Originally Posted by
MontanaMoose
I don't tye much but when I do I'm in no hurry so all my hooks are in their original packages and all those are just tossed into the bottom half of a big candy box and that in turn is inside
my totally portable tying station, i.e. a bigger wooden box.
Finding materials is relaxing to me...kind of like
resting fish. Gives me a moment to take a breath, look around at all the things I should be doing then getting a smile as I silently say, 'uh, no'...then begin tying something or other.
So basically, my hooks aren't sorted, just a big wad of hook boxes in increasingly bigger boxes.
Cheers,
MontanaMoose
I can definitely see your point. What motivated me was that I sat down to tie a batch of size 14 and size 16 biot body BWOs and found that I was down to two size 14 standard dry hooks and 4 size 16 standard hooks. I figured that if they were in the clear bead box I'd have a quick reference for what I was running low on. The nearest fly shop of any consequence is about 45 minutes away.
Do not tell fish stories where the people know you; but particularly, don't tell them where they know the fish. ~ Mark Twain