Fly Boxes...

What is your favorite fly box? I don't really have a favorite now but soon I will have a shiny new C&F. Who do you think makes the best box hands down for say trout flies and such...

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"Never Say Die"

I make a pretty handy one out of Altoids tins and foam. They work for me, and I can't beat the price.

I personally love the Rosecreek Anglers flyboxes. They make 4 or 5 types in plastic and also aluminum. I have both types. Great product!!

Sold at Hook & Hackle now too (in the 2005 catalog) -a FAOL sponsor ..

Rich

I'd have to say right now my favorite is the medium sized (6" or so) black Okuma with flat foam on one side and 16 windows on the other. This is followed closely by my CF Design "threader box".



[This message has been edited by BH Spey (edited 16 February 2005).]

I know they are way, way overpriced, but I'm still a big fan of Richard Wheatley fly boxes. There is just nothing out there, in my opinion, that is as pretty as nicely tied Catskill dry flies in a Wheatley compartment box.

Of course they are heavy and expensive and there are probably much more practical boxes out there, but I still love my Wheatley's.

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All along this path I tread, my heart betrays my weary head
With nothing but my love to save, from the cradle to the grave

C&F. Period.

-John

I had an all foam box that I dropped in the water and soaked all my flies. I switched to C&F waterproofs. They are great, especially if you have someone buy them for you as presents!

My favorite fly box, is one that is full of flies, that I can use to go fishing.


~ Parnelli

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[This message has been edited by Steven H. McGarthwaite (edited 14 February 2005).]

I like my two plastic two-sided Planos for warmwater flies. Small compartments on one side and a foam side on the other. The second one is the same but has large slot compartments on the other side rather than the foam.

I have four fly boxes for trout, one is a Scientific Anglers with two foam sides, one is a small Plano with a single foam side, one is a small Skykomish Flies with two foam sides, and one is a zippered fly wallet with sheepskin pads (unused due to its cosmetic value). I don't really have a favorite trout fly box. All are very serviceable for me. The only one I don't like is the metal fly boxes with the internal spring loaded lids because the one I had corroded badly (maybe the new metal ones have solved the corrosion problem). Guess that's why all my fly boxes are now plastic except the unused wallet one.


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Robert B. McCorquodale
Sebring, FL

"Flip a fly"

I?ll vote for the C&F Waterproof boxes. Especially when used in saltwater. In regular boxes your flies will eventually rust from the salt air. Also they float. Last Spring while in Belize and making a fast run in a flats boat, one of my boxes flew out of the boat. We turned around and after about ten minutes of searching, spotted the bright green box floating in the surf. Figure I saved about $60.00 or more in flies.

I have a number of fly boxes but my favorite is my Wheatly 32 compartment fly box. I always wanted one of those and finally broke down a few years ago and got one.

I've got a compartmented Okuma box with foam in the lid that I like very much for dry flies. For streamers and wets I really like the leather fly wallet I just got for Valentines Day. I know there are other, better, boxes out there than a wallet, but they are so old scholl I really wanted one. It looks great full of steelhead and salmon flies. Now where did my wife put my fishing tweeds?

Just to be fair, my wife got a 6 wgt Elkhorn spey rod and a reel for Valentines Day.

REE

I also remain a fan of the Wheatley boxes. I have one with twelve compartments on one side and and spring clips on the other. I use it for dries and nymphs. Only cost about $40 when I bought it over 20 years ago. I have another small swingleaf Wheatley that I use for wet flies. In plastic boxes I like the Myran boxes. The Cabela's Wheatley knockoffs are not bad either. No foam for me.

I have to agree with the Okuma box with the 16 windows on one side and flat floam on the other. Very functional design and still has the Wheatley "old school" feel. Larger flies don't fit well in that box but for the trout flies I use(rarely larger than size 12)it's wonderful. Got one in silver and one in black.

Definitely C&F for the purposes I have in fly fishing. The 12 row flip page box (has four pages of 6 rows) is awesome as a midge box. It holds over 500 of my midge patterns which can be nice and overwhelming at the same time.

I bought some Bug Luggage and am starting to really like them. I may end up buying 2 or 3 more of them.I'm getting rid of all my older Scientific Angler foam boxes. My son and grandsons are inheriting a few patterns to use locally, too. I like the slots the Bug Luggage has. I've been known to drop a box or two and take more than a spill every once in awhile and it seems the Bug Luggage holds very well.


Mike

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There is no greater fan of flyfishing than the worm.


Patrick McManus

I like my Morell foam boxes they are cheap enough and work for me.I plan on making a few out of wood in the near future. Later Matt

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To each there own !

Seems that "old guys" like Bug Luggage...I'm with MadDog, I have three Bug Luggage Trout model boxes - I use them for nymphs, drys and terrestials. All nicely separated, easy to see for selection and they load/unload really well in sizes 16 up to 6. I don't know how they'll last over the years but we'll see.

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Snow on the roof with fire in the hearth

I like the Cliff boxes. I have a Days Worth and the Big Cliff. They have foam strips and magnetic areas and the prices are much better than the C&Fs

I have to put my 2 cents in for the new S/A System X boxes. Received a couple for Christmas and love the concept. You can get 4 different interchangeable inserts, the boxes are waterproof,(very important for sometime swimmers) and the size is almost perfect for the large pockets of my vests, and jackets.

Denny

PS. NFI

I like this one: (Should probably specify, the one on the left there. The Yellow one. Fits nicely in a breast pocket.)
http://a1460.g.akamai.net/f/1460/133...315995sq02.jpg Except on the advice of Jim Hatch, I get them at Wally world for $0.97.

I guess they are a little different though. They have one big compartment on one side, and the other side is just exactly like the two sides of the little yellow one. So far I really like it.

THANKS Jim!!!

Don



[This message has been edited by drolfson (edited 15 February 2005).]

...WHEATLEY..... I will pass them on to my son.

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Rick Schlarb

Love my cf threader box going to have to buy a second soon

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Mike

My favorite fly boxes? C&F Designs....my most used boxes....the 97 cent WallyWorld specials.

I have between twenty and thirty boxes ranging from old plastic Scientific Aanglers from 25+ years ago through Okumas, and C&Fs and even one Wheatley along with ten or so other kinds. My favorites however, are the cloth covered closed cell foam ones made by Morell. They're relatively inexpensive, they seem to hold up well, and they float. I make sure I bring one empty box along whenever I fish anywhere except my home stream. (I bring all the other boxes too.) When I get near the place I'm going to fish, I stop at a fly shop, ask what's working, buy some, put them in the empty box, and go fishing. The other flies like to come along for the ride, even though they know they'll probably never get wet.

Bob

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There is a fine line between fly fishing, and standing in the water waving a stick.



[This message has been edited by Sawkill (edited 16 February 2005).]

I'm partial to the C&F waterproof system boxes. I can carry all the flies I need for a day in one of them.

I also like the Meiho clamshell folding boxes. I have one of each they make and am quite happy with them.

As a side note, I recently was out of town for a week. I take a lot of prescription meds. The Meiho boxes make excellent medicine boxes as well. They're small enough to slip into your carry on bag and don't take up the space that commercial pill boxes do or pop open like some.

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aka Cap'n Yid.

Stev Lenon, 91B20'68-'69
When the dawn came up like thunder

Aesthetically, I'll stick with Wheatley for the hand-made quality. For practicality, you can't beat Bristle-Tac. I got mine from Gary LaFontaine and it holds hundreds of flies very securely.

Best,
Will

i have made mine also out of altoids tins and foam but i also like orvis 24 compartment boxes for dry flies and an okuma box for my nymphs