{"id":487,"date":"2012-08-20T14:40:11","date_gmt":"2012-08-20T20:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/larsonweb.com\/blog\/?p=487"},"modified":"2012-08-20T14:40:11","modified_gmt":"2012-08-20T20:40:11","slug":"backcountry-fishing-kit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/larsonweb.com\/blog\/backcountry-fishing-kit\/","title":{"rendered":"Backcountry Fishing Kit"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Fly fishing pouch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I love backcountry fly fishing. \u00a0When I’m fishing the backcountry, I typically have to do a fair amount of hiking to get to the waters I’m going to fish. \u00a0Weight and space are at a premium. \u00a0Many roadside fishermen carry a lot of fishing\u00a0paraphernalia; enough to fill a fishing vest. \u00a0If you’re fishing close to the road, why not? \u00a0 However, on a backpacking trip, where weight is the enemy, it pays to cut your fly fishing gear down to the bare minimum.<\/p>\n

For this, I really like to use a small fly fishing pouch. \u00a0My fishing pouch was made by Backpackflyfishing.com and they called it the “trico”. \u00a0 \u00a0However, they are no longer in business. \u00a0 A virtually identical fishing pouch is currently made by Elemental Horizons under the name of Dragonfly Fishing Pouch<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The total weight of the pouch and everything in it is\u00a07.9 ounces. \u00a0It will get me through multi-day trips of backcountry fly fishing, using both Tenkara and\/or a traditional Western rig. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Pouch and contents<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Here’s what I have in the pouch (starting top left, moving clockwise)<\/p>\n

Small lighter with a couple of tinder tabs (for making a fire in case of emergency.)
\nBaladeo 22g knife (for cleaning fish and other small cutting tasks.)
\n5X Froghair fluoro tippet
\nWader repair material
\nPouch with small LED flashlight<\/a>, and Frogs Fanny floatant
\nTitanium scissor clamps
\nLoon Aquel floatant
\nShimazaki dry shake
\nFly box with dry flies and tungsten weighted nymphs<\/p>\n

That’s really all I need for fly fishing in the backcountry. \u00a0If I’m out on a really long trip, or I anticipate that I might need a broader assortment of flies, I might take a lightweight foam fly box with some extra flies in it. \u00a0Otherwise, I’m good with the basic assortment that I carry in the pouch. \u00a0There’s even a little room left over in the pouch for other small necessities such as a fishing license, or a blister dressing.<\/p>\n

The pouch is very convenient. \u00a0I keep the Aquel floatant in the front elasticized pocket, and the Frog’s Fanny in the dedicated floatant pocket on the side. \u00a0The scissor clamps are held at the ready in a couple of loops. \u00a0These are the things I use the most, and they are no harder to get at than when using my fishing vest. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For a little additional comfort, I added a bit of tubular webbing as padding for the thin cord neck strap. \u00a0This keeps the cord from digging into my neck when I’m wearing a shirt without a collar. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I love backcountry fly fishing. \u00a0When I’m fishing the backcountry, I typically have to do a fair amount of hiking to get to the waters I’m going to fish. \u00a0Weight and space are at a premium. \u00a0Many roadside fishermen carry a lot of fishing\u00a0paraphernalia; enough to fill a fishing vest. \u00a0If you’re fishing close to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,154],"tags":[183,182,180,178,179,177,181],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/larsonweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/larsonweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/larsonweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/larsonweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/larsonweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=487"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/larsonweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":523,"href":"http:\/\/larsonweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487\/revisions\/523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/larsonweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/larsonweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/larsonweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}