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FishPond and William Joeseph both offer fly tying travel cases which are nicely engineered. They also cost more than $140! I wasn't willing to fork out that much for something to hold bits of animal hydes and feather capes. I searched for a couple of months and finally found the Flambeau 4003ST soft tackle bag. It cost only $19.98 at Wal Mart and is perfect for a fly tying bag. The bag is made of heavy duty nylon and it's dimensions are 12" x 8" x 6" (30.48 x 20.32 x 15.24 cm).
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 The Flambeau 4003ST Soft Side Tackle bag. The one listed on the Wal Mart and Flambeau sites are green and the ones I've seen in the store are blue like this: (I drew the dry fly on the flap) |
 The bag comes with 3 4006 Tuff Tainers. I kept one of them as a thread, wire and floss caddy. It will hold approx 46 Danville spools. |
 The front fold-down compartment is perfect for your tying tools. It can accommodate a bobbin, large and small English hackle pliers, bobbin threader, large and small hair stackers, two pair of scissors, hemostats, Thompson whip finisher, dubbing rake, bodkin, dubbing loop, head cement, clear epoxy and a magic marker. |
 The left side compartment holds a Wapsi dubbing dispenser, bags of foam, chenille and a Zap-A-Gap bottle. |
 The right side pocket has my reading glasses, dubbing wax, Wapsi dubbing dispenser and bags of rabbit and squirrel fur. |
 The zippered lid to the primary compartment holds my Griffin Odyssey Spider vise, hackle gauge and white reflecting surface. |
 Looking into the primary compartment you'll see two hook boxes and a miscellaneous parts box against the back wall. |
 Some of the materials from the primary compartment including seven premium rooster capes. |
 The other half of the materials. |
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Adam Durfee at 4:33pm on Feb. 18, 2008
about 1 year ago
Wow, that looks like an amazing amount of gear you've got in there. Good for you for finding a solution that is waaaaaaaaaay more reasonable than the "pro" gear out there. Reply...
scaramouche at 5:56am on Dec. 28, 2007
about 1 year ago
These pics are so great and your descriptions so clear, it makes me want to find a mountain stream right now! And I've never been flyfishing. Reply...