In game beach fly storage

[Blackdogfishing]

So you are on a beach and it’s time to
pull your starting fly. Perhaps the fly is past its cast count or it got dinged up during one of the deliveries. There is no shower nearby to relegate the fly to while the fly from the bull pen makes its entrance.

Where do you store the starting fly during the rest of the outing while it awaits either it’s next start, a tune up on the bench or (gasp) relegation to the guest box?

 

[_WW_]

That's what hats are for.

 

[Jacob Watrous]

That's what hats are for.

This is the way.

That and car headliners

 

[fatbillybob]

part of beach is treating your line well. that means stripping basket. Just pin a small piece of cloth outside of your basket. Stick salty flys there.

 

[clarkman]

Personally, I'd start with a hat....secondary container would probably also be a hat. Helps if you crimp the barbs both for hat removal and head removal during windy conditions.

 

[Bambooflyguy]

I have a small plastic case for used salty flies. When I get home I put some tap water in shake then put the flies on a paper towel to dry.

 

[Zak]

I have a small plastic case for used salty flies. When I get home I put some tap water in shake then put the flies on a paper towel to dry.

This is what I do.

 

[Grayone]

This was from many flys in the past.

 

[Gary Knowels]

Foam patch on the outside of my sling pack

 

[KFCDAVE]

I’ve been using a Tacky Flydrophobic fly box to put flies in after they have been used. So far it has done a great job drying my flies out and preventing rust. (even on the not stainless steel stinger hooks.) I transfer the flies back into the main box the next day
I fished all these this morning. All dry and not a speck of rust on them.

 

[Brian Miller]

Where do you store the starting fly during the rest of the outing while it awaits either it’s next start...?

A plastic (or glass) spice jar with a tight fitting lid is simple, free, and fits in a shirt or jacket pocket.
Dump the water and the flies into the sink for quick a rinse.
Lay the flies out on a towel along with my reels after they get a thorough rinse.
Refill the bottle and put it in my stripping basket for the next outing.
The flies go back in the box they came from when dry.
No more rust.

 

[SurfnFish]

a clamshell glass case holds a bunch securely

 

[Kfish]

I ziptie a small piece of fly patch foam to the front strap of my sling pack. Just stick it in there when I want to change flies and I also have a few fresh flies there as well. Makes for changing flies a quick affair so you can maximize the fishing time.

 

[Grandpa Jim]

I keep a few pre-tied flies in individual sandwich baggies inside a ziplock bag that I keep in my wader pouch along with a cell phone in a ziplock bag and pliers while fishing.
I change flies on the water by resting my rod in the slots on my shooting basket and take the looped leader of the old fly off the fly line head, then loop on the new fly and leader, then wrap up leader and old fly and stuff into the empty baggie and back into the ziplock bag.
At the end of the trip I open up the baggies with the used flies under the faucet in the kitchen sink to rinse them off. Then I shake off and squeeze the water out of the fly and put it on a windowsill. I shake out the baggies, invert them and also put them on the windowsill. They dry over night and I reload everything the next morning.

 

[jasmillo]

I usually throw them right back in the box they came from.

Probably why I have to ties so many coho and SRC flies annually .

 

[Nick Clayton]

During summer salmon season I'd typically fish a fly until it was dead, then retire it. I don't go through enough flies during a salmon season to really care about saving each and every last one.

I also don't ever change colors or patterns, so I typically fish 1 fly for days on end before it finally gets beaten up enough that it's time to retire. I suppose if I was constantly changing flies I might care a bit more. But I don't, so I don't.

While guiding on the sound during the winter I keep a couple of Tacky ventilated fly boxes that all used flies get stuffed into. Those things are amazing at preventing them from rusting up