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December 15, 2009
Holiday Fly Fishing Gifts: What Do You Want?
By Tim Romano
It's that time of year again, scrambling like mad to find presents for the angler in your life. Hopefully it'll be a piece of equipment they will actually use on the water and not another rainbow trout patterned tchotchke that resides in the junk drawer for years. Thankfully the good people at Deneki outdoors put together a nice little list titled, 10 Fly Fishing Gifts Under $50. The list is pretty damn good, funny, and has a little something for everyone. But...
Perhaps a little pricey? $50 bucks isn't outrageous in the scheme of things. It's not pocket change either. I'm curious what your picks are in the under $20 dollar range? What's the best fly fishing product that's under twenty bucks you've bought in the last year that you'd give someone as a gift without hesitation?
What about if money was no option? What would you want to give? Receive?
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Comments (16)
In the $20 range, I split a midge saddle hackle with my dad earlier this year for that price, or my half, and got a ton of great midge dry hackle. The other thing I bought for myself last christmas that has been my new MVP for a comfortable day fishing in cold water......base layer socks from Cabelas, I always put up with cold feet and had to walk some heat back into my feet every so often when fishing, not any more.
In the $50 range, for me anyway, would rod parts for building rods. Any more than that and I think you've spent too much money.
I'm asking for a wader bag with roll out "wader changing matt" for my chest waders. I'm also getting my dad an outdoorsmans matt from LLBean. Nice little neoprene matt for when your stocking feet are exposed or you need to kneel on the gravel while in your waders. Only $20.
$20 of fly fishing stamps for my friends.
A new fly tying vise, I would like to get into tying.
For under $20? I'm always losing my nippers and forceps. I do not think you can own to many of either.
This may sound flaky but a very good friend of mine purchased me a subscription to a magazine as a gift. I think a subscription to F&S for a year would be a great gift for under $20.
If money was no option? I would like a beachfront condo on a bonefishing flat someplace warm. With a nice boat.
My husband bought me a super nice pair of wading socks. Great investment. Also, can't have enough tapered leaders, nippers, or my favorite... those clear fly boxes from Scientific Angler.
By the way, I've found that taking the rubber floor mat out of the car to stand on while taking my stocking foot waders on and off works really well.
Clip on magnifiers are a good under $20 gift. Combination scissor/forceps or nippers, too.
Orvis has some nice stuff: 5x magnifier glasses for $50 (try to find 5x's anywhere), a very nice large wood frame net at $100 (ouch!), and a Quick Grip Fish Grip for $150 (not cheap but much lighter and easier to use than a Lippa).
For skies the limit, an Au Sable River Boat, 24-footer, please.
The thing I would want most is a trip to Alaska for kings, grayling and the sort. To bad I still haven't even caught a simple brown or brookie off the local streams. That's my goal for the upcoming year, and to catch a 2 lb. test line class bass record for the state.
I'd like a 40 hour work week please -
oh man did any one else miss ss? good to have you back......
anyway the clear scientific anglers boxes and nippers are always a good option for under twenty i lose mine like clockwork except the pink ones that i had to by because thats all that was left i could throw those things in the deepest hole in the river and they would be waiting on the hood of the truck when i got back with a note from another angler saying he snagged them and didnt want me to miss them.
if money was no object i think alll i would want is a nice drift boat i live in a good area with rivers all around all i need is a good boat to get me to the good holes
Pismo,
Great idea with the rubber floor mats. Just remember to put them back in the truck. I have floor mats spread all over the State of Ohio.
OH, hopefully it's not to late to add something, I would really like to add an airplane to my list of "if money was no object" gifts for me. Just a small one will do. I gotta get my buds a ride to and from my condo.
