DIY Fly Boxes

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Yes, I absolutely love fly boxes...especially when they're "DIY!" In this fly fishing video, I share two pathways you can create with your fly boxes, then we take a closeup look at two that I have used in my own setup. Be sure to get your creativity going, and I hope this video helps to improve your fly box system for the water.
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If you have any thoughts or questions based on this video (or DIY fly box suggestions!), please leave them down below in the "Comments" section or you can email me: tcammisa@gmail.com
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@lesliemasters6548 5 лет назад

Hard case credit card holders. Pull out insert. foam on one side, magnet on the other. These are my favorite fly boxes!

@TimCammisa 5 лет назад

Now that sounds neat, Leslie! I'd love to see a pic of this. Do you have a link? If not, feel free to post on my Facebook or email me: tcammisa@gmail.com Thanks for sharing that cool idea. Tim www.troutandfeather.com

@archr610 5 лет назад

Hey Tim As always, thanks for the video. As I watched this, I thought, if you drop that Altoids box it's going to sink. actually they float quite well. Obviously water tight. Once I started adding weight, like magnets the floatation was of course compromised, so I added a piece of craft foam to the top and bottom (outside). Doesn't make the box much bigger and aids in floatation. This only works if the box is closed. Once filled with water, the box sinks like a rock......Just thought I'd throw that out there for everyone to experiment with. Have fun.

@TimCammisa 5 лет назад

Very smart thinking, Jeff; thanks for the ideas! I wasn't thinking about that, but it's something more to consider. I also will put my name and phone # inside the boxes...if they float off! Thanks again for taking the time to comment, and I hope all is well. Tim www.troutandfeather.com

@jimbolt5170 5 лет назад

I, too, started using mint boxes decades ago. I like their compactness. An alternative to using 3 chunky magnets is to glue a thin “sheet magnet” (not sure what they’re called) to a box. A lot of trades people have their business cards printed on them. When you don’t need one anymore, glue it to the lid of an Altoids tin. Works well for nymphs. Cheap, too!

@TimCammisa 5 лет назад

Smart idea, Jim, and I appreciate you furthering the discussion! I hope to hear more from you on some of my other videos. Tim www.troutandfeather.com

@BassMaster.454 2 года назад

Fridgerator magnet

@dannyjett7225 5 лет назад

You cease to amaze me. When you showed the Altoid boxes in the video it brought back memories. My Dad use to use these for putting live bait such as moggots, meal or wax worms for any kind of fishing. He was one of the old timers that always used live bait even on his flys. LOL. The ideas you have given me on this video are so valuable Tim. Hats off to you Buddy. And thanks so much. I'm indebted to you. Since we spoke last time. I had a Pacemaker installed. I'm doing great. But I feel like the Bionic Man. LOL. Hope all is well with you and family. Thanks again for such a great video.👌👌👌👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

@TimCammisa 5 лет назад

Thanks, Danny, and if I can amaze you, I'll take it! So a Pacemaker, and now you're Bionic??? Jeez, I really hope all is well with your health, and will send some prayers your way. Thanks for the kind words, and if you come up with some more ideas, be sure to lmk or send me a picture via email. Tim www.troutandfeather.com

@CaliBassin 5 лет назад

Great Video Tim

@TimCammisa 5 лет назад

Thanks! Tim www.troutandfeather.com

@JunkMailBoxStuff 5 лет назад

*Sunday - Saturday vitamin boxes.* Available in the pharmacy section with the days of the week on them are also great. You can find them at your local pharmacy, Walmart, the dollar store, etc. Also, in the craft section of stores (Michael's, Hobby Lobby, Walmart) where they sell *small craft bead containers* for those that do bead work and costume jewelry with beads, the have similar containers in square, rectangle, and round styles. I've used them for years. *Rx (amber translucent plastic pill bottles)* are great too. If you had a nasty flu bug and had to get an Rx or something, those screw-top pill bottles are great for various fishing gear and won't pop open on you or in your pack. *Tupperware* ... Yes. I found some small Tupperware containers at a garage sale a while back. Not sure what they were designed for (kitchen or office), but looks like individual ice cube trays or for paper clips, push pins & wall tacks ... with a lid. Just hacksaw to desired size & lightly sand or file the edges, then cut the lid accordingly & do the same. Plano StowAway model: 3400 SKU #344922, or model: 3448.

