eagleflyfisher Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Getting bored and restless recovering from a small surgery and it got me thinking,what are some of the less than really needed things you've bought as the result of being a fly fisherman or fisherman for that matter? What have you told yourself , you know well... I'm into this.. and if I had this.... well I think... It would be pretty good? I'll start. I've always thought wind & flyfishing don't mix, cursed it every time it blew a hurricane, you know you never say the W word! So I went out and bought an anemometer,saw it on myth busters you know one of those gadgets that measures wind speed. I figured some how that if I knew what speed the wind was blowing..... you know... It would be better? I've got all sorts of useless crap collecting dust as a result of this hobby . What have you got ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troutlover Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Thousands of flies I will never use. With experience I have learnt its about size shape and presentation it has saved me a lot of money. However once I a while, I still fall prey to flies designed to catch fishermen and not fish. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taco Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 How about all the damned stream thermometers that keep comin' undone from my vest never to be seen again?? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverDoctor Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 How about all the damned stream thermometers that keep comin' undone from my vest never to be seen again?? Lost 3 of those so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taco Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 Lost 3 of those so far. If that's 3 this year then you and me are tied. then there's the 2 forceps. I'm gonna hafta start buyin' them by the gross 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverDoctor Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 Then there was the gear net retractor, humm, well built and solid, it was a combination of budgie cord and reel retractor. Looked like a famous idea at the time. I was confident that I would grab it and like a miracle the net would leap in my hand to put under that big brown and upon release the net would carefully reel back behind me. Brilliant, I installed it on net and vest collar ring. The net zipped nicely behind me. Fantastic... I was proud of my buy and felt clever with myself that this would be with me for life. I patted myself on the back for my great choice. Below me, I could see the stream, sparkling in the early morning sun. Just a few hundred yards to go through some brush and I would be throwing big dry flies to hungry browns. I wound my way through the trees toward an opening in the woods. For an instant I somehow sensed that something was amiss then I staggered, blinded and saw stars, had to hold on to a tree and sit down, dizzy as hell. That diabolical device had carefully caught my net on a bush and reeled out bungie cord calculating exact distance and elastic pressure + speed, the result was a wooden net traveling at warp speed like the starship enterprise toward the back of my head. My trusted net had turned against me like a device out of the Acme Products that Wile E. Coyote depends on. I was so disgusted I took the device off and hung it from a tree branch to haunt some other unfortunate. Spent the rest of the day favouring a lump the size of a goose egg. Lesson learned the hard way. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taco Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 Had a lariat do that once when the honda broke except all the knots on my body came from the horse that ran me over after he bucked me off when the stretched out nylon rope rebound and hit him in the tailhead. Don't ever use the cheap aluminum hondas when turning 1500lb animals. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrinhurst Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 most useless thing I purchased was the mosquito annoyer by William Joseph. The thought of there being a high pitched noise to drive away the skeeters and not have to bathe in repellant was too much to take and for only ten bucks, I thought it was worth the gamble. Ten bucks I will never get back. Such is life. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brokentippet Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 Gopro camera...spent the cash thinking it would be awesome to film....turns out I would much rather fish than film.....I'll leave that for the pros 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcubed Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 Ya I have a gopro as well. Hasn't been out of my pack in a year 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurningChrome Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nachako Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 If you have a teenager give them the Gopro . Watch the crazy s..t they will film them selves doing with it. Just make sure your medical insurance is payed up. ( talking from experience ) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murray Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Even adult sons, my 40 year old son has skiing videos he will not show me. I'm grateful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgyguy Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 My GoPro lasted about 6 months. Left it sitting out one day in the boat, and it decided to go for a swim (okay maybe someone knocked it over). Never worked after that, so I have decided to call them NoPro for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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