UPDATE: Cliff is going to throw me a Crab Shack box to fill up and give away to one of you lucky SOB’s.
Sometimes I just seem to need to tie. There are nights when I can’t get my mind on the task and I find myself having tied 4 flies in an hour of tinkering and waffling about materials and patterns. There are other nights when I set out hooks and then more hooks and then more hooks and I just seem to be in the flow. I know what flies I’m tying and with which materials and I tie those flies. Those are the nights I fill up my boxes.
I’ve had a few nights like that recently.
![Yeah... that should work.](https://bonefishonthebrain.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/708349_10152108717471808_371979957_o-222x300.jpg)
Yeah… that should work.
It isn’t about filling the boxes anymore, really. The boxes are kind of full. I’ll need to remove some flies to make room for the new ones. I only bring two boxes with me on my hip pack and I’ll bring a box of tarpon/cuda flies if I’m fishing from a boat. Any more than the two boxes (I use Bugger Barn boxes from Cliff Outdoors) and it just becomes a little hard to manage.
If I can convince Cliff to give me a box I’ll fill the box and we can do a give away here on the blog. I don’t really do many give aways, but I’m not opposed to it and this kind of thing would be kind of fun. If I can convince them to give two boxes I think we should make it a communal give away with flies contributed from all of you fine, fine people. Anyone know the Cliff guys? Let’s make it happen.
![The bottom three rows are from the past couple nights.](https://bonefishonthebrain.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/540911_10152108878981808_1339101386_n-300x225.jpg)
The bottom three rows are from the past couple nights.
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I’ve also started tying for our trip to Exuma in March. I think that my desire and compulsion for tying increase as the days to the trip draw closer. A couple here and there and then about 3 weeks before the trip it’s about 12 per night.
A new box sure would come in handy in March. What do you have in mind?
Now you’re talking. I’m fishing off a live aboard around the southern end of Andros mid-April and I promise to give your flies a toss or two with a full report on return. Although in the past I’ve found that two or three flies usually carries me for the week.
I wouldn’t mind having some of these to play around with the next time I get to the Keys. They look great!