All,
I borrowed this little bumbag type thing off of Mr Tackle aka Iain Goolager.
Yesterday I fished the Crathes Beat on the Dee and watching the weather forecast it became apparant that really a wading jacket wasn't the right thing for the job.
So after a little bit of packing I managed to fit in the following items.
1 OFF fly box
1 OFF shooting head wallet with about four heads in it, and a selection of tubes and monkeys
1 OFF spare spool for a 10/11 GRXi reel (to switch between shooting head and full spey line)
Lots OFF spools of nylon,
1 OFF packable waterproof one that packs up nice and small and would be enough to keep my dry until i got a chance to get my wading jacket out of the hut
1 OFF bottle of water
2 OFF mars bars
1 OFF factor duffle coat suncream
1 OFF siccors
It worked a treat. I was wading about waist deep with no water ingress, but I didn't get to the point where the water would have been over the top of the bag. In reality I had everything I needed for a day's salmon fishing and more. I could have probably squeezed in some more food and if I had really thought about it just taken the floating head on a spool and left the whole collection of heads at home. If I was trout fishing then it would have been even better given no shooting heads and no spare spool.
Much more comfortable than wearing a waistcoat, the only downside would have been had I been carrying a net I wouldn't have had anything to hang it from. I might need to invest in my own one soon.
Cheers
Matt
