[caddisman]

I'll be traveling to MI in a few days and plan on wading for steelhead and wondering how other store there flies on the river? I have a few "boat boxes but need some ideas of something smaller that would fit in a wading pocket. Many of the flies tied are sculpin/ 3-5" swinging flies tied on shanks with no hooks attached yet. Any cheap easy solutions?


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[yellowlab03]

Go to a craft store and find some hollow mylar tubing and cut to length. Stuff the fly in there then drop the tubes in a ziplock. Works awesome.

 

[Bob Budesa]

I put mine in a zip lock bag. I only throw the flies I'll be using in the bag, plus hooks for my tubes. It's foldable, if a little air is in the bag it floats, it's cheap, it's easy to get in and out of. At the end of the day, lay your flies out to dry.

Doesn't get any easier than that!

 

[Strawberry]

Fly storage

Old pill/medication bottles, or 5"X1.25" diameter plastic tubes with push on end caps from Tap Plastics. Can fit 3-6 flies per container (depending on fly size), without damaging materials, and containers don't take up any room in wader or jacket pocket.

 

[Deep Swing]

Like bbudesa been using the zip lock bags for years on the river Simple and cheap
DS


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[borderfly]

Ziplock baggy works the best! Altoids tin works well for the fish with bad breath!:chuckle:

 

[Fish Tech]

Plano Model 3449 plastic box with 5 compartments. Available at Walmart for $3.00. They measure 6.25" X 3.5". This photo has some flies sitting on the lid but you get the idea.

 

[Cutthroat1954]

I store my flies in a box like Fishtech, but like the other guys, carry a ziploc for anything I plan to use, used, wet, etc. Pretty cheap, and best of both worlds, and easy to fit in my pocket. The main box stays in my waterproof waist-pack.

 

[WCFA]

Storing Flies

I store my flies inside drinking straws, just cut them to length, with the hooks attached (=

 

[Rangnertm]

If I am fishing classics then I throw them in a classic box.... I dont fish classics all that much as I get scared to ruin them haha.... The box I love and have with me 98% of the time is http://www.caddisflyshop.com/off-the-hook-tube-fly-box.html you can throw shanks in it, standards hooks and tubes. Easy to use, and compact. It has also proven the test of time.

Tom

 

[Fat Kid]

Pending on the size of the fly I modify and use 10 round paintball tubes. Can store some pretty big flies in them... can carry many with a tube holder or keep a half dozen in your pack since they take up little space.

 

[Deep Swing]

Here is my zip lock bag tube fly holder, I have been tying tube flys the last ten years each winter and hardly ever fish them. I was out on the river today and did use a tube fly all day. There are a lot of flys here, honk I will stop tying them and start using them more. There are no hooks in these, they are kept in a separate small sucrets box.

DS


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