Getting situated

[8wt]

After relocating from the Black Hills of SD and WY to the panhandle of FL, finally was able to get the fly tying desk/area situated today. Jeesh, kinda had forgotten about trying to get things organized well for new conditions, especially after not being able to bring 3 plastic storage bins with drawers that wouldn't fit in the Ranger. My question to you all is what kind of storage do you use for an efficient tying area? Fortunately I have materials for about anything that swims, but not any storage except some drawers in the desk, a plastic tote, and my Fish Pond tying material bag yhat I use when traveling. Any suggestions to what you find useful is appreciated for in advance.

[Byron haugh]

I highly recommend this little video. Lots of good ideas that you can see. I believe you can get containers like he shows in the video from either Walmart, KMart, or Ben Franklin, or like stores.


http://youtu.be/vzvZw_DnsZw

[sagefisher]

8wt,

A long time ago I purchased three sets of stackable storage racks with 6 closed containers each, measuring 14 x 14 x 3. I stacked all three racks one on top of the other and with 18 boxes, I can store a ton of tying material. I tried to find the same system on line but I can not locate them. I believe I purchased mine at a JoAnn store. Wish I could tell you where you could buy them now as they are really handy for storing tying materials.

Larry ---sagefisher---

[caibill]

8wt,

Welcome to Paradise!

Where are you in the panhandle?

Regards, Bill

[8wt]

Havana address, just outside Tally. Got into some ladyfish labor day on Clousers for my first florida fish. Any suggestions on patterns that I should be working on?

[caibill]

8wt,

Email me at caibill@cox.net and we can discuss patterns. We fish the St. Marks area a lot. Also, there's a good fly club in Tally.

Regards, Bill

[AllenOK]

Byron, somehow, when I saw your post with a link, I just knew it was going to lead of one of Kelly's videos. I just started watching those a couple days ago, and saw a clip about the tubes for storing flash.

I started tying a few years ago. I do not have anywhere near the amount of materials that Kelly has. I've got 5 of those plastic shoeboxes full of stuff, and a smaller, sixth shoebox that has a lot of miscellaneous stuff.

One thing I do, is all the little "bags" of stuff, I keep those on shower curtain rings. I have all my dubbings on one, all my beads on one, all my flashabou on one, ect.