Whether I use my vest, chest pack, Barbour fishing jacket or occasionally just a lanyard (still sticking a few items in my pockets), for just a few quick casts from shore I always seem to bring way more 'stuff' then I ever use.
I have never changed spools mid stream or on shore...never. I have never used a knot tying tool. I have never used the little jack knife I always carry. I have never used the extra set of nippers . I have never used the little tube of wax coated stick matches. Never! Why then do I have to prepare for any emergency and tote all this stuff with me. Yes, sometimes I am a good distance back in... but...to never, in many decades, ever used any of this stuff.? Am I alone out there? What do you carry onto the water with you that you have never used?

[This message has been edited by mantis (edited 08 November 2005).]