How many flies do you have?

All about flies Fly Tying
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I know this is occasionally done to death, but it feels like the right time to do it again. It kind of goes hand in hand with the “How many flies do you tie” thread? Ballpark is good enough.

Right now I’d guess I have about 1500 and I’m a piker. There’s folks out there with a lot more than that…a lot more. It’a a sickness I tell you…a sickness for which there is no cure.

Later, RW

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This is ONLY a guess: maybe 4000 or more but the majority of these are stored as extras NOT carried.

I probably only carry a few hundred while fishing which is still pretty sick if you ask me.

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:shock: :lol: EVEN with my shoes and socks off, I can’t count that high!!

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About 150 pike flys, About 500 or so trout flies. Not to mention the ones sacraficed to the bushes, given away, and those tied for swaps.

Edit: And Since this is flies I have I guess those lost and given away don’t count. Probably tied over a 1000 this year.

-Hillard

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I have 11 fly boxes… I am going to say close 1000 flies… Everything from spey, saltwater, trout to a few poppers for smallmouth.

I still feel the need for more… :roll:

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Hi RW,

Haven’t seen you posting for a while. I counted them all up one rainy day last fall and forgot the number :cry:, but I would guess somewhere between 1,00O-1,200. 8T :smiley:

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i tie quite a bit and am not even going to try to guess. I go for gills and bass and carry about 200-300 flies with me on the water. I am getting more boxes and patterns, so this summer i should have more on me. I’d say only half the flies i tie are worth keeping, and the rest get cut off the hooks, so that i can use them again.

~WWFF~

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Approx. 4000, everything from Medium Sslt Water flies to little tiny Midges. Most are tied by me a lot by friends in swaps and about 100 I have purchased. John

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I counted a few places so I could come closer.
With what is in the boxes in my vest I guesss I am at about 4,000 now.
I can quit anytime I want to.
I have never wanted to.

Rick

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I would estimate somewhere between 2,000 and 3,000. This is only a really rough guess though.

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HI RW
I have alot of fly’s more then I will use. Now the sickest part is I will still tye and buy more.Now you have fished with me you know I carry alot of fly’s and will send everyone over one fish if I have to.But like you witnessed last year on the willow I had every fly except the special Lou T fly. :roll:

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Like a lot of you I have way more than I will use.

I usually carry several hundred extras in my truck just to give away to kids or other people who show and interest in fly fishing.

Tim

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NOw thats a difficult question… I reallly don’t know exactly but the last time I count them or tried to I counted something like 6000 and got bored… so that is something I’ll never know…
and yes I still tie mre each day heheh am I sick or what…

CC

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geez, thats like asking me how many Dead bootlegs I have…lol

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I try and keep track by empty hook boxes, each box holds fifty 117 boxes plus some half full. Also lost a bunch and gave some away.

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Is this a trick question??