I tie for several different types of water and fish including the occasional order. I keep the bulk of sometimes used stuff in large tubes, craft and work shop drawers. For immediate use I have a system in place where its in an easy to get to spread pile on my tying table 😀
Ashley On 21 Jul 2014 02:00, "Neville Gosling" <[email protected]> wrote: > One of the pleasant problems of living in British Columbia is the diverse > fishing opportunities that it offers the fly fisherman. > > I start my season in March & April tying chironomid or buzzers as they are > known in the UK. This is lake fishing for rainbow trout with usually starts > late April for me. Hook sizes from 12 to 18 with 14 the most common. > > As the season progresses, the rivers which in the early season are high > due to seasonal snowmelt drop and river fishing for rainbows and bull trout > & dolly varden come into season. > This requires weighted flies such as stoneflies and prince nymphs for the > rainbows and large heavily weighted attractor flies for the bull trout. > Later as the rivers drop further, the opportunity for fishing the dry fly > comes usually in sizes 12-16 while smaller & lighter nymphs & soft hackles > are also useful. > > When August comes around, the opportunity for summer run steelhead occur > in mid & northern BC, and another lot of flies are required from surface > skaters to wet flies, intruders and tube flies dependant upon conditions. > Also, at this time of the year, there are runs of pink (every 2nd year) & > chinook salmon in the ocean which require different flies from very small > to very large. > > October is coho salmon time in the rivers, and again the most suitable > flies are usually a different size and style. > > Finally, in the winter, there are winter run steelhead which generally > require large attractor flies fished deep. I do very little of this, > because don't like taking a rock to stand on! > > As a result, in the past 40 odd years of fly tying, I have built up more > tying materials than I have room for, but I never have exactly what I need > to tie the particular fly that has caught my eye for a certain fish or > application. > > How do you store your materials? > > How do you find the materials that you need "right now?" > > How do you keep them organized? > > I have tried various ways i.e. by material type - synthetics, foam, fur > feathers etc. - By excel spreadsheet and numbered plastic shoe type > boxes, sets of numbered plastic drawers - but it is still less than > satisfactory. > > I try to organize my fly boxes by fly and fish type, with one large drawer > of trout fly boxes with sub categories for chironomid, dries, nymphs etc > and another drawer for steelhead and salmon flies. > > My fly tying tools also need more organization as I can never seem to find > what I want without a search & sometimes, not even then. > > I would appreciate any ideas that the list members have. > > > Neville (Nev) Gosling > Greater Vancouver > BC Canada > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" > group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en > > VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VFB Mail" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VFB Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
