Fly Boxes -- Advice?

"Larry L" wrote in message
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the very bottom of one of my never-to-be-used-again gear boxes.




DISCLAIMER: This is one of LarryL's weird off thread replies to nobody in
particular .... boring stuff to follow



That never-to-be-used-again gear box has been giving me headaches lately.
I've seen a few people pass on the last couple years leaving so much
'stuff' behind it was a real pain for their loved ones. So, I'm cleaning
out my ****, determined to stop being a slave to crap I own and even more
determined to avoid making others deal with it, when I can't. The
problem? It's damn hard to ashcan "perfectly good ****." g But each
week I manage something, toss an old rod, fly box, decoys, or something.

Fwiw, it always brings a very real feeling of freedom to see the long
unused crap go, but it's still hard to throw it out .... in our culture
we're so trained to "want more, more, more, and consume, consume, consume"
that the idea of wanting to own a lot less seems a bit evil. I have a
40ft X 60ft shop that has collected junk for years, my goal is to see it
empty, or damn near so.

Throwing the stuff away doesn't solve the problem. It IS the problem.

Wolfgang
only in murrica.

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From: "Wolfgang"
Newsgroups: rec.outdoors.fishing.fly
Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2005 2:16 AM
Subject: Fly Boxes -- Advice?


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Throwing the stuff away doesn't solve the problem. It IS the problem.

Wolfgang
only in murrica.

Wishing to possess it all in the first place is the real problem!

.........and not only in "murrica".

One can be a slave to ones posessions. Having to get rid of a lot of stuff
that belonged to somebody else is also a terrible chore.

TL
MC

"Wolfgang" wrote


Throwing the stuff away doesn't solve the problem. It IS the problem.



I agree and I bet many shiny nickels that I have tossed far less in my life
that still had usable life in it than "Joe Average Merican"

I drive a 1992 truck with 241,000 miles and most of my fly rods are 20+
years old, as examples. I'd love a new rod for stillwaters, have wanted it
for probably 10 years, but refuse to buy one as long as my 25+ year old
Scott is still alive ... I refuse for 'environmental ethics' reasons, not
financial

That said, it is amazing how much 'stuff' gets bought, used little, and then
stored. Example: I have 6 dozen heads ONLY for shell goose decoys ... I
can remember that I really 'needed' them for something, back when, but lord
knows what. Hehe, I checked the mfg's website and the replacement heads
are $6/ea. .... I'll try E-Baying them but I wouldn't be surprized to get
zero bids ... I offered them free to at least half dozen local hunters.

On Fri, 23 Sep 2005 22:52:00 GMT, "Larry L"
wrote:

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Fwiw, it always brings a very real feeling of freedom to see the long unused
crap go, but it's still hard to throw it out ....

Why are you throwing it away? Doesn't anyone else want it? You don't
have to eBay it, but a garage sale would be good. Or finding a local
teacher with students who could use it. My local Goodwill has very
little sports equipment. Your local charity store might want some.

It took us months to find a family that wanted and needed the almost
new kid bunk bed we were giving away. It suited them perfectly and we
glowed with the knowledge that it had gone to good use to someone who
couldn't possibly have afforded it.

Cyli
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Often taunted by trout. Almost entirely harmless.

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"Cyli" wrote


Why are you throwing it away? Doesn't anyone else want it? You don't
have to eBay it, but a garage sale would be good. Or finding a local
teacher with students who could use it. My local Goodwill has very
little sports equipment. Your local charity store might want some.


"throw away" was my way of lumping a wide variety of actions into one
heading

We've had several garage sales, I've given many boxes of stuff to several
different charities.

Actually MY stuff is only a drop in the bucket, I am
one of the people that got stuck with a full house and full barn full of
other people's things and most of what I've been getting rid of is from
that, not really my fishing stuff, I just mentioned it to try and stay 'on
topic'. I took a full kitchen worth of dishes, pots, pans, etc. to a
retired folks home for THEIR garage sale ( they asked for donations in the
local paper ) and before I got it unloaded they were complaining I had
brought too much g .... it was all quality items AFTER my wife and
sister-in-law threw out anything damaged or whatever, quality brands from a
upper class kitchen.