@TimCammisa 5 лет назад

Wow, great comments and ideas for all of us to use...even Tupperware! Thanks for taking the time to share these, with detailed information, too. I look forward to hearing from you on some of my other videos. Tim www.troutandfeather.com

@dannyjett7225 5 лет назад

Sure will Tim. I'm working on a very small thin type box with magnetic tape under foam with slots for flys. Old idea but small for space and pockets. Appreciate the prays my friend. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

@TimCammisa 5 лет назад

You got it, and keep me updated! Tim www.troutandfeather.com

@jimcannon4653 5 лет назад

This is great Tim. My wife works for a dentist and he does crowns...they come in a small plastic box sandwiched between two pieces of foam. I have her bring them home...I have MANY. (100s)Ask your dentist or the hygienist to set them aside for you. They are not reusable for the dentist so they usually throw em away.

@TimCammisa 5 лет назад

Thanks, Jim, and VERY smart idea! Thanks for sharing with us...and I will definitely ask when I'm there. :-) Tim www.troutandfeather.com

@dano956 5 лет назад

My first flybox was a mint tin with a piece of foam from a UPS package. I still use it. Magnets are a great idea can’t wait to try that.

@TimCammisa 5 лет назад

Very smart idea, Danny, and thanks for sharing! LMK how the magnets work for you. Tim www.troutandfeather.com

@stryker2764 5 лет назад

Hi Tim. I like this video and your ideas of DIY boxes, I've been making my own fly boxes for storage since I began tying flies 4 years ago. I also make my own Pike fly boxes. But being a woman I like to carry many flies so my boxes are big (kinda like the big purse syndrome!) I will send you some pics of them. Thanks for your always informative videos! :) Ann

@TimCammisa 5 лет назад

You're welcome, Ann, and thanks for taking a moment to share. I received the email and love the ideas! You have some great ideas, including holes to allow the flies to dry. Thanks again for your kind words, and I hope all is well. Tim www.troutandfeather.com

@marksleeper3752 5 лет назад

Great vid Tim I love the tin boxes they remind me of my RH Wheatley fly boxes I have Thanks Mark

@TimCammisa 5 лет назад

Exactly, Mark...though they cost just a tad less $! Ha ha! Thanks for taking a moment to comment. Tim www.troutandfeather.com

@docandry77 5 лет назад

Nice video, Tim. Plano boxes are a good option. We are lucky to have a Cabelas and a Bass Pro Shop nearby and sometimes they discontinue old boxes so I scoop a bunch up for my deer hair poppers and tying supplies. Here's a great organizational idea.... Those Plano boxes also work great to store hooks. Glue a bit of craft foam on the inside cover of the box to make a secure seal and be sure to use a sharpie to mark the hook size on the foam and you're good to go. The craft foam insures the hooks don't mix with each other when you accidentally turn the box over. Do NOT waste your money on plastic boxes with the adjustable sides. Get the moulded ones! The adjustable ones don't stay secure.

@TimCammisa 5 лет назад

Great suggestions, Kevin, and some really smart ideas for hooks. Thanks for taking the time to comment, and I'll be looking for more of those. Tim www.troutandfeather.com

@regmcclelland1431 5 лет назад

Hi Tim, It was good to finally meet you at the Cabin Fever Event on Sunday. Lots of good memories from the "Lunch Bunch" days at Oil Creek. Next time your talking to John Dunn tell him I said hello !!

@TimCammisa 5 лет назад

Absolutely, Reg, and it was great meeting you, too! I'm sure we'll run into each other again sometime. Tim www.troutandfeather.com

@tomhines5999 3 года назад

Thanks, Tim. Your videos are great, and I've benefited from MANY of them. I noticed a comment on VHS boxes (for streamers, I believe?). It reminded me of something I have done that is useful. They used to make small cabinets with pull out drawers in which you could store your VHS tapes. I simply found some small rectangular cardboard boxes and cut them down to fit in there. It makes a wonderful cabinet for various fly-tying stuff. If I could, I would share a picture. (That would also force me to re-organize it, I suppose!) BTW, I also noticed the commend about Oil Creek, PA. I grew up in northwestern PA, Port Allegany, and have many fond memories of fishing with my dad on those small streams. Regards, Tom Hines

