Essential tackle

[flymantis73]

What do you consider the bare minimum to take on the stream with you for a full day on the river.
sometimes i feel like i have too much stuff.
can you get away with less gear?
i'd like to just have
Rod/reel
2 fly boxes
net
foreceps
snips
backup leaders/tippet
bb shot.
Would that be enough?

 

[FIN-ITE 34]

Back-up rod and reel. Wading staff. Extra boot laces. Portable tying vise and materials in case I get a mile from the car and run into a hatch I didn't already have tied up in my extra back-up fly boxeS. Lunch. Two water bottles. GoPro camera, tripod and selfie stick.
There are a few other items I would like to take with me but I like to travel light too.

 

[WBDluver]

What do you consider the bare minimum to take on the stream with you for a full day on the river.
sometimes i feel like i have too much stuff.
can you get away with less gear?
i'd like to just have
Rod/reel
2 fly boxes
net
foreceps
snips
backup leaders/tippet
bb shot.
Would that be enough?

i think that would about cover it. something to dry the fly if your dry fly fishing is the only thing i would add

 

[lightenup]

What do you consider the bare minimum to take on the stream with you for a full day on the river.
sometimes i feel like i have too much stuff.
can you get away with less gear?
i'd like to just have
Rod/reel
2 fly boxes
net
foreceps
snips
backup leaders/tippet
bb shot.
Would that be enough?

McDonald's gift cards and socks with sandals.....

 

[mudbug201]

I don't fish without my Golden Beetle fishing diaper, in men's XXL.

 

[Rusty Spinner]

Compact first aid kit. Digital stream thermometer which is both tiny and ultra lightweight.

 

[Pete]

Way too much stuff:

When I was a kid, I didn't have any money to buy more than the bare essentials, and my transportation was by foot or bicycle:

• Rod
  Reel
  Line
  Leader
  one fly box w/ cheap flys
  optional - Net

When my brother attended Air Force survival training, he stuck a couple of flies and a coil of mono-filament in his wallet, and brought along a pocket knife. He cut a make-shift rod from a sapling. His group had plenty of trout to eat.

 

[tomfly]

I would add a small bottle and sun block and insect repent.

 

[tompg]

you can replace a few items with a nice leatherman or similar multi tool.

 

[Flytrap]

chloroform, condoms, ducktape

 

[lightenup]

chloroform, condoms, ducktape

Hey if you went camping and.....


A flask with the finest single malt in it.....

 

[flymantis73]

Leatherman? Duct tape, condoms???
that's an entirely different thread.