fly boxes

[duckfoot]

I've got some money burning a hole in my pocket, and I think I *need* another fly box. I don't like the idea of carrying my entire fly stock on my person, so if I could limit my daily carry to about a hundred of all styles, that would be ideal. (More with less, you see.)

Which box do you use, and why? Compartment, slim, leaf insert? Aluminum, plastic?

 

[troutpoop]

I have many many boxes for each type of fly and hatch etc. I recently bought an Umpqua Weeekender box and I can take about all I need for any day of the river with one box. I just use the other boxes to refill as needed.
I have "staple flies" in there all the time and I leave two rows empty for whatever the "hatch of the day" is anticipated.
I have a Goertzen box lanyard on the way to carry it but in the meantime I've been stuffing it my wader chest pocket.

 

[bikerfish]

I like the ones Ryan sells at Risenfly, inexpensive, and holds everything I need for an outing.
https://www.risenfly.com/collections/fly-boxes/products/fly-boxes

 

[joebamboo]

Recently switched over to Tacky fly boxes. They are very slim.

 

[ryansheehan]

Umpqua upg box

 

[BrookieChaser]

I use a George Daniel "working box" system using slim clear plastic boxes from Bass Pro. They're cheap.
I have a nymph box, a dry box and a two streamer boxes (one streamer and one articulated streamer) for trout. My "working box" (maybe 5"x3" the other boxes are about twice that size) contains flies I plan to use that day.

 

[dryflyguy]

Fishing only dry flies, I use compartment boxes. Don't have to worry about hackle getting crushed

 

[Vaughn]

What is your preferred compartment box?

 

[dryflyguy]

I've been getting De Witt boxes from Fly Fishers Paradise in state college.
They come in several sizes - 8, 12 and 18 compartments I believe.
And are inexpensive

 

[Vaughn]

Thanks, I'm wanting to try some compartment boxes for dry flies. The De Witt boxes look like a good place to start.

 

[duckfoot]

Just kicking around I found this guy on eBay:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/FLY-BOX-LASER-ETCHED-PERSONALIZED-ALUMINUM-FLY-BOX-/222464117901?hash=item33cbe50c8d:g:z0EAAOSwf-VWUkR7

http://rivertraditions.com/product-category/fly-boxes/

Personalized, laser-etched tackle and fly gear for pretty cheap. Looks sharp too.

 

[ryguyfi]

Thanks for the referral Biker!

I actually use the aluminum boxes we have with the flip open compartments more than any other box. Keeps from crushing hackles and you don't open up a whole box of flies with risk of them falling out, only one compartment at a time. They're probably our worst seller, don't ask me why. I have about a half dozen of them and sort them by hatch so when I'm hatch hunting I grab one box with some tippet and floatant and go hit the water.