@TimCammisa 3 года назад

Thanks for the comments, Tom, and love the VHS idea! I used to carry some VHS containers with larger patterns for stripers and pike, so maybe I should find those boxes, ha ha. Oil Creek is an area I loved to fish through my teens and early 20's. Do you still fish there much? Tim www.troutandfeather.com

@dmm3124 5 лет назад

Tim, I do this with bigger boxes that can be bought at craft stores. The next box will be a Plano pistol case that sells for around $9.00. I use foam that I bought from the FedEx store, it is used to protect laptops and other electronics. These boxes are great for use in kayaks and canoes, for bass, muskie, and pike. It is a lot cheaper than the big fly boxes that some fly shops sell. Another shirt pocket sized tin are tins that are sold for gift cards. The one that I have even has a bass on it.

@TimCammisa 5 лет назад

Thanks for the ideas, and I'll have to look for that foam. Speaking of those gift card tins, I know that I have a couple and will have to take a closer peek at them; thanks! Tim www.troutandfeather.com

@nickles418 5 лет назад

Good Video!

@TimCammisa 5 лет назад

Thanks!

@LucasEC5000 5 месяцев назад

Super cool thanks for sharing. I’ll definitely have to give it a go with the altoid boxes. I also have tic tac boxes, maybe I make them into split shot containers with the mouth being about the right size haha

@TimCammisa 5 месяцев назад

Great idea, Lucas, let me know how those work out for you! Tim www.troutandfeather.com

@timperry6095 5 лет назад

The Altoids tin idea is great for seasonal flies even when you have a few other bigger boxes for general patterns. Have a tin for each short-lived hatch, and just add them to your daily kit through out the season. That way you don’t need to keep carrying stuff like Green Drakes, Quill Gordons, and Hendricksons all season, and you don’t have to rearrange your general fly assortment boxes over the course of a season.

@TimCammisa 5 лет назад

Thanks for the comments, Timothy, and having a box for each hatch is a smart suggestion! I appreciate you taking the time to share. Tim www.troutandfeather.com

@PiscatorFlies 5 лет назад

I had a serious Altoid habit when I first started fly fishing. If you can find the Ginger or licorice flavors, they have a good kick. I haven't seen them for years though. Magnets are great, especially for the midges.

@timperry6095 5 лет назад

Piscator Flies those ginger ones were great. The cinnamon ones are good too.

@TimCammisa 5 лет назад

Glad it's not me, and I'm going to check those ginger ones out! I hope all is well, and wanted to let you know that I received your package for the PHW collection (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-hnM6kuRFjG0.html); thanks! Tim www.troutandfeather.com

@DWChiver 7 месяцев назад

Can pour silicone for mold making into the altoid tins. Then push in a little card with small triangles glued into it to create hook slots like the newer fly boxes

@TimCammisa 7 месяцев назад

Love the idea, I'd like to see this done, as it sounds really simple and effective! Tim www.troutandfeather.com

@miked2628 2 года назад

Tim You mentioned using Plano boxes. You can get almost the same style box in the craft section at Walmart for a $1 or less. They have several different styles too

@TimCammisa 2 года назад

Awesome, Mike, thanks for sharing! If you have a link to their website, that would be great, too. Tim www.troutandfeather.com

@ghmichel72 5 лет назад

I’m definitely making my own. Thanks for the video Tim. BTW do you have or will you film a video on organizing fly boxes for newbies?

@TimCammisa 5 лет назад

You're welcome, and be sure to lmk what you come up with! Feel free to post it on my Facebook page so I can see and share with others. Thanks again! Tim www.troutandfeather.com

@TimCammisa 5 лет назад

BTW, I don't have a video on organizing fly boxes...yet! I'll see what I can put together, as that's a really good idea. Thanks again for the comment. Tim www.troutandfeather.com

@zonk9659 5 лет назад

Love it. Next time how about showing the boxes with flies inside (unless they are proprietary 😀)

@TimCammisa 5 лет назад

Ha ha, eventually, but TRUST ME, the patterns matter far less than the techniques! Tim www.troutandfeather.com

@harleymandk 5 лет назад

I Use a lot of toolboxes with Ethafoam (reused from protecting gamer gear) One of my fly tyingboxs is a STANLEY STST14022 SortMaster One of my friends use a TRINITY TWM-3501 Wood Toolbox as his fly tyingbox.

