jOrOb Posted May 23, 2007 Posted May 23, 2007 Steamer trunk. A great big one. Actually, I use a hanging file box to store my stuff in. I just put things in ziploc bags, then drop the bags into file folders. I actually have two now. jOrOb "The Lord has blessed us all today... It's just that he has been particularly good to me." Rev MacLean
Terry Beeson Posted May 23, 2007 Posted May 23, 2007 JoRob... I thought you hauled your stuff in a 48 foot semi tractor/trailer... TIGHT LINES, YA'LL "There he stands, draped in more equipment than a telephone lineman, trying to outwit an organism with a brain no bigger than a breadcrumb, and getting licked in the process." - Paul O’Neil
jOrOb Posted May 27, 2007 Posted May 27, 2007 Terry, It was a 2 1/2 ton bob truck, and I had to give that up because of gas prices. jOrOb "The Lord has blessed us all today... It's just that he has been particularly good to me." Rev MacLean
jjtroutbum Posted October 13, 2007 Posted October 13, 2007 Bringing this topic back up because I have just about filled up the tackle box and am considering a new or another box. I also can't see my self actually knowing what I will want to tie on any particular evening after a days fishing. So maybe a roller tool box might be the answer for me, but I don't have alot of materials as compared to many of those huge tying stations that I see pictures of in the magazines or on the net so there in lies my problem. JJ Jon Joy ___________ "A jerk at one end of the line is enough." unknown author The Second Amendment was written for hunting tyrants not ducks. "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote." Benjamin Franklin, 1759
jdmidwest Posted October 13, 2007 Posted October 13, 2007 Most people have their favorite flies they go to all of the time. New patterns always require a material you don't already own so there will be little chance of having it along in the first place. Carry the essentials to restock your goto flies and buy materials if needed. You can take shortcuts with the traveling box like carry black and white thread and some permanent markers to color the white to match a pattern. Carry only essential tools, pluck different size hackle off the cape and keep in ziplock bags. Repackage material into smaller packs or containers. Or buy a big box and carry it all. I have carried a kit to Alaska twice and never opened it. The only time I end up tying is on longer vacations during down time and nights or when I travel with the family and have campsite time to kill. I always am short something for a pattern I need and end up making a trip to the shop for materials. My traveling kit is the shower kit bag in the previous post and it works well. Best of all, it was cheap! "Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously." — Hunter S. Thompson
trout fanatic Posted October 13, 2007 Posted October 13, 2007 A friend of mine had the bright idea of buying a soft sided ice chest on wheels to store his fly tying stuff. It worked really well but was more expensive. He had the last laugh though when we went crappie fishing at night. He simply emptied his fly tying tote, dumped in some ice, added a case of beer and off we went. What a guy
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