Box for Fishing Flies
![Old tin cigarette boxes use to organize and store fishing flies.](https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/histoire-de-peche_fish-stories/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2015/10/1995_36_1-23d2-e1447255408569.jpg)
Box for fishing flies
Metal, tin; metal; cardboard; pen; fiber; nylon
Les Amis des Jardins de Métis Collection
NAC: 1995.36.1.23
Robert Wilson Reford loved to fish – and he also smoked. Combining his two passions, his old cigarette boxes were the perfect size to organize and store his fishing flies.
Each box stored a different fly – their names part of the lineage of historic flies that have been used by fishermen for decades – such as Durham Ranger, Fairy, Silver Grey, Black Hawk, Jock Scott and Dusty Miller.