Best way to store trolling flies

[scoffer]

I've started to grow my collection of trolling flies and am outgrowing putting them in a Plano divider box, or at least I will need several more. 

How does everyone else store their trolling files?  Trying to avoid a tangled mess here.

[Lured Inn]

So I just cut swim noodles in 2 inch sections. Then bury the hooks in it and wrap the line around the swim noodle.

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[Salmon Jim]

Gonna have to use that swim noodle trick. Kid has several in my garage she never uses anymore.

[Lured Inn]

I use the hollow kind. Cut it so it makes a closed "c". Then I put all the hooks in the swim noodle. I'm going to get in my boat today. I'll take a pic.

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[coralee]

Pipe insulation is already split down the middle

[Lured Inn]

This is how I do mine. I sometimes just leave the flasher right on it and kind of clamp it to the flasher.

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[littleboat]

Pipe insulation is already split down the middle

 

That's what I use. I cut the length to the fly size, pull it through the center and bury the hooks in the end. I then cut 4 slots on the end, wrap the leader around the insulation and trap the end of the leader in the slots, works great. Store it in a piano box. Usually get 12-15 in box. Label the box section with fly name.

 

 

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[Legacy]

Heres my method...https://www.fishusa.com/product/Dreamweaver-Tube-File-Tackle-Box

[Lured Inn]

Heres my method...https://www.fishusa.com/product/Dreamweaver-Tube-File-Tackle-Box

I thought about that but I feel like the flies can't dry properly. Any thoughts on that?

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[Whatahoot]

For us it's the same as someone else commented about their Spinnies, we leave our flies hanging somewhere to dry out before putting them away.  We have space on our center console helm.... Somewhere where we don't lean into or bump into the hooks 

[Legacy]

5 hours ago, Lured Inn said:

 

I thought about that but I feel like the flies can't dry properly. Any thoughts on that?

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Any flies in use stay intact with the flasher https://www.fishusa.com/product/Dreamweaver-Flasher-File-Tackle-Box

[Hockey390]

I bought the tube file box and don't really like it. Hard to get the fly and leader stuffed into them. It's turned into a box of my least used flies or back ups. My hot flies all stay attached to their respective flasher wound around a pool noodle. All of them get tossed into a bin together.

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[scott14580]

This in the best way to do flies and cut bait rigs. he has everything.

https://amishoutfitters.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=19&products_id=100&zenid=f8cbf486f636c5363f3d01652ec11c11

[gunfun13]

A lot of flies stay on the flasher during the season.  But for storage I keep flies, hooks, and beads in separate compartments of a clear Plano box.  Flies get stuffed into 3.5" of a plastic milk shake straw, and are sorted by primary color.  I just rig fly on the boat.