This is not a plug:
I'm planing on getting a gift cerificate for flies at theflystop.com for $50.00. We can never have enough flies of quality. I might even get a few myself!
a new vise is the major thing for me right now. i picked up a good patch of polar bear fur at one of our trout unlimited meetings in a bid for under 20 bucks. i use it sparingly!
mine was a little over $50 i got cabelas deluxe tying kit and a box of materials, now all i need is a fly box so i don't feel so weird using 20 old pill bottles
Under $20, a set of Dr. Slick "mitten clamp scissor-pliers." A friend of mine showed them to me over thanksgiving and they went straight to the list.
what is that boat
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I'd like a 40 hour work week please -
In the $20 range, I split a midge saddle hackle with my dad earlier this year for that price, or my half, and got a ton of great midge dry hackle. The other thing I bought for myself last christmas that has been my new MVP for a comfortable day fishing in cold water......base layer socks from Cabelas, I always put up with cold feet and had to walk some heat back into my feet every so often when fishing, not any more.
In the $50 range, for me anyway, would rod parts for building rods. Any more than that and I think you've spent too much money.
I'm asking for a wader bag with roll out "wader changing matt" for my chest waders. I'm also getting my dad an outdoorsmans matt from LLBean. Nice little neoprene matt for when your stocking feet are exposed or you need to kneel on the gravel while in your waders. Only $20.
$20 of fly fishing stamps for my friends.
A new fly tying vise, I would like to get into tying.
For under $20? I'm always losing my nippers and forceps. I do not think you can own to many of either.
This may sound flaky but a very good friend of mine purchased me a subscription to a magazine as a gift. I think a subscription to F&S for a year would be a great gift for under $20.
If money was no option? I would like a beachfront condo on a bonefishing flat someplace warm. With a nice boat.
My husband bought me a super nice pair of wading socks. Great investment. Also, can't have enough tapered leaders, nippers, or my favorite... those clear fly boxes from Scientific Angler.
By the way, I've found that taking the rubber floor mat out of the car to stand on while taking my stocking foot waders on and off works really well.
Clip on magnifiers are a good under $20 gift. Combination scissor/forceps or nippers, too.
Orvis has some nice stuff: 5x magnifier glasses for $50 (try to find 5x's anywhere), a very nice large wood frame net at $100 (ouch!), and a Quick Grip Fish Grip for $150 (not cheap but much lighter and easier to use than a Lippa).
For skies the limit, an Au Sable River Boat, 24-footer, please.
The thing I would want most is a trip to Alaska for kings, grayling and the sort. To bad I still haven't even caught a simple brown or brookie off the local streams. That's my goal for the upcoming year, and to catch a 2 lb. test line class bass record for the state.
oh man did any one else miss ss? good to have you back......
anyway the clear scientific anglers boxes and nippers are always a good option for under twenty i lose mine like clockwork except the pink ones that i had to by because thats all that was left i could throw those things in the deepest hole in the river and they would be waiting on the hood of the truck when i got back with a note from another angler saying he snagged them and didnt want me to miss them.
if money was no object i think alll i would want is a nice drift boat i live in a good area with rivers all around all i need is a good boat to get me to the good holes
Pismo,
Great idea with the rubber floor mats. Just remember to put them back in the truck. I have floor mats spread all over the State of Ohio.
OH, hopefully it's not to late to add something, I would really like to add an airplane to my list of "if money was no object" gifts for me. Just a small one will do. I gotta get my buds a ride to and from my condo.
This is not a plug:
I'm planing on getting a gift cerificate for flies at theflystop.com for $50.00. We can never have enough flies of quality. I might even get a few myself!
a new vise is the major thing for me right now. i picked up a good patch of polar bear fur at one of our trout unlimited meetings in a bid for under 20 bucks. i use it sparingly!
mine was a little over $50 i got cabelas deluxe tying kit and a box of materials, now all i need is a fly box so i don't feel so weird using 20 old pill bottles
Under $20, a set of Dr. Slick "mitten clamp scissor-pliers." A friend of mine showed them to me over thanksgiving and they went straight to the list.
what is that boat
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