12-22-2012, 03:07 PM
I probably keep a fish more often than it is generally considered "cool" by most fly fishers. I spend a couple months every summer eating all-local (nothing from the store) and a nice wild brown or cutt is a very satisifing dinner.
I too perfer to travel light. In fact it was only a couple years ago that I upgraded to a pack - from just having my mini Orvis watertight fly box and a roll of tippet in my pocket. So the thought of carrying a creel is not that appealing to me...
I keep a little nylon stringer in my pack. Maybe takes up about 2 square inches. It's not much more than a piece of rope with a loop at one end and a little metal spike clamped on the other. The spike is threaded through the gill and then through the loop. I stick the spike in the ground on the bank and move it with me as I change spots.
This way the the fish keeps nice and cold and fresh in the water.. which, if you plan on continuing to fish, should last you a lot longer and with better results than putting it in a bag or in your vest.
Speaking of bags... Kota needs to make a deposit from time to time, so I've clipped a dispenser of POO BAGS! to my pack.
Highly recommended, even if you don't fish with a dog. The little rolls are very very compact, the perfect size for "frying pan" trout (12 inches or so, which is the size I think tastes best). Great for garbage, guts, and lots of other stuff. Handy.
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I too perfer to travel light. In fact it was only a couple years ago that I upgraded to a pack - from just having my mini Orvis watertight fly box and a roll of tippet in my pocket. So the thought of carrying a creel is not that appealing to me...
I keep a little nylon stringer in my pack. Maybe takes up about 2 square inches. It's not much more than a piece of rope with a loop at one end and a little metal spike clamped on the other. The spike is threaded through the gill and then through the loop. I stick the spike in the ground on the bank and move it with me as I change spots.
This way the the fish keeps nice and cold and fresh in the water.. which, if you plan on continuing to fish, should last you a lot longer and with better results than putting it in a bag or in your vest.
Speaking of bags... Kota needs to make a deposit from time to time, so I've clipped a dispenser of POO BAGS! to my pack.
Highly recommended, even if you don't fish with a dog. The little rolls are very very compact, the perfect size for "frying pan" trout (12 inches or so, which is the size I think tastes best). Great for garbage, guts, and lots of other stuff. Handy.
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