Packing for the Amazon

Saturday Jan 25, 2014: Today was packing day for the Amazon. My day began with sorting through my dozens and dozens of fly boxes. My cupboards are labeled and I do have dedicated Amazon boxes, but some of my deceivers are in saltwater boxes and I have some other good streamers in with my Alaska and Mongolia boxes. As I rifled through the boxes I suddenly remembered I had some great whistlers in with my tarpon flies and some lethal spun deer hair streamers in with my golden dorado boxes. It takes a bit of time to sort thru it all. At some point you just have to stop and remind yourself, "You've got enough!"


One fly cabinet out of three


After the flies, it was time to load reels, choose rods, find spare lines (WFF and T-200 &300 for this trip), grab appropriate leader material (33,44 and 50 lb. fluoro), repair kits and all that other stuff. 

WFF, T-300, T-200


Push the line winder back and put everything in a pile so nothing gets misplaced!

It takes a good day to find all the there little things you don't want to forget. 
Tomorrow its camera gear, Go-pro gear and clothing! I'm getting there, slowly but surely!