Fly collection count???

[MtnGiant]

How many flies do you estimate that you have in your collection?

[Justbyfaith]

About 350... Though I'd imagine most experienced guys/fly tyers have more than that. Most of those are in about 20 patterns or variations of those patterns.

[Toirtis]

Probably 900-1200, I should think.

[grinr]

250-300(?) Atlantic salmon flies,mostly from flyswaps.2-300(?) dries,100(?)nymphs,and cpl hundred streamers(?).....sooooo...probly about 100x more than the 5-6 favorites that I actually use 95% of the time?

[pikergolf]

Eight hundred to a thousand I would guess, wouldn't be close to that if I didn't tie.

[Don Andersen]

Folks,

Stream vest <> 1500, Lake vest <> 2000, back up storage <> 1,000, untied yet <> 10,000

Don

[Bhflyfisher]

Stillwater box alone probably has over 1000 flies, and counting. River inventory is probably closer to the 750 mark including dries. Pike count is probably close to a 100. Saltwater count is probably close to that as well. Im constantly at the tying bench so those numbers change daily.

[MtnGiant]

In BC I mostly river drift fished for salmon and fly fished in the lakes.
I probably used about a dozen flies.

Since moving to AB about 10mnths ago and diving head first into fly fishing ....I have accumulated approx 1000 flies so far and counting.

[1/2 oz Bucktail]

dammit. My river count is crazy low. I pretty much tie for each trip/day. Never really have much more than 40 streamers at a time.

Dries are not really necessary out here so I don't keep many of them either.

[bbbyro]

Dam, I may have 100 to 150 total. Thats river, still water, pike and salt flies.
Looks like i need to spend more time at the vice.

[Pikecrazed]

I was at about 500 until this summer had all of them in one box in the boat had boat docked on lake that night because it was so calm out didn't see the need to put it in the boat house freak storm that night flipped the boat along with all my gear so I'm down to about 50 flies now but got fly tying matirials and will be taking some lessons a fish tle in a few weeks

[Jayhad]

I last counted two seasons ago and I was at 760 dozen or 9120... I am sure that has gone up in the last year. That being said I use only 10-12 patterns typically.

NOTEMake sure you photograph your flys for insurance purposes, when I worked in a tackle shop that was the number one purchase that would make the insurance company question when we were doing a claim. It's really easy to come up with $3000-5000 in flys at retail prices.

[fishstix]

50. No need to stockpile flies. I tie what I'm going to use for each trip.

[Mutter87]

In the ball park of 1000. I need boxes for them all

[Bhflyfisher]

Originally Posted by Jayhad

NOTEMake sure you photograph your flys for insurance purposes, when I worked in a tackle shop that was the number one purchase that would make the insurance company question when we were doing a claim. It's really easy to come up with $3000-5000 in flys at retail prices.

x2 on picture taking for insurance purposes. Underestimating your collection is a huge downfall on insurance claims. Companies really dont understand the whole 2.25 PER fly, and that racks up pretty quick. If you tell a company you have 2500 dollars worth of flies they wont buy it unless you have proof. If i lost my lake box alone i'd be out 2500+/- Dollars.

[MtnGiant]

Originally Posted by Bhflyfisher

x2 on picture taking for insurance purposes. Underestimating your collection is a huge downfall on insurance claims. Companies really dont understand the whole 2.25 PER fly, and that racks up pretty quick. If you tell a company you have 2500 dollars worth of flies they wont buy it unless you have proof. If i lost my lake box alone i'd be out 2500+/- Dollars.

Good point here....I never even thought about it.
Now is a good time for me to take pics cause they are sprawled out all over my 4'x8' kitchen table

[Dust1n]

I only got 50 flies if that. I tie them when I need them. I got thousands of fly hooks though just nothing tied to them yet. I used to have hundreds of flies I just went through them these last 2 years

[pipercub17]

i tie like a mad man so prob in the 20,000 range !

[Bhflyfisher]

Originally Posted by pipercub17

i tie like a mad man so prob in the 20,000 range !

Jesus, i thought i was superfluous. How many patterns can you possibly have? Are you tying in dozens or hundreds? You could probably make some decent money selling em.

[pipercub17]

i normaly do a dozen of a few sizes for each pattern i tie .
like tonight i am doing a doz size 18 16 doz size 14 carpenter ants
wouldnt have to tie so much but come spring all my buddy/clients will want them .

[Okotokian]

man, I feel so inadequate. LOL I maybe have 150, dry, nymphs, and streamers altogether. I've learned how to cast, I've gotten moderately good at undertanding the river, but I have absolutely no idea about flies and entemology beyond where a streamer might be more appropriate than a nymph and to give dries a try when fish are rising. If you asked me to pick out the Blue wing olive in my box I couldn't do it. Seems tremendously complex and daunting.

I just go to my fly shop and say "Give me something that will work on the Sheep"

[timbermoose]

i'd say i'm in the 2000 ballpark at any givin time. i'll usually tie a bunch of flies up when my wife wants to watch a movie together. keeps me occupied and i can range 20-60 flies a movie.

[MtnGiant]

Originally Posted by Okotokian

man, I feel so inadequate. LOL I maybe have 150, dry, nymphs, and streamers altogether. I've learned how to cast, I've gotten moderately good at undertanding the river, but I have absolutely no idea about flies and entemology beyond where a streamer might be more appropriate than a nymph and to give dries a try when fish are rising. If you asked me to pick out the Blue wing olive in my box I couldn't do it. Seems tremendously complex and daunting.

I just go to my fly shop and say "Give me something that will work on the Sheep"

There is an entomology 1 night course at Lethbridge College on May 1st.....if ur interested

[Lornce]

I have thousands, although I am cleaning an awful lot out as a donation to a charity. I was a commercial tier for many years and you do accumulate a lot especially those that don't turn out perfect. For my own use I tend to have separate boxes for Dries, Nymphs etc and a few boxes for different species and locations. It seems in this sport you do accumulate a lot over time. I also doto give away a few on the water to others that are cordial. I also to study the Entomology and am always fooling with patterns to match the insect life I bring home.

[Kingfisher]

Originally Posted by mtngiant

How many flies do you estimate that you have in your collection?

I estimate that I have too many to count.

Let's just say that I have 10 full fly boxes. Who knows how many flies per box? I am not about to start counting them.

Rob