Comments on: Fly boxes: A journey, a couple reviews, and a simple how-to

By: azwanderings

azwanderings — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 13:44:30 +0000

In reply to skiranged. Good thoughts. I like simple. Ben

By: skiranged

skiranged — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 03:22:13 +0000

This is a fantastic idea–simpler the better, I’d say!

One way to keep the boxes from sinking is to attach them to one of those retractable lanyards your hemostats, nippers, etc are probably on. To attach the lanyard, drill a hole in a corner of the box and attach a split ring to the hole.

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Local Business: Blue River Fly Co. » Random » Arizona Wanderings — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 21:39:23 +0000

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By: azwanderings

azwanderings — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 01:07:19 +0000

Thanks FR. Once I get all the pics from the San Juan around I’ll show you how I stored them. I used a little velcro and kept everything safely tucked away. My biggest fear was dropping the box and seeing it sink to the bottom. I agree. More fishing, less on how it works.

Ben

By: Fontinalis Rising

Fontinalis Rising — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 23:55:14 +0000

Great ingenuity- I used unaltered Altoids boxes for years to store spinners before I switched completely to flies. I’ll have to give it another look. I have the same SA box and love it, but have since added a bunch of Morrel’s soft boxes. Now I just buy those small clear Plano boxes and stick my flies into furniture packing foam. I’m all about the fishing I guess, could care less about how it looks.

By: Jason

Jason — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 05:29:30 +0000

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By: azwanderings

azwanderings — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 12:19:41 +0000

Truth be told, sometimes more is less with fly boxes. All the fancy new ones come out and my eyes grow big and I want to give them a shot, but ultimately the simple ones work just the same

By: Rohan

Rohan — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 04:08:27 +0000

I only have two, one is tin made in New Zealand and the other a plastic modern one. They both do the same job, but I have a real soft spot for the old NZ tin box. Something classic about it.

By: azwanderings

azwanderings — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 20:47:59 +0000

Yeah, I thought of the same thing. My midge box is definitely something that I am going to need to upgrade at some point, but I think the Altoids tin for a small stream box is going to be a winner. I generally only fish a couple of different flies when I’m on the small stuff, so the limited room in the DIY flybox is going to be perfect. When I am at the San Juan, I’ll keep that midge box clutched pretty tight until I can get something a little more bouyant.

Ben

By: winonaflyfactory

winonaflyfactory — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 16:16:05 +0000

Nice work Ben, I love homemade gear. I like the foam and the magnet idea, it looks like you can peel it out and reload/access it quickly. My only concern here would be your standing in a bit of faster moving water, downstream is a big deep hole, you slip, your tin full of flies drops and in a short bit I see it filling with water then sinking to the bottom of that deep hole. Just a thought, maybe keep those boxes protected from the creek.