The Alaskan Popsicle Jig here is an awesome addition to your fishing module. Small, lightweight, & compactible. Also, known to drive wild fish nutz. Though originally tied for Steelhead it's benefits should good on bass and panfish.

http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/view?p=999&gid=212287&uid=121621

More small / micro lures for the survival fishing kit:

Manufacturer/Type/Weight (oz.)/Color(Pattern)

Acme / Kastmaster / (1/8) / FT, RT
Acme / Kastmaster / (1/12) / Gold
Kalin's / Trout Tube / (1/16 & 1/32) / Smoke/Clear-sparkle
Kalin's / Trout Tube / (1/32 & 1/80) / Black
Panther Martin / Classic Reg / (1/16) / PMR-BZ(Black Zebra)
Thomas Buoyant / Spoon / (1/6) / Red Gold


check out this article:
http://www.tackletour.com/reviewBClures.shtm

This is good info, for those of us who don't know jack about fishing but include fishing gear in our PSKs "just in case."

MOJO RIG

Another deadly way to go light for bass is with a set-up called the Mojo-rig. At first glance the Mojo gives the appearance of a miniature Carolina-rig. But there is a major difference. The leader is not separate from the main line.

The heart of the Mojo-rig is a tiny cylinder-shaped weight (1/8 or 1/4 oz. ) that's designed so it can be slid up and down the main line above the hook. The hollow cylinder usually houses a couple of rubber strips to prevent the line from getting crimped or between two beads or stoppers.

The sliding weight also gives the angler the ability to lengthen or shorten the leader in a matter of seconds. Generally this allows the bait or lure float up at an eye-level. It is considered more versatile, easy on the line, and less prone to snag than split shot.

Two ways to deploy are with the weight before the hook/lure or with the hook tied up above the weight ( weight at very end of line ).

http://www.mojolures.com/info_howto.asp

Very pratical for small-scale light weight handcasting. Mojo's may very well be a worthwhile inclusion.

Gitzit Micro Tough Little Guys are essentially trout tube mini jigs also.

http://www.insidesportfishing.com/market/ProdT523M310.asp?CLID=M182F3

try this link if interested
http://www.silentapproach.com/prices.html

and no I am not affiliated with this gentlemen, just like his product.

I have fished all over the world and the one lure that I can depend on to catch fish is the beetle spin. In a pinch it is always my go to lure. They can be had in multitude of sizes and are compact and easily fit into the smallest kit.

PS: I don't like soft plastics in a kit that I am not going to use much, over time and with a little heat the can get sticky and make a mess.
Someone also asked for some fly patterns that work, here goes my favorite list. Nymphs: Telico, Hares ear, Pheasant tail, Woolly booger. Dry flys: Adams, Ginger quill, Mosquito, Irresistable, Stimulater, Thunderhead. I usually fish these in a size 10 or 12 and have caught trout and panfish on all of these patterns.

good all purpose flies or attractors that aren't dependant on seasonal hatches are great additions. My favorite is what we call a green weenie. Looks like a small catapillar, kinda of a "scrambled egg" pattern thats tightly wound.

I agree, plastics aren't really good. They do seem to decay over time and don't tolerte heat ( such as the glove box or cockpit ). The trout tubes and gitzits are soft-plastics (mostly). The Back Country Lures were discussed for a small ultra-light unobtrusive backpacking kit. The author never considered me looking at it for a freshwater survival module.

Also, i traditionally carried a:

Daredevil (more of a good luck charm) and is available in a 1/16 oz
http://www.insidesportfishing.com/market/Articles/1379.asp?CLID=1

And Mepps has a 1/12 oz spinner (fairly compact) that I saw
http://www.insidesportfishing.com/market/Articles/1751.asp?CLID=1

and a Thunder Bug ???
http://www.insidesportfishing.com/market/Articles/1755.asp?CLID=1

Another Good Piece of Gear for Inclusion is a Frog Gig. I remember two instances.

1. Backpackers using frogging as a major supplement to their food supply. ( Obviously log of frogs next to the lake they camped at. ). Pancakes, Pudding and Frogs.

Check out this thread:
http://www.equipped.org/ubbthreads/showt...amp;amp;fpart=1

2. Definitely the #10 Hook for a gaff. Don't forget small nail or screw head for afixing.

http://www.orvis.com/store/product_choic...mp;amp;shop_id=

Nymphs that resemble a number of different kinds of insect larvae and nymphs are probably the most practical. Such old standbys as the Muskrat Nymph and the Hare's Ear are well worth carrying, as are imitations of large stoneflies and dragonfly nymphs.

Attractors such as the Woolly Worm and its cousin the Woolly Bugger, Green Weenie