Hi,
I am looking for a simple storage device for my gear when I am on the water. Right now I have a simple belt with pounches and a spot for 1 fly box. In reality this is all I need for storage but being behind me it is incovenient to get at stuff.
coltrainm…
Go To: http://www.williamjoseph.net/packs.php
Hit the button for packs and then hit the button for the Satchel.
I think it?s just what your looking for.
I?ve got one and really like it. You just sling it over your shoulder and you can move it to your back so it?s out of the way. Then when you need something you slid it around to the front. Or I have found that just wearing it under your left armpit and a little to the back, (for right handers), it doesn?t seem in the way.
DickM.
I have and/or have had…
Vests, chest packs, hip packs, chest boxes, BUT…
I keep going back to my Columbia PFG (Professional Fishing Gear) shirts with a lanyard. I DO keep more pre-loaded boxes in the Jeep in case I want to try something different. IMHO, it’s the lightest & most efficient way to go.
Mike
If I am going out for only 2 hours in the evening I too use the lanyard + shirt pocket plan, but for longer than that I use the Buck?s Bags [url=http://www.bucksbags.com/cm_item.asp?id=224:b6e3f]Utility Chest Pack[/url:b6e3f], and they have a smaller one too [url=http://www.bucksbags.com/cm_item.asp?id=226:b6e3f], HERE[/url:b6e3f]. This allows a couple of boxes and on the larger one the opportunity to carry water, or a warm shirt for sunset.
Well here is one with a shouler strap AND belt loop. I have one in the canoe for Smallmouth Bass one in town for a ‘purse’ carrying book, pen, sunglasses, (all that stuff I dislike in my pockets). And look at the price! http://www.fcsurplus.ca/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=15222
Coltran,
If this were my post I would have said cheap and simple. I am actually making my own lanyard. I bought some beads at the bead store, took some thin stainless bite tippet, a short piece of soft tubing and added some hardware from my tackle box. Voila. I’m not sure why I did this as I don’t use lanyards, but I guess I’m not sure why people spend beacuoup bucks for one so I thought I’d try making my own.
jed
Jed,
I was just read the post on making your own lanyard on FAOL. I think I might do that. Some of the small packs might be nice for more time on the water. But I usually am doing a simple quick no-fuss trip and I like being minimal.
coltranem,
I’ve used the smaller Mayfly pack for a number of years now, and really like it. if the “adventure” requires hiking distances, and different waters (glacier lakes, small streams, etc), without a chance to regroup, I’ll add a Filson waist pack to the trip for additional flies, water bottle, whistle, etc. You can even loop a rain jacket over the belt on the Filson, and be set for the day!
Betty
Great minds must think alike, Jed.
I bought some wooden beads and a nice thick plastic-coated line at the local hobby store this week for $5, added a $2 foam rubber sunglass holder (Snuggy brand?) from WalMart for the back of my neck, and 7 unused snap swivels from my old saltwater tackle box. Up above the series of swivels on each side, I threaded a 1/2" piece of clear plastic tubing where I can easily pin on retractors for my hemostat and clipper. BTW, and it was totally serendipitous (lucky, too ) I discovered I’d placed the snap swivels almost exactly 3" apart, so now I have an easy-to-use measuring tape. Total out-of-pocket cost was $7.
I was in a similar dilemma this summer. Vest was too heavy and shirt pockets with a lanyard were not quite enough.
I opted for the Fishpond BlueRiver chest/lumbar pack. It took me a couple of trips to get it positioned. Too high on your chest and it makes an exciting wade in a freestone. I like to sling it over my right and under my left. It is handy and does not get in the way. It will hold lots of stuff and stays up out of the water.
The lanyard with pouch that is shown looks like it would dangle down in front of you whenever you bent over unless it has a clip for clipping it to your shirt.
I would think it would not take much hangiing off a lanyard to rub a sore spot on your neck or make your neck muscles sore from the weight.
But if you make your own you will at least have the fun of making it.
) I discovered I’d placed the snap swivels almost exactly 3" apart, so now I have an easy-to-use measuring tape. Total out-of-pocket cost was $7.