As you know I am in my 70’s and have fly fished for about 60 years +/-. I have become, with great effort, a minimalist. While I don’t always get it right, I usually put the most likely to use flys in one of those little plastic snap lid boxes that fly shops used to give you and leave my boxes in the car. I don’t always carry a net since I am going to release anyway. My water always goes with me but I always have more in my vehicle. The older,and not necessarily wiser you get, the lighter your tackle will become.
Jim, thanks for commenting! We still need to get out for some coffee and fishing sometime soon, but summertime is a crap shoot on many levels. I am still working my way towards a lighter load.
I keep my carry incredibly minimal, especially when tenkara fishing. I use a Roman packs chest pack. Very small pack. Holds a box of about 100ish flies, nippers, hemos, my cel phone, and a couple spare lines on line cards. I then dangle some florant and a cork to hold my used flies. I keep it incredibly minimal.
As you know I am in my 70’s and have fly fished for about 60 years +/-. I have become, with great effort, a minimalist. While I don’t always get it right, I usually put the most likely to use flys in one of those little plastic snap lid boxes that fly shops used to give you and leave my boxes in the car. I don’t always carry a net since I am going to release anyway. My water always goes with me but I always have more in my vehicle. The older,and not necessarily wiser you get, the lighter your tackle will become.
Jim, thanks for commenting! We still need to get out for some coffee and fishing sometime soon, but summertime is a crap shoot on many levels. I am still working my way towards a lighter load.
I keep my carry incredibly minimal, especially when tenkara fishing. I use a Roman packs chest pack. Very small pack. Holds a box of about 100ish flies, nippers, hemos, my cel phone, and a couple spare lines on line cards. I then dangle some florant and a cork to hold my used flies. I keep it incredibly minimal.
Steve, thanks so much for contributing to the discussion. I am having a terrible time cutting my stuff down and still ensuring I get enough water.