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!"
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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.
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WFF, T-300, T-200 |
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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!