I am constantly thinking about rearranging my boxes and also looking for new boxes that will hold my flies. Right now I’m using a foam insert type for all my nymphs because the box is thin and would crush any dry fly. I have a box for streamers, a box for mayfly, a box for caddis, and a midge case. All the last three are the compartment style. I rate these boxes, satisfactory. The nymph one is okay and the compartment ones are starting to annoy me a bit. The flies get all stuck together and if I ever drop my box while one the stream bye bye to all those flies. I saw an article in Flyfisherman Magazine and this guy had the most organized boxes I have ever seen. He seemed to know exactly what he needed though. I am still learning the streams in my area so I lean more on having a little of everything so it makes organization difficult. Any suggestions on what boxes you use and what is in them?
My suggestion would be the same…C&F fly boxes are the best as far as I am concerned. They cost a little more, but they work well. I have one box that has nymphs on one side and streamers on the other, and another box for dries. I have a third that I will fill with a combo of nymphs, streamers and dries, depending on where I am fishing for the day, and just carry the one box with me on the stream.
I arrange them by pattern and size, smallest first, then largest…for nymphs and streamers I arrange beadheads seperately from non-beadheads.
Would be interesting if people posted a picture of how they arranged their own fly boxes.
[This message has been edited by FlyFishingTexas (edited 17 March 2005).]