Hey… that’s my stuff!

And why is a handful of my fly fishing gear laid out in a photogenic and organized manner? Vedavoo’s #myvedavoo photo contest, of course.

The whole point of the contest is to show how different people use their gear. If you’re anything like me, you are into the stuff of fly fishing. The stuff isn’t the destination, but it is absolutely part of the journey. We all carry flies and nippers and tippet, but what else goes into your pack?

I’m interested. And Vedavoo is, too.

For example, I have three ways to store flies in my small-stream pack. There is my  Tacky boxes, my Fly Trap, and my Smith Creek rig keeper. Why three? Because I store my flies in the Tackys, dry individual flies on the Fly Trap, and wrap up whole rigs on the Smith Creek. Personally, I value all three. And it works.

Or this: I’d rather have a headlamp and a buff than more flies. I can make do with the patterns I have on hand, but not being able to see or getting eaten alive by bugs makes fishing miserable.

What kind of interesting/quirky things do you have in your pack?

I’d like to see. And again, Vedavoo does too.

I won’t give you anything besides a like  on social media. But Vedavoo is giving away some gift cards (Grand Prize: $50, Runner Up: $25). If you have a Vedavoo pack, and I know a lot of you do, snap a picture, put it on Instagram, and give it the #myvedavoo hashtag treatment.

Want more details? Head over to the Vedavoo Workshop Journal.

If you don’t have a Vedavoo pack, I’d still like to hear about any unique/weird/clever stuff that you carry in your vest or sling.  The fact that we all carry certain things, but potentially use them in very different ways, is fascinating. More than that, it is always good to get new ideas. Who knows, maybe something you are doing will help someone (like me) catch more fish or get more out of their time on the water.

Leave a comment below or post something on the Casting Across Facebook page to share what goes in your pack and why!