A Kickstarter for the Ripple Fly Box.
Uses silicon channels running the length of the box to grip the flies. 4 days to go.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/37 ... ishing-box

I saw this on TFM and was mystified why it was being made / hyped. Maybe I'm missing something, but I fail to see how this is an improvement over Tacky boxes. Specifically, look at how deep (tall) these ripple boxes are. The ripples are space inefficient (very deep), compared to a flat layer of silicon with slits cut into it. Are these new boxes just meant for larger flies (big streamers, steelhead size dries, etc.)? I guess for those kinds of flies (which I rarely use / carry), it would work. But, otherwise it just seems like a waste of vest space to me. Without the fixed offset small slits (a la Tacky) there is "complete freedom" to put flies anywhere on the long axis, to be sure, but that wouldn't make up for the thickness of the box (wasted vertical space) and the in-line only placement of flies (wasted width-space) for me at least.

It would seem the KS "market" would agree since they way missed their funding goal by yesterday's deadline (barely over 1/3rd of their target, yikes!).

EDIT: Grammar.

MikeW,

I'm sure for some anglers they'd have some usefulness. For my trout fishing and emphasis on not having a vest bulging to the gills (pun intended), not so much. (I've found the Orvis-Tacky box to be wonderful for wets / nymphs. It's not cheap at $35, but it holds 336 flies, albeit not monster stoneflies, and it takes up very little space in the vest.) But, if price is a concern ... these ripple boxes have a recommended retail price of 27 pounds (approx. $37 at current exchange rates) per box, so they aren't going to be any cheaper than Tacky boxes if they ever make it to retail distribution.