I have a trailer full of sports stuff ranging from cross country skis to
glass fly rods that I will try to give away, maybe E-Bay .... most of the
sporting goods 'throw away' so far is really putting it into that trailer
more than a garbage can. In all cases I've asked someone if they wanted it
before putting it in the trailer.

I think that sporting goods is
actually one of the harder things to recycle .. Why? Because buying neat new
**** is a big part of the sport's fun..right? Think back on all the "gotta
a new
Model Perfect Self Casting Super Rod and I'm now an emotionally balanced
guy, ah, ... the joy of purchase ! " posts around here g

I appreciate and share your position. But I will admit to some laziness,
too. I had two complete computers of fairly high specs ... only the
harddrives had been removed .... I had to make a couple dozen phone calls
and then drive 80 miles to GIVE them away .... I started trying to give
them to schools, then to kids ( the kid, not the class ) in computer science
class, then .... ah, you get the idea. Such things get old and the garbage
can starts to look good.

MY point is not self defence, it is that it is harder to get rid of 'stuff'
than most people realize. Harder than I would have ever thought, at least.

Muchas gracias,
Dan




Before this thread gets out of hand, just wanted to say thanks for the
suggestions, gents.

Dan
So, uh, Muchas Gracias otra vez, I guess.

"Daniel-San" wrote


Before this thread gets out of hand, just wanted to say thanks for the
suggestions, gents.



Oh, yeah, 'thread'

I have several of the C&F boxes I've used the last two years .... I'd rate
them 7.5 on a one to ten scale

I use them because I tie all my own flies and 100% on barbless hooks ... the
C&F slit design holds barbless better than other things I've tried, on a
weight/bulk/accessibility/#of flies scale

They are too much $$$ and have some silly, but not debilitating design
problems and thus get only the 7.5 .... if I were in the market for more
boxes I'd shop hard before spending C&F $$$ but would insist on a tight hold
on barbless hooks

Oh, I hate boxes with little compartments except for huge flies ( streamers
and such ) ...trying to get ONE fly out of the tangled wad in the
compartment is enough to drive me nuts

Larry L wrote:

Oh, I hate boxes with little compartments except for huge flies ( streamers
and such ) ...trying to get ONE fly out of the tangled wad in the
compartment is enough to drive me nuts

I hate the way those spring-loaded Wheatley and Wheatley rip-off boxes
launch one or two flies into oblivion every time you open a compartment
on a windy day.

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"Larry L" wrote in
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I use them because I tie all my own flies and 100% on barbless hooks
... the C&F slit design holds barbless better than other things I've
tried, on a weight/bulk/accessibility/#of flies scale



I have a C&F, slit foam on one side and compartments on the other. I've
retired it. The best I've found for nymphs and other non-hackled flies is
the Petitjean fly carrier, which is a ton of bang for the buck.
http://www.feather-craft.com/2005MAs...ge.asp?page=56

For hackled dries, I like plastic compartmented boxes with a real hinge.
These run about $12-$15. I can carry one of these, and two of the large
Petitjean boxes, for less weight than my old C&F, and carry more flies.


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"Larry L" wrote in
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I use them because I tie all my own flies and 100% on barbless hooks
... the C&F slit design holds barbless better than other things I've
tried, on a weight/bulk/accessibility/#of flies scale



I have a C&F, slit foam on one side and compartments on the other. I've
retired it. The best I've found for nymphs and other non-hackled flies is
the Petitjean fly carrier, which is a ton of bang for the buck.
http://www.feather-craft.com/2005MAs...ge.asp?page=56

For hackled dries, I like plastic compartmented boxes with a real hinge.
These run about $12-$15. I can carry one of these, and two of the large
Petitjean boxes, for less weight than my old C&F, and carry more flies.

Have you tried Scientific anglers system x box? For $19 it is a preety
awesome box

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