Home Made Slit Foam Flybox

[Wayne SW/MO]

What are the dimensions of the big one?

[jdmidwest]

I have used sheets of craft foam that is sticky on one side with pretty good luck too. I don't bother with the slits, too much hassle sticking them back in on the stream. It is easier for me to just run the hook up inside of the foam.

I have a few boxes that have wasted space in them. I add a few strips of the craft foam and can pack several more flies into them.

I like the clear boxes, you can see what is in them.

[wackaloo13]

The big box is 9 x 4.5... same box as the bugger barn.

The little box is 4 x 6.

In the little box shown, I put 14 slits for blue gill poppers. That box can hold all of my bluegill poppers and spiders. I made a small box for bass poppers as well - 6 slits. Its enough to hold 2 yellow dahlberg divers, 2 white dahlberg divers and 2 black dahlberg divers. If i cant catch fish on one of those 3 flies it is time to go drink. I like only having foam on one side of the bass box - plenty of room for the deer hair bugs. The deer hair bugs get crushed in my bugger barn.

For trout fishing i carry - 1 big box of articulated streamers and 1 small box of trailer flies.

The silver sharpie lines on the slits make it 10x easier to get the hook back into the slit. I like this style of box because it doesnt get all ratty like the ones where you have to stick the hook into the foam.

[Arofishing]

Thanks for the ideas. I may just take a regular tackle box sleeve, remove all the compartments, and glue some foam in there. That would be good for bigger flies. I also already use tackle box sleeves for flies anyway. Something a bit smaller would be ideal though.

[Arofishing]

Used a box from a Fish Itch deal a while back: