presents these as proven fish catchers — for example, it credits Olsen's Hare's Ear Blowtorch to his time at the 2014 World Fly Fishing Championships in the Czech Republic, where a local guide showed the team a tag nymph swung for coarse fish on flatter stretches of the Vltava River.

That program is the main reason to buy here rather than from a generic fly shop: patterns are tied to named, competition-level anglers and refreshed annually.

US vs. UK/rest-of-world storefront

The site detects your location and shows "Your current site – Fulling Mill US (www.fullingmill.com)," with a link to switch to Fulling Mill UK/Rest of World at fullingmill.co.uk. If you are shopping outside the US, check the UK site for regional stock and shipping before ordering. The page does not state prices, currency handling, or whether an account is required to browse, so confirm those at checkout.

Practical notes before you buy

  • Enable JavaScript. The site states that with JavaScript disabled you cannot view it, so use a standard browser with scripting on.
  • Check the fly box size naming. Pro GSP boxes are sold by density/size code (30D, 50D, 100D, 150D); match the code to how many flies you plan to carry.
  • Use Clearance for volume. The clearance section is positioned as fast-moving stock, useful if you tie in bulk and want materials at lower cost.
  • Gift cards are listed under accessories if you are buying for another angler.

If you want a single brand for both ready-tied flies and the materials to tie your own — backed by named tyers and a long manufacturing history — fullingmill.com is a reasonable starting point. If you need a broad multi-brand comparison or local stock outside the US, start with the UK/rest-of-world site and compare against a regional dealer.