Basic Flytying Travel Kit

A recycled manicure set's vallet

Many people believes, that for tying efficient flies we need only some basic materials. This is so presumably, but one of the most interesting occupations of the flyfishing - according to me – is flytying, what is distinguished hobby on wintertime and the case of very grim weather as well.

 

If we leave to lead to angle somewhere it’s recommended to carry with ourselves a basic fly tying kit, which everybody compiles according to his own idea.

I consider important to bring suitable materials for the aim fish. If we go by a car and there is enough place, we can carry anything then, it is necessary to think through the thing well in case of lacks of space on the other hand.

So follows my trout and grayling basic flytying kit:



A small wallet with all tool neccesities

Tweezers, scissors, crochet hook, cheap nailcutter for lead and copper wires, twister, hackle plier, hair stacker, needle, vise, whip finisher and a small bobbin holder. Important is that everything should be slight and not so expensive. If you lose them, you're not going to sorrow. Keep your extra tools at home!

Tungsten beads, threads on sewing-machine bobbins- basic colours, fine wire, hare, seal, antron and spectra dubbings, lead wires, heat shrink tubing, plastic and glass beads,  plastic and metallic eyes

Hook assortment. Please note, that I use flat plastic boxes with magnetic foil to prevent friction during transporting

Plastic materials: polycelon, rubber legs etc.

Some zonker strips

Cul de Canard and Cul d'Oie feathers as much as I can. There're my favourites

Marabou, guinea fowl, different hen and cock feathers, ostrich herls

Arctic and red fox hair

Pheasant body feathers

Pheasant tails

Pardo feathers

Peacock herl, quill and different pheasant feathers

Turkey feathers and golden pheasant parts

Turkey and goose biots, other pheasant tails

Bucktail and coyotte hair

Deer and elk hair

Duck flanc

Hackle feathers and peacock herl

Dubbings, vallet and some tools arranged in a 30×15×8 cm bag

Everything is inside, the bag is full

...and closed...

...with a waterproof zip fastener

You can see also: 

http://globalflyfisher.com/tiebetter/kits/portable_kit.html
http://saltwaterflyfishing.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=49&Itemid=79
http://www.classicatlanticsalmonflies.com/Fly%20Tying%20Page/Minimalist%20Fly%20Tying/Minimalist%20Fly%20Tying.htm

Happy New Year!