😊You made me smile to know your gear gets almost as jumbled as mine. I really enjoy these little fireside chats. I figure there is always something we can learn from one another. Thanks again for all you do for tying and our sport.
Thank you again Davie - the videos you have done that aren't specific to fly tying - such as the tour of your tying space and this one - are particularly interesting because we can see the thought process behind your decisions. Organization and simplicity - to the extent that's possible, when you have literally thousands of materials at hand - seem to be a large part of your success. It's very easy to succumb to temptation when a new product gets introduced, but very often the old tried and true options like the DeWitt boxes are hard to improve upon. I use a similar method of storing casts particularly for my smallest flies - it's much easier to tie a blood knot on the water than to thread a 7X tippet through those tiny eyes.
Thanks Davie for another year of informative and inspiring videos. While I have been fishing and tying flies for many years the information you freely share with us all means there are always new materials and techniques to master. Wishing you a happy and successful 2025...and many more tight lines!
Hi Davie. Have one of you. You'll like it Being a Scots man. For drying out dry flies , use sheets of kitchen roll. Just gently squeeze the fly for 5 seconds or soo. Might have to repeat in different spots if the fly is really soaked. This will dry them out real well I carry a few sheets in a zip lock. They will keep you going for a few months. 👍
I think that is your best ever video. Great to hear and see what you take fishing with you. Good to know I'm not the only person who uses wee poly pokes. Pure class.🤙🙂🏴
Thanks mate for sharing a great video on things. I’m the same I think keep everything. It’s nice learning things that we may not know about. Maybe you have time could you try and tie up some articulated flies or nymphs. Thanks again and you and your family have a great New Year. Oh yeah can’t forget the fishing season. Best Regards, Ken
Great food for thought! As ages creeps up, I find all I carry on fishing trips gets heavier and heavier; especially with the auto inflation vest I use. Going to have to rationalise, thanks for the hints and tips.
Great video, Davie. Most interesting and very informative. Thank you for taking the time to share this information. All the best for the upcoming year.
Love it, I think we’re all the same, own nice fly boxes and end up with wee plastic boxes and bags to take a dozen or so flies to travel light. Still use Muslin have done for years too, quite strange I carry the exact same on my zinger down to the same unhooking tool. All the best for the new year. Definitely looking forward to more tying videos Wondering which patterns you would use snowshoe hare’s foot fur in, as I have been gifted a few. Thank you.
Hi Davie, I never thought of using cardboard for storing casts. And to think I went to the expense of buying rigging foams😅. As far as I know, Dewitt fly boxes aren't made anymore. I have two that belonged to my dad. They go back to the 40s and they've turned yellowish, but they still work great. All the best to you and yours in 2025. Harold from Michigan (the land of the midnight Hex)
Apart from being the most famous fly dresser in the plant…………..when it comes to down on the bank your just like all of us organised chaos !!!All the very best 👍🏻🏴👍🏻🏴👍🏻🏴
I lived and guided in Idaho for 5 summers, and I was a smoker. My biggest peeve is trash of any kind on a stream, and I never tossed a butt when I was thru with my smoke. I didn't smoke a lot while fishing, but each winter, when I cleaned out my vest, I found the pockets were stuffed with butts. I've had this vest for over 40 years. I've tried other systems, but I can't find anything when I need it, and keep going back to the vest. I'm afraid to wash it as it might fall apart. I carry a Richardson box on the water, so I only take one other fly box. Most of the vest just. carries floatants, tippet, and tools. This leaves a lot of room for picking up trash. Please leave the water prettier than you find it.
oh! I finally bought a GoPro and one of those mics that you mentioned because my favorite river is very noisy. I fish alone most of the time and I almost never have a picture of any of my fish. It would be nice to see how you wear yours, so I could get the best shots. Even if those shots are of how I gave my fly to a tree.
Hi ross1458, I use the go pro chest camera mount which I have attached a link to, it's by far the best one and will hold your go pro perfectly and show all the ups and downs that we get on the water..Send me a link to your first video that's if yo are going to show them on TH-cam.. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year when it comes.. All the very best Davie
Happy holidays and the best for the new year with at less one 25 inches trout included!! 🙂 I have a chestpack with the possibility of attachment to the backpack or not. And I am going to sew some snap buckles to the backpack straps so I also can attach the front part of a vest to the backpack. The chestpack for pikes and cyprinids. And the front vest part for trout. But the backpack is important to me so I can carry food, water and clothes for the whole day, and some tools and a small first aid kit. The only option I could find of a backpack with the front part designed specifically for trout fishing is made in Argentina and they don´t sell to Europe.
Thank you so much Davie sir keep up the good work I always look forward to your very interesting and informative video's you make them very interesting so a bi thank you for all your hard work stay safe and well my good friend 🎄👍😀🎅🦈🦈🦈@@DavieMcPhail
Have you ever thought about going to a sling pack ? I bought a chest pack and had to use a hat to hold my camera cause I had the same problem with the chest pack getting in the way. I went to a sling pack and I can carry everything I need and it's out of the way and doesn't affect my camera on my chest.
ye dont mater how good you are how long you bin doing it at the end of the year you look in your bag box your like what the h .takeing to much is a comon even if your only going out for a quicky
Hi 47flyfisher, I do have one and I did use it a couple of times though when I bent down it kept dropping too low though for walking it worked well..Many thanks for the link and for taking the time to do this for me.. All the very best Davie..
😊You made me smile to know your gear gets almost as jumbled as mine. I really enjoy these little fireside chats. I figure there is always something we can learn from one another. Thanks again for all you do for tying and our sport.
Thanks for all your uploads Davie. Always a joy to watch and plenty to learn from :)
Thank you again Davie - the videos you have done that aren't specific to fly tying - such as the tour of your tying space and this one - are particularly interesting because we can see the thought process behind your decisions. Organization and simplicity - to the extent that's possible, when you have literally thousands of materials at hand - seem to be a large part of your success. It's very easy to succumb to temptation when a new product gets introduced, but very often the old tried and true options like the DeWitt boxes are hard to improve upon. I use a similar method of storing casts particularly for my smallest flies - it's much easier to tie a blood knot on the water than to thread a 7X tippet through those tiny eyes.
Thanks Davie for another year of informative and inspiring videos. While I have been fishing and tying flies for many years the information you freely share with us all means there are always new materials and techniques to master. Wishing you a happy and successful 2025...and many more tight lines!
Absolutely fantastic insights thank you Davie love to you and merry Christmas to you and the family ❤
Hi Davie.
Have one of you.
You'll like it Being a Scots man.
For drying out dry flies , use sheets of kitchen roll.
Just gently squeeze the fly for 5 seconds or soo. Might have to repeat in different spots if the fly is really soaked. This will dry them out real well
I carry a few sheets in a zip lock. They will keep you going for a few months.
👍
I think that is your best ever video. Great to hear and see what you take fishing with you. Good to know I'm not the only person who uses wee poly pokes. Pure class.🤙🙂🏴
Thanks mate for sharing a great video on things. I’m the same I think keep everything. It’s nice learning things that we may not know about. Maybe you have time could you try and tie up some articulated flies or nymphs. Thanks again and you and your family have a great New Year. Oh yeah can’t forget the fishing season. Best Regards, Ken
Thanks Davie for the brilliant information ...much appreciated
Maravilha so coisas boas Davie Mcphail 👏👏👍👍parabéns pelo o seu trabalho 👍👍👍👍
Great food for thought! As ages creeps up, I find all I carry on fishing trips gets heavier and heavier; especially with the auto inflation vest I use. Going to have to rationalise, thanks for the hints and tips.
Great video, Davie. Most interesting and very informative. Thank you for taking the time to share this information. All the best for the upcoming year.
Tks for this insightful video davie i love all your videos happy holidays 😊
Love it, I think we’re all the same, own nice fly boxes and end up with wee plastic boxes and bags to take a dozen or so flies to travel light. Still use Muslin have done for years too, quite strange I carry the exact same on my zinger down to the same unhooking tool.
All the best for the new year. Definitely looking forward to more tying videos
Wondering which patterns you would use snowshoe hare’s foot fur in, as I have been gifted a few. Thank you.
I now realise I carry far too much much “stuff” when I go out. Thanks Davie! Enjoy the rest of the festive season.
Thanks Davie I’m always interested in what anglers are using thanks from Ireland 👍👍
Thanks for that Davie. I like you even more now pal,. I thought it was only me who's tackle was like that.🤣🤣
Hi Davie, I never thought of using cardboard for storing casts. And to think I went to the expense of buying rigging foams😅. As far as I know, Dewitt fly boxes aren't made anymore. I have two that belonged to my dad. They go back to the 40s and they've turned yellowish, but they still work great. All the best to you and yours in 2025.
Harold from Michigan (the land of the midnight Hex)
Great to see I'm not the only one with random boxes and getting a hook in the hand from leaders.
I enjoy that😊, we all have same fault multi packets and mini box of flies
Apart from being the most famous fly dresser in the plant…………..when it comes to down on the bank your just like all of us organised chaos !!!All the very best 👍🏻🏴👍🏻🏴👍🏻🏴
I lived and guided in Idaho for 5 summers, and I was a smoker. My biggest peeve is trash of any kind on a stream, and I never tossed a butt when I was thru with my smoke. I didn't smoke a lot while fishing, but each winter, when I cleaned out my vest, I found the pockets were stuffed with butts.
I've had this vest for over 40 years. I've tried other systems, but I can't find anything when I need it, and keep going back to the vest. I'm afraid to wash it as it might fall apart.
I carry a Richardson box on the water, so I only take one other fly box. Most of the vest just. carries floatants, tippet, and tools. This leaves a lot of room for picking up trash. Please leave the water prettier than you find it.
Merry Christmas,Davie! 20;20 Black spray paint.
Thanks Davie, i now realise that i dont need the haversack.
All the very best, stay well, Big Davie
oh! I finally bought a GoPro and one of those mics that you mentioned because my favorite river is very noisy. I fish alone most of the time and I almost never have a picture of any of my fish. It would be nice to see how you wear yours, so I could get the best shots. Even if those shots are of how I gave my fly to a tree.
Hi ross1458,
I use the go pro chest camera mount which I have attached a link to, it's by far the best one and will hold your go pro perfectly and show all the ups and downs that we get on the water..Send me a link to your first video that's if yo are going to show them on TH-cam..
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year when it comes..
All the very best Davie
Excellent sir👍
Happy holidays and the best for the new year with at less one 25 inches trout included!! 🙂
I have a chestpack with the possibility of attachment to the backpack or not. And I am going to sew some snap buckles to the backpack straps so I also can attach the front part of a vest to the backpack. The chestpack for pikes and cyprinids. And the front vest part for trout. But the backpack is important to me so I can carry food, water and clothes for the whole day, and some tools and a small first aid kit. The only option I could find of a backpack with the front part designed specifically for trout fishing is made in Argentina and they don´t sell to Europe.
Hope you and your family have had a very merry Christmas Davie sir 🎅😀👍🎄
Merry Christmas to you and your family Philip and all the very best for 2025..ATB Davie
Thank you so much Davie sir keep up the good work I always look forward to your very interesting and informative video's you make them very interesting so a bi thank you for all your hard work stay safe and well my good friend 🎄👍😀🎅🦈🦈🦈@@DavieMcPhail
❤
in the states we need 2 perments 1 for fishing other for trout depending of were your fishing
Great video Davie
I thought you would have a bunch of old Hardy fly boxes😀
Have you ever thought about going to a sling pack ? I bought a chest pack and had to use a hat to hold my camera cause I had the same problem with the chest pack getting in the way. I went to a sling pack and I can carry everything I need and it's out of the way and doesn't affect my camera on my chest.
ye dont mater how good you are how long you bin doing it at the end of the year you look in your bag box your like what the h .takeing to much is a comon even if your only going out for a quicky
Been using those magnetic glasses for a few years now they are absolutely brilliant
th-cam.com/video/p8dj6qO4joI/w-d-xo.htmlsi=OdqIr2IlSWCowBU4 hi Davie. Would this work for you?
Hi 47flyfisher,
I do have one and I did use it a couple of times though when I bent down it kept dropping too low though for walking it worked well..Many thanks for the link and for taking the time to do this for me..
All the very best Davie..