@TimCammisa 5 лет назад

Great suggestions, and thanks for sharing these with us! I really appreciate you being specific, as it will make them easier to find online. Thanks again, and I hope to hear from you in some of my other videos. Tim www.troutandfeather.com

@josepheiden2777 5 лет назад

Love the Altoids boxes. I gotta get some. Maybe even paint them with Rustoilum spray to personalize them even more. Anybody ever try that?

@TimCammisa 5 лет назад

Good idea, Joseph, and interested to see if others have tried. I have not, as the red-white look works for me! Tim www.troutandfeather.com

@italiantroutaholic8926 5 лет назад

2 way tape works wonders

@TimCammisa 5 лет назад

GREAT idea; thanks! Tim www.troutandfeather.com

@dannyward314 5 лет назад

Tim sir I already want theses tins im thinking put two togher bottom to bottom

@TimCammisa 5 лет назад

Ha ha, definitely do it, Danny! I'd love to see how they come out for you. Tim www.troutandfeather.com

@redneckhippie3602 4 года назад

old trout magnet container servel sections. barbless flys on hats work. ive seen video game cases used. skoal/snus cans work. snus cans with foam rocks for fly boxz ps G00D luck on water

@TimCammisa 4 года назад

Great suggestions, and one I vividly remember is an old VCR case for streamers. Lots out there! Thanks for the comment and I hope fishing is treating you well. Tim www.troutandfeather.com

@jwayno2550 5 лет назад

The altoids tin is perfect thin layer of foam on bottom then very thin old shoppers club card cut to fit the tin and Coated on each side with spray foam or any thin foam and then another coating of foam on the tins lid and you’ve doubled your storage capacity. BOOM. Genius is my nickname

@TimCammisa 5 лет назад

Very smart, J, and thanks for sharing with us all! Tim www.troutandfeather.com

@calebfrank2807 4 года назад

The mint box rusted easily. Put my younger sisters flys when we went out I open it every thing was rusted I got one to get clean and she caught her fish fish on a fly she tied. She made more. I just put it in a normal box.

@TimCammisa 4 года назад

I wonder if the box got wet, Caleb? I've yet to have anything rust in mine, and I carry them every fishing outing. After fly fishing, be sure to dry the fly first before putting it back in the container, as the added moisture will definitely cause rust. Sorry to hear that, but very cool she caught the fish on her own fly!! Thanks for taking a moment to comment. Tim www.troutandfeather.com

@calebfrank2807 4 года назад

@@TimCammisa I have a small row boat and I had this big old tackle box and I left it in there and she didn't use it slot so water probably got in there some times. Thanks.

@lumdies6997 3 года назад

Sunday - Saturday vitamin boxes. Available in the pharmacy section with the days of the week on them are also great. You can find them at your local pharmacy, Walmart, the dollar store, etc. Also, in the craft section of stores (Michael's, Hobby Lobby, Walmart) where they sell small craft bead containers for those that do bead work and costume jewelry with beads, the have similar containers in square, rectangle, and round styles. I've used them for years. Rx (amber translucent plastic pill bottles) are great too. If you had a nasty flu bug and had to get an Rx or something, those screw-top pill bottles are great for various fishing gear and won't pop open on you or in your pack. Tupperware ... Yes. I found some small Tupperware containers at a garage sale a while back. Not sure what they were designed for (kitchen or office), but looks like individual ice cube trays or for paper clips, push pins & wall tacks ... with a lid. Just hacksaw to desired size & lightly sand or file the edges, then cut the lid accordingly & do the same. Plano StowAway model: 3400 SKU #344922, or model: 3448.

@TimCammisa 3 года назад

Thanks for the comments and suggestions...lots of great ideas here! Staying organized is an important aspect of fly fishing and tying, and it sounds like you value it, too. Thanks again for taking the time to share. Tim www.troutandfeather.com