Small Fly Fishing Kit

Fly-Fishing can be a bulky endeavour – rods, waders, boots, and hundreds of flies. So I have been working to reduce-reduce and reduce, so I can take a small kit with me on my travels. So here is my current answer:

• No Waders and Boots – so I must keep to the shore and the edges of water.
• Jacket and Hat  – my regular Gore-Tex jacket.
• Fly-Rods + Reel: 9′ 5pc (9wt and 5wt) – will fit in my regular check in luggage.
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• Fishing Bag, as below.

Fishpond Bag – with the large back pocket holding:

• Maui Polarized Sunglasses
• Waterproof Camera
• Buff – with sunscreen and hat provides the protection I need from sun and insects
• Flies – Either tube bunnies or one box dry flies

On the bag’s side – floatant, tippet (2x-6x) and nippers.

On the bag’s front – a rare earth magnet – as previously reported a catch all convenience to hold flies on the stream as I can things around.

The most open pocket holds:

• Leaders for Dry Flies – 7.5′ (4x pocket water) and 9′ in (5x flat water).
• Leaders for Streamers – often stubby dry fly leaders, conditioned
• Furled Leader – 12′ Leader
• Seaguar Fluorocarbon Tippet – 3x (streamer) and 5x (nymph)
• Maxima Chameleon Tippet – 12lb 
• 3x Glasses and Lens Cleaning Cloth
• Scissors, Needle with a thread loop
• Licenses

Streamers and Nymphs on the Foam Patch:

• Scuplzillas
• Conehead Muddlers
• Marabou Muddlers
• Couple of Crawfish
• Caddis Nymphs
• Red Squirrel Nymphs
• Rambo Nymphs

Moving to the outer edge, the front flap, we have tools used to support me when I need to release a fish:

• Foreceps
• Leahterman Multitool Juice S4 that includes pliers, siccors and a knife

Under the flap are some stream side accessories

• Insect Repellent
• Weight – Tin Shot and Mud to treat nymph leaders
• Floats – either home made or “pin” style
• note picture shows the rare earth magnet

And in the one dry fly box, given I do not know what water I will be on, I keep soe generic, but favourite flies that span a wide range  – starting in the top left and going clockwise – in varying colours and sizes:

• Ballon Caddis
• Usuals
• Comparaduns
• Ants and small CDC Dries, such as BWOs
• Spare
• Large floating Stoneflies
• Klinkhammers
• CDC Emergers
• Ausable Wulffs
• Stimulators

Is there anything missing, yeah, but right now the only thing I am wishing to add are:

• Spiders
• Caddis Popa

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