Craft stores are a great place to find fly tying materials (usually cheaper too). Throw in Dollar stores, party / costume shops, fabric and hobby shops as well. You can find things like foam, googly eyes, chenille, yarns, tinsels, braids, plastic / metal tubes (for tube flies) beads, craft fur, synthetic wig hair (amazing what can do to synthetic wig hair with a flat iron curling wand for saltwater and pike flies), feather boas etc. All you need is an ability think outside the box ("fly shop", in this case),,, to look at a material and figure how it might be attached to a fly!!!!
BTW, I have tying with Kreinik braids for 35 years now,,,, and agree they are very useful for fly ribbing and bodies.
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