BW Sports
Tippet/Fly Pouch

The Tippet/Fly Pouch II is BW Sports' entry into the minimalist chest pack field. Although simplicity and minimalism are not the same, many American anglers attracted to the simplicity of tenkara are realizing that they do not need all the gear they carried as fly fishermen. More and more are abandoning their vests in favor of small chest packs. The Tippet/Fly Pouch comes on a lanyard that has several clips for nippers, an emergency whistle, etc., and the pouch itself holds a small fly box, tippet, and all the tenkara lines you could possibly want.

Let me rephrase that. It holds all the tenkara lines even I could possibly want. On any given day I usually test several different lines with a variety of rods, and I rarely have fewer than half a dozen lines with me. On my recent trip to California to fish with Daniel Galhardo and Dr. Ishigaki, I had a lot more than that, a lot more.

There were other bags mentioned in the thread that might be of interest to tenkara anglers. One from Eddie Bauer (the Travel Day Bag) looked like it would do nicely, but it may be discontinued because it was found in an outlet store and is not on the Eddie Bauer website. Another was the May Fly Lanyard Pouch, which seemed a bit larger than necessary (it holds TWO fly boxes), and is constructed of a padded material which adds bulk.

Thus, the Tippet/Fly Pouch would easily hold and organize all three sizes of the Hi-Vis Fluorocarbon level lines, a Hi-Vis Hand Tied Line, or two (or three), a Horsehair line and an Artificial Horsehair line, every line I offer - for two different rods!

The BW Sports Tippet/Fly pouch is available either with or without the BW Sports fly box. The fly box is a nylon covered foam box with magnetic closure - similar to the small Morell box. The BW Sports fly box is larger than the Morell box, and fits the pouch's outside pocket pretty snugly. It has ripple foam on one side and flat foam on the other.

You could easily carry a tippet spool or two inside the pouch if you'd rather have a slightly larger fly box. The first shipment of Tippet/Fly Pouches I received did not come with the BW Sports fly box, but I now have some with the box and some without it.

In the main compartment along with the leader wallet, there is room for another tippet spool or one of the blue Tenkara USA line holders. On the back side of the main compartment, and also on the back of the pouch itself there are three pockets that will easily hold flat items (like a Tip Grip) but will also hold a Varivas tippet spool.

Another advantage of the the BW Sports product over the May Fly Lanyard Pouch or San Juan Chest pack is that it sells for just $20 without the fly box or $30 with the fly box.

BW Sports Tippet/Fly Pouch

With or without fly box

With Fly Box $30.00Without Fly Box $20.00

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