Sharing Gear Organization TIps

I don't use straws. They give the leader a wavy weird zig zag pattern. I do the 3 finger loop...and wrap three times. Leader isn't zig zagged and stays in good straight form. It's quick, fast, and best of all no fussing with straws!!
 
I don't use straws. They give the leader a wavy weird zig zag pattern. I do the 3 finger loop...and wrap three times. Leader isn't zig zagged and stays in good straight form. It's quick, fast, and best of all no fussing with straws!!
 
I do the same thing, the three finger loop. I wrap the leader 3-5 times in and out of the loop, looks just like a fly leader when you pull it out of the package. I find it simple and easy. As for how I store the I prerig everthing and lay them into a tupperware box all layed in the same direction. I just pull one out and hook it on. works for me anyway.
Happy fishing
 
I do the same thing, the three finger loop. I wrap the leader 3-5 times in and out of the loop, looks just like a fly leader when you pull it out of the package. I find it simple and easy. As for how I store the I prerig everthing and lay them into a tupperware box all layed in the same direction. I just pull one out and hook it on. works for me anyway.
Happy fishing
 
Good post, lots of good ideas. I do the 3 finger wrap too. However, I found that if I looped it 3-4 times I almost always wouldn't take my time unwrapping it and I'd end up with a tangled mess. Now, after the three fingered wrap, I use 2 little twist ties to keep it secured. When it's time to use it's immediately ready to use as soon as the wire ties come off. Takes me a little longer to put the wire ties on initially but saves me a lot of tangles on the other end. I also store my tied setups in the small snack size zip lock bags which keeps everything from tangling, keeps things dry (no rust on hooks etc) and keeps hootchies soft.

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Good post, lots of good ideas. I do the 3 finger wrap too. However, I found that if I looped it 3-4 times I almost always wouldn't take my time unwrapping it and I'd end up with a tangled mess. Now, after the three fingered wrap, I use 2 little twist ties to keep it secured. When it's time to use it's immediately ready to use as soon as the wire ties come off. Takes me a little longer to put the wire ties on initially but saves me a lot of tangles on the other end. I also store my tied setups in the small snack size zip lock bags which keeps everything from tangling, keeps things dry (no rust on hooks etc) and keeps hootchies soft.

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Great Topic

Last year I saw a great and inexpensive way to store leaders as I to used the straw method. Now I have seen both the use of those round float tubes for kids cut in 6" to 12" pieces and the round black or grey foam insulation tubes made to insulate pipes to. It keeps your leaders nicely organized no matter the length and causes no wierd kinking effect on even heavey weight line used for my hootchie set ups. The only draw back is it takes alot of space if you want to put it in your tackle box.

Cheers ME

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Nootka Marine Adventures
Email: h00kedonfishing@hotmail.com
 
Great Topic

Last year I saw a great and inexpensive way to store leaders as I to used the straw method. Now I have seen both the use of those round float tubes for kids cut in 6" to 12" pieces and the round black or grey foam insulation tubes made to insulate pipes to. It keeps your leaders nicely organized no matter the length and causes no wierd kinking effect on even heavey weight line used for my hootchie set ups. The only draw back is it takes alot of space if you want to put it in your tackle box.

Cheers ME

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Nootka Marine Adventures
Email: h00kedonfishing@hotmail.com
 
One thing that we started doing about 2 years ago that has really helped us is using small plastic resealable bags for gear...about 3 inches by 6 inches We pre-tie all of our anchovy rigs, hootchies and spoons up for the season and put them in small zipper bags (bags big enough for 1-3 pieces of gears). 3 finger wrap them, cross the swivel end over a couple of times to prevent them from coming apart, and slide them into a small bag. The clear bags make it really easy to find what you are looking for and the bags prevent all of the hooks from getting tangled. We have hundreds of rigs before the season starts tied just like a store, and whenever you need something you can find it easy. Whenever a leader gets knicked, hook bent, etc...you can just flip through the bag and get another one out. Keep a box for busted stuff/seconds and tie them up later. No messing around with tackle at the back of the boat wasting fishing time, you just get it all done before hand. If you have a little freshwater on board just give em a rinse, towel it off and back in the bag at the end of the day. You'll be amazed at how long your gear lasts this way, and you don't end up tossing a bunch in the garbage in January. With the amount of gear we go through a year running charters this system makes a big difference, and will put more fish in your boat and impress your clients/buddies too.

Millsy
 
We have been using this kids float for a couple of years. Couple bucks at Canadian Tire. The end of the line is held by sewing pins, my wife sometimes organizes the colored pin heads to match the leader length.
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The answer here (in the case of leaders) is a Leader Wallet!
Separate individual compartments contained in a 7" x 4" folding "wallet". Holds a great many pre-tied leaders, all easily viewable through the transparent envelopes. Works like a filing system basically. Have several for differing applications/sizes, and they work right fine!

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No more kinks or tangles!:D

Cheers,
Nog
 
Nog, where did you buy that wallet leader holder thing? That looks handy for a few things.

Remember, it's called "fishing," not "catching."
 
One thing I learned from a buddy of mine is to leave all my hootchies unrigged in my tackle box. I then have a foam board with different length leaders on it. At the end of the leader have a small quick change snap, on the other end, a hook, bead chain and a bead.

When I want to rig up my hootchie I just use a stiff wire with a bend at one end and grab onto the snap and pull the leader through the hootchie.

This way a can carry a large assortment of hootchies and not have them get all tangled up with hooks and leaders in my tackle box.

Long live wild salmon!!!
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Thought I would dust this topic off and share a brain-storm I had. Was looking at a better way of organizing flashers.

Here's what I did. Took a short length of 2x4 and using a compound-mitre saw, I cut 12 "slots" across the length of two wood blocks. Slots are 1cm apart. Each slot required 2 passes of the saw with the saw cuts overlapping.

I then found an 8x14" Tupperwear container - trimmed my wood blocks to fit within the bottom of the container. Wood blocks sit on the non-cut end with the slots facing up. Flashers slide into the slots which keep them upright on their sides. Easy to see the colours and allows them to properly dry out without all sitting in a pile. They fit 12 standard flashers inside it perfectly (and can fit a couple extra 6" flashers as well).

TenMile
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Kinda like this:

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Here is the raw version so you can see how the dowel is added into the plywood to form uprights to hold the flasher:

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Pretty simple to build, and cheap. Nice thing is they store away easily and you can quickly store and swap between gear with little down time and clutter during the bite.

Enjoy,

Searun

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Yep, very similar. Mine are packed in a little tighter but uses the same storage box.

TenMile
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