Minimum tying materials for portable kit?

[Franko Manini]

So I go to the BCFFF AGM in Nanaimo and win a sweet Fishpond tying case in the auction.

What the heck should I put in it?

What would you guys consider the minimal tying materials to pack into a small portable kit? Exclude vise and necessary tools. I am looking for what you think the essential tying materials should be. Consider that I focus on Vancouver Island waters, but let's start a thread!

[11th Warrior]

Congrats on the win. That's a $120'ish case you won!

If it were my case (and I wish it was, lol), I'd have it stuffed with the following:
6/0 threads (your choice of colors)
marabou
deer hair
pheasant tail
dubbing in various colors
beads
two-sided mylar tinsel (gold on one side, silver on the other)
hooks (of course)
peacock herl
a hare's mask

You can make a crap load of different flies with those materials and that case will hold a lot of material

[phearless]

If going for trout, 11th warriors suggestions are excellant.
I would go for 8/0 thread though. Once you get used to it..... way better.
Usually I just use small rubbermaids, shoebox size, and stuff a roughtote to the brim with material for the area I am going to.
For instance, when beach fishing.

Stainless hooks.
flashabou.
krinkle mirror flash, oh what the hell, all the flashy stuff I have.
Polar bear.
Spooled tinsels.
barbell eyes,beadchain etc.
Devcon two ton epoxy and turner.
bucktail
Mylar tubing, tons of colours.
sheet foam
dyed grizzly saddles
soft body.
tufleyes
maybe some seal or other dubbing
calf tail
flourofiber hanks
various winging materials natural and synthetic,
Yak
poly bear
etc.
I am sure I have missed some but that would be a good start

[11th Warrior]

At the time I wrote my list, I was still new to tying; hence my suggestion for 6/0 thread. Now that I've been tying awhile (and LOVING my Rite bobbin), I'm using 8/0 on almost everything (including my latest batch of Clousers).

A couple of other things I would add:
- scud back
- wire
- thin yarn (great for Spratley's)

Between Phearless' list and my own, you should be able to tie just about any fly you need for the Island (maybe even a couple of different shrimp patterns as well).

Phearless, would you use flashabou instead of crystal flash...or take both?

[phearless]

I use all kinds of flash.
In fact I will switch up the flash in a pattern to change the appearance/action.

Flashabou is the original and one of my faves.

Crystal flash is stiffer and also great.

Krinkle Mirror flash is a personal fave right now. That stuff is the bomb for minnows/baitfish.

The midge flash is like a miniture crstal flash and is great for smaller shrimp and euphausid patterns.

Angel hair is sweet stuff for baitfish and general winging

This is the tip of the iceberg for me. I have to stop now because I am drooling on the keyboard.
I think you can get my drift though. When it comes to saltwater patterns, flash is king. In General.

Waiting period flies for estuary fish tend to be more drab and non descript.

Go get em' boys