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Using your Belt Box

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The Daggerfish Belt Box is a reuseable silicone box that gives you quick and easy access to small items like live bait, dog treats, and more.

Designed to replace the styrofoam containers that litter popular fishing locations, the Belt Box is an infintely reuseable watertight box that snaps onto a belt, pack strap, or wader. Here's how to get the most use out of it:

Using as a Belt Bait Box for Fishing

1. Fill with bait

Fill your Belt Box with live bait and soil, then press the lid on. If you removed the silicone box from the leather mount, stretch the rubber compression band around the box to reattach.

Using the Daggerfish Belt Box to carry live bait for fishing

2. Snap to a belt or wader strap

Use the Daggerfish Strap Snap system to attach the Belt Box to any belt or strap up to 1.5" wide. A great option is to attach it to a wader strap, giving you easy accss to your bait without having to return to shore. The Belt Box will work equally well mounted horizontally or vertically.

Attaching a Daggerfish Belt Box to a Wader strap
Attaching a Daggerfish Belt Box to a wader belt
Carrying a Belt Box closed on a wader belt

3. Pinch to open, press to close

Open your Belt Box one-handed without removing the lid. Simply pop one corner of the box open with your thumb, then squeeze the box to expand the opening. Press the lid gently to close again.

Opening a Daggerfish Belt Box with nightcrawlers on a wader belt
Removing worms from a Daggerfish Belt Box

4. Remove from the leather mount to clean

The silicone box is held securely to the leather mount with a heavy-duty compression band, but can be easily removed for cleaning by hand or in the dishwasher. Pull gently (but firmly) to slip the box out of the mount, then wash, dry, and reattach.   

Removing a Daggerfish Belt Box from a Strap Snap carrier
Cleaning a Daggerfish Belt Box in a stream

5. Other Tips

Labeling: If you're carrying multiple belt boxes with different baits, you can keep them organized by labeling each with a dry-erase marker. Once dry, the label will remain until wiped clean with soap and water or a glass cleaner.

Labeling a Daggerfish Belt Box with a whiteboard marker

Long-term bait storage: The Belt Box is designed for temporary bait storage. If you're using the box for longer storage, leave a corner of the box open to allow for airflow. 

Replacing the compression band: The heavy-duty silicone compression band that comes with your Belt Box is designed to last the lifetime of the box, and will hold it securely and maintain its elasticity better than natural rubber. However, if your band ever breaks, you can replace it with another silicone band or EPDM rubber band by unsnapping the brass snaps on the leather mounts and inserting a new band in its place. Contact us if you need a replacement silicone band. 

Other uses for the Belt Box

Since it's  made from watertight, food-grade silicone rubber, and can be mounted to any belt or strap, the uses for the Belt Box are endless. One of our favorites is to snap it onto a belt or crossbody bag strap and fill with dog treats.

Feeding dog treats from a Daggerfihs Belt Box

The Belt Box is also handy for carrying small items you need on the trail. Snacks, cough drops, medicine and more can be carried securely on the outside of your backpack for quick access, and important items labeled with a whiteboard marker.

With a set of our MOLLE Strap Adapters, the Belt Box can also be mounted to webbing loops like those on our Field Bag, giving you more convenient places to attach your Belt Box.

Marine Field Bag with silicone rubber Belt Box, leather Snap Sling and Maple hand line fishing reel

 

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