Lake or pond fishing – fly box organization
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Getting organized and prepared for the upcoming spring season of bass and bluegill lake fishing.
I would love to see some examples of how others organize their flies for still water, lake or pond fishing. Over the past two years I have been doing more and more lake fly fishing for bass, crappie and blue gill and with that comes tying a bunch of buggy flies. At first I organized the flies in the typical fly box with foam inserts but found that was cumbersome for this type of fishing. Basically, it’s not trout fishing on rivers and usually I know what flies I’m going to use based on my fly rod and line setup (i.e. sinking or floating line, type of fish, time of year and experience). Thus, I find myself reverting back to my traditional gear tackle box setup with more of an open slot like box that I can just “toss” the flies. Moreover, the warm water flies tend to get chewed up quickly and I just end up tying a dozen or so of each style at a time. It gets kind of silly to “line-up” a bunch of one color/size.Here’s the problem – WIND! Once I started using the Plano Box method I found that often when I flip the lid open those big buggy flies have a tendency to fly out, no pun intended.
There’s really no good solution but I would enjoy seeing pictures or hearing what others are doing to organize your warm water flies. Especially for use on a boat or float tube or pontoon/kayak.
My old warm water fly box (bass flies and poppers on the right and bluegill/crappie on the left)
My latest system (Each Box contains specific types of flies, example here is a top water box). Actually this is a hook/tackle box and I like it better than a Plano box because it is thinner.
Bluegill box
BY THE WAY – if anyone knows how to tie the 2-toned braided tail for the Gulley Worm please PM me. I can tie the pattern effectively with the tail having two colors down the the tip but I want to learn how to tie the fire flare tail where the color abruptly changes to one solid color at the tip. Kind of tricky. Example here http://www.orvis.com/store/productchoice.aspx?pf_id=20LX&dir_id=1236&group_id=1269&cat_id=5453&subcat_id=6521. Another site with detailed tying instructions here http://www.taneycomotrout.com/gulleyworm.html. I love this fly.
Neal,
The Cliff’s Bugger Beast is the best thing I have found for this application (although your current setup looks sweet!). These boxes hold big flies well and the slot system solves your wind problem. I started with a few standard streamer boxes and outgrew them pretty quickly. I have attached a picture of my warm water box after being picked over pretty well at the end of last season. Come springtime it will be packed to the gills again. I can realistically say that this box holds more flies than you would ever be able to fish in one day. The only downside is it’s size. It is definitely geared more for boat fishing.
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