District Angling

I stopped in to district angling earlier this week and I’m beyond happy that I did. With being new to the fly tying/fly fishing world, the amount of product in the market is INSANE! Shopping online is easy but can quickly get out of hand due to the amount of product on the market. I spent roughly an hour in the shop talking fly tying and music with Ivan and grizzly… the knowledge they both gave me is priceless and seemed to be endless. I easily could have spent an entire day just picked their brains about fly tying. It may be easier to just click a few buttons and order the things you may or may not need but both Ivan and grizzly both made it easy to chose brick and mortar over e-commerce. I am thankful that I have such an incredible place such a short distance away. They both made a life long customer out of me!

Great little local fly shop. It has a solid stock of gear options, with the ability to order anything they don’t have in stock, and a very well-curated selection of tying materials. But where this shop really shines is it’s people. Richard and Grizzly are incredibly knowledgeable and can answer questions about fishing locally or nationally, and Grizzly has a wealth of knowledge about tying.

Rick, Ivan, and Grizzly are super friendly, approachable, and able to get you started fishing in the district! Very knowledgable on the seasonality of the local species and able to get you set up with everything you need to start catching on the fly. Ask them about guided trips, local honey holes, and general info on the city. Great place to go for all experience levels. Whether you are rolling in for the Shad run or chasing toothy critters up river, give them a shout.

The entire shop crew and owner of this shop are great people. Reminder to buy local and support these guys, even if you can buy it for the same price online. These guys are well deserving of it and you can milk them of their vast knowledge when you take that trip to their shop. They offer free classes as well. Many other shops charge you for classes.

I have no experience fly fishing and wanted to learn more about it. I went into District Angling with zero knowledge about the equipment needed to get started. Ivan was beyond helpful. He helped me get everything that I needed to get started. There was no pressure and no attempts to upsell me on anything that I did not need. I walked away with a starter rod and reel outfit, a small fly selection, and few other things to get me going. I will be back for sure. Thanks Ivan!

I’m from Colorado and just moved to DMV trying to have some conversation with local fly shop to get some local knowledge. but walk in with enthusiasm and walk out with disappointment. Not very helpful shop. The guy is not willing to provide you more info than buy this book and everything you need is in this book. Not sure about what’s wrong with his attitude but Orvis would help you out and chat. Where is your enthusiastic for you fly fishing pal? Come on pal!

I called for live bait and even though they dont have it the associate really took his time and gave me just excellent information and his time. That says something when - even though i wasnt going to be a customer on that day - the staff was really helpful. A+ and when i need fly gear id drive past many other shops to this one for customer service like that.

An outstanding specialty store for the very best in angling equipment and clothing. World class customer service. Highly recommend.

Came in here thinking it was a tackle / live bait shop, turned out to be a fly shop. Super nice guys, helped me figure out what to do / buy to take this girl out! Awesome dudes

As a novice fly fisher, I needed help getting started. Everyone at the store dedicated time to teaching me the basics. I highly recommend District Angling if you new to fly fishing or just want an outstanding experience!