How do you take your tying gear with you?

[whatfly 0]

Forget the wimpy little over the shoulder bags, travel luggage, or the antiquated heavy wood boxes. The best fly tying travel box is made by...wait for it...Rubbermaid. Inexpensive, durable, stackable, waterproofish, and if you need more materials, just get a bigger box. Smaller size (10 gallon) works well for short trips while the larger (18 galllon) will keep you on the road for months. Serves as a handy tying bench too, when nothing else is available. Have tried every other solution out there, and they just don't handle enough stuff for the cost, so this was my remedy. I always travel with tying materials (although I don't always tie) and I found the shoulder bags are really only sufficient for demonstration tying when I know I'll only be tying a set number of patterns in a finite amount of time. YMMV.

[petelangevin 0]

check this bag out.. saw it on craigslist.. has wheels and a handle.. you might be able to get it

for a decent price..

 

http://boston.craigslist.org/sob/art/2191406968.html

 

worth a try..

[utyer 0]

While the large Rubbermaid box or any large single compartment bag would be a good way to pack a lot of stuff, you will then have to come up with a system of organizing materials, hooks, and tools withing the box. Plastic baggies of different sizes work well enough. Very large bags for categories of stuff, like necks and saddles. Use smaller bags for other things, A couple of pill organizers work well for hooks. I use a 28 compartment pill organizer for size 10 to 24 hooks, It currently has over 3000 hooks sorted by size and stlye in it. Fits very well in my 6 by 9" travel kit.

 

My larger kit is a custom made bag that has a zip open lid that works as a tying surface, and part of it hangs over the edge of the table as a collection bin . In side the bag has 8 smaller bags for dubbing, feathers flash, hackle and hooks. Its about 14 by 14, by 8 inches.

[riffleriversteelheadslayer 0]

I have a couple of the Cabelas bags like this http://www.cabelas.com/product/Cabelas-Del...ch-All+Products that I put all my tools/vise in and then just a normal duffle bag for materials.

 

Steve

you tie flies? I bet that is a myth

[Lance Kekel 0]

I've got a couple options I use. I have a soft sided bag that I got from Jo-Ann's that I use for short trips where I've can scale down the amount of materials that I think I'll need. After that I jump a medium size rubbermade tote. If I'm going for longer or a going to a show I have a larger hardcase that has a double flip top that I use. I got it from one of our hardware CE's at work when they were de-implementing our mainframe system.

 

 

[Dog Breath 0]

I have been using a soft side tool bag from HD/LOWES. Works OK but the one I have isn't long enough to fit my light into it along with everything else. Tool bag Also, I have been using pill organizers from the dollar store for hooks. A little acetone takes the printing right off. Pill organizer

 

[Drath 0]

I travel with this. tool box

The removable boxes on the lid are great for thread and small tools. The tool tray is good for tools small materials (dubbing boxes, hook boxes, bead jars, etc.). The box itself holds larger materials and your vise.

 

-D

[JSzymczyk 0]

I got it from one of our hardware CE's at work when they were de-implementing our mainframe system.

 

DE-IMPLEMENTING :hyst: :hyst:

[scott.bearden 0]

I have been using a bag kit from JW Outfitters that I think has been discontinued for several years. I bought mine back in 2004. It holds everything I would want to bring with me to tie several patterns. While it won't contain everything I have, I can easily pack it with about 4 dozen spools, all my tools, thousands of hooks and beads, etc, etc. So with a little planning in advance it is perfect to take for shows and demos.

[carlp5351 0]

I use a couple of items to carry my tying materials and tools to demo's. I only carry my materials to demos and shows, I never take it out on fishing trips. I do my homework first before I go on trips. I have all my flies tied before the trip.

 

First I use the Harbor freights wood tool box. This comes in really handy .

 

 

 

 

Second I use Orivis safe passage tying bag

 

 

[Silver Doctor 0]

I looked at the Tomahawk but settled on the Fishpond Road Trip. I tie at a few shows a year and demo tie at a few shops plus I needed something for fishing trips. The smaller bag fit the bill better, and is always loaded. If I need to add a couple of other things I add them to my Hardy extra shoulder bag. Easy size to carry.

[notenuftoys 0]

Wow! Ya'll sure are equipped to haul a lot of stuff. There are periods where I'm on the road every week, Monday through Thursday, and I take a little bit of stuff to pass the time at night. I got a White River shaving kit (http://bit.ly/ighfKe), and then I picked up a hard plastic spinner bait box to hold the thread. Various bags of feathers and dubbing fit just fine. I've found I need to run the vise and base through separately, otherwise it sets off the TSA scanner! I usually can tie a dozen or two per trip.

[maddog48 0]

I have one of the Flyhives that I bought a few years ago before they stopped making them. It was handy at first but it may be time to move up.

 

 

Mike

[blakejd 0]

I use this guy. http://www.bwsports.com/GearBags%20CarryBags.html . For the price I haven't found a better option.

[mdraft1 0]

That Orvis bag looks nice. I might have to check that out.