Here is the problem, do we need all of this?

[The_Sasquatch]

I've always been a minimalist w/ fishing. I take out 1 rod and reel, some tippet, a 4x3 fly box, and my pipe/tobacco. Hell, I've been fishing w/ the same Cortland fly rod I bought when I was 18!

I can't afford to NOT be a mimalist though.