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COVID Tenkara Fly Tying

July 5, 20209 CommentsFly TyingBy Jason Klass

Fly tying travel Kit

Like many of you, this pandemic has been difficult for me. I sold my house right before it started and have been house and dog sitting for some friends who were in Guatemala for a couple of months. The library of fly tying tools and materials I’ve collected over the years (including my beloved roll-top desk) is buried in storage and I’ve been unable to access it. I was laid off from work for a couple of months but to stave off the boredom, I assembled a small tying kit that has restored my sanity a bit.

Travel Fly Tying Kit

It’s nothing more than a Plano tackle box with a few essentials–thread, hooks, wire, partridge hackle, grizzly hackle, pheasant hackle, and peacock herl. But it’s helping me mentally get through the lockdown.

Travel Fly Tying Kit

Travel Fly Tying Kit

Travel Fly Tying Kit

Of course, I had to deck it out with a few stickers including the new personalized stickers from Tenkara USA.

Travel Fly Tying Kit

Travel Fly Tying Kit

Everything (including the vise) fits in the box. I’m kind of glad I did it. I’ve been thinking of putting together a travelling fly tying kit for a long time but just never got around to it. I’ll bring this with me on my upcoming trip to the Rio Grande in Creede, CO in August. Sometimes, being forced to make the best out of a bad situation can be a good thing I suppose. Here are just a few flies I’ve tied with this kit (and I aim to tie more) …

Travel Fly Tying Kit
Do you have a travelling fly tying kit? Share pics with us!

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Jason Klass

Jason is an avid fly angler and backpacker. As a former fly fishing guide originally from Western New York, he moved to Colorado and became an early adopter of tenkara which perfectly suited the small, high altitude streams and lakes there. He has not fished a Western-style fly rod for trout since.

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9 Comments
  1. July 5, 2020 at 8:44 pm
    Dave R

    Jason, this is what I would use to carry my fly tying materials and tools in when I would go to club meetings. I would take materials for the flies that I intended to tie. Seems like I can only post one picture here.

  2. July 5, 2020 at 9:47 pm
    Jason Klass

    Hi Dave, that box looks awesome and I love the TenkaraTalk sticker! I wish I could see the contents. I think you can post multiple pictures. I’ll look into it. if not, you can always just do multiple comments with pics.

  3. July 10, 2020 at 3:01 pm
    Martin Fisher

    I have the same Plano tackle box for my portable set-up.
    Griffin Odyssey Spider vise.
    My old Griffin ceramic bobbin.
    A cheap extra-large bobbin that fits sewing machine thread spools.
    Hooks (of course), Indian rooster and hen hackles, a little bit of genetic stiff hackle, peacock herl, etc.
    Not a huge variety of stuff.

  4. July 11, 2020 at 7:00 am
    Jason Klass

    Cool Martin. Can you share some pictures with us?

  5. July 15, 2020 at 7:03 am
    Martin Fisher

    Yes, I’ll post a pic soon.
    I should have mentioned that my entire fly tying set-up is portable.
    I live in a tiny cottage so I don’t have my stuff in a permanent spot—almost everything is in cases when I’m not using it.
    My main vise is a Griffin Montana Mongoose with c-clamp and pedestal base—it has it’s own case.
    I do often leave the vise set up.
    My main set of tools is now Loon stuff—about half of that stuff has it’s own case.
    All other tools and and materials are in heavy-duty plastic totes of appropriate size.
    All easily portable.

  6. July 16, 2020 at 12:17 pm
    Martin Fisher

    I tried to capture as much as possible in two pictures.

  7. July 16, 2020 at 12:18 pm
    Martin Fisher

    A better look at the tools.

  8. August 26, 2020 at 2:39 am
    Charlie

    I’m sorry I don’t have a picture however I wanted to share that my traveling kit is contained in a used laptop bag I bought for $2 from a charity shop. It has ample pockets to contain all the gear a traveling fly-tier could hope to carry.

  9. February 5, 2021 at 8:19 pm
    Jayms Ramirez

    Love tying on the road….!!!!

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