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Post by Joshua Field on Sept 7, 2005 19:55:37 GMT -5
I'm curious how minimal or 'maximal' people are with their gear. In my creel I carry:
Small fly box (usually in my shirt pocket)
Leaders
Tippet (5+6x)
Tippet straightener
Clippers/needle clearer
Forceps
Bug spray
Thermometer
Floatant
Sink tip
What about y'all?
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Post by Uplander on Sept 7, 2005 20:09:07 GMT -5
I stuff a tube of floatant, desiccant, a small flybox, a spool of tippet material, my lunch, and a small flask of hooch into a ratty Arctic Creel strung across my shoulder. Sometimes I bring pewter “Jefferson cups” for clinking with a good buddy. Few things in life are better than toasting a beautiful day streamside with a wee dram of Midleton Irish whiskey May – August. September is reserved for Calvados and the first taste of glorious Autumn.  |
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Post by caddisking on Sept 8, 2005 8:50:02 GMT -5
I have a pH meter in my vest.  |
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Post by JoeOverlock on Sept 8, 2005 9:48:51 GMT -5
I have one of everything.
0x - 8x tippet
Strike indicators - Orange and Green
Nymph Seine
Thermometer
matches
braided loops - for the end of my fly line
split shot dispensor
various sizes of split shot
forceps
2 - 5' pieces of sink tip
floatant
fly box
line snips
Business cards for the club
notepad w/ pencil
Kitchen sink
And that list is just off the top of my head... I've got other stuff tucked away in that vest that I can't even thing of right now. Heck, I've even got a pocket designed just for an Atlas/Map. I like to have my vest be a complete fishing system.
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Post by Uplander on Sept 8, 2005 9:56:36 GMT -5
Ya know Joe, you’d free up a lot of room if you’d stop slummin’ with nymphs and fish only dries. Just look at that list! Almost half of it is crapola for subsurface dredging….
;D
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Post by JoeOverlock on Sept 8, 2005 10:28:23 GMT -5
Nymphing is the best! The dries aren't always in the air. That's why I always always out fish Josh Field. |
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Post by Uplander on Sept 8, 2005 10:34:03 GMT -5
Nymphing barely constitutes fly fishing. It’s just a step up from bait fishing, and little different from trolling with a spinner. This could constitute grounds for impeachment….  |
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Post by Joshua Field on Sept 8, 2005 11:21:33 GMT -5
I forgot to include: pipe/matches Joe - you forgot to add: beer and deer feed ;D btw - I do have a few nymphs and (god forbid) streamers in my box... why else would i have sink tip. I just don't fish them very often because I'm a terrible optimist, always thinking that they'll take dries even if there isn't a hatch for 30 miles. Now, Joe's dropper rigs are another story. Those things scare the heck out of me. |
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Post by JoeOverlock on Sept 8, 2005 11:53:17 GMT -5
Dropper rigs are the best. I'll tie you up one for the next time we go out. Pumkinseeds like the nymphs too, you'll be fine.  And I did forget to mention my cooler insert for my vest. My next upgrade will call for a tap. No deer feed, though... just Karma Now as for calling me a wormdunker, Uplander... I heard a rumor that you use gill nets |
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Post by Uplander on Sept 8, 2005 12:12:26 GMT -5
Now as for calling me a wormdunker, Uplander... I heard a rumor that you use gill nets Pipe down deer whisperer. We all know you douse yourself with doe urine…. ;D |
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Post by caddisking on Sept 8, 2005 13:30:22 GMT -5
Nymphing barely constitutes fly fishing. It’s just a step up from bait fishing, and little different from trolling with a spinner. You must smoke a lot of dope, kid. Nymphing is a fine art. |
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Post by caddisking on Sept 8, 2005 13:37:12 GMT -5
Uplander... I heard a rumor that you use gill nets I wonder where you heard that?  |
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Post by Uplander on Sept 8, 2005 13:58:37 GMT -5
Dry fly fishing is a magnum opus worthy of the Clark Art Institute. Nymphing is the artistic equivalent of the twaddle one finds at MASS MoCA. ;D |
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Post by caddisking on Sept 8, 2005 14:01:28 GMT -5
Dry fly fishing is a magnum opus worthy of the Clark Art Institute. Nymphing is the artistic equivalent of the twaddle one finds at MASS MoCA. ;D There, now you're a -1 also.... |
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Post by Uplander on Sept 8, 2005 14:41:39 GMT -5
There, now you're a -1 also.... Smite this old man....  |
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Post by JoeOverlock on Sept 8, 2005 19:28:01 GMT -5
Now as for calling me a wormdunker, Uplander... I heard a rumor that you use gill nets Pipe down deer whisperer. We all know you douse yourself with doe urine…. ;D That wasn't doe urine, it was mine. That's what I get for having a cooler insert in my vest... |
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Post by Joshua Field on Sept 8, 2005 20:42:57 GMT -5
 Now now... if you boys don't play nicely I'll take the karma meter away.
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Post by Uplander on Sept 9, 2005 6:53:35 GMT -5
Now now... if you boys don't play nicely I'll take the karma meter away. Oh no! Not the karma meter! Anything but that Josh! ;D Seriously though, time to put the pistolas down old man. Same time, and back away slowly. Ready? On the count of 3.... |
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Post by caddisking on Sept 9, 2005 9:57:21 GMT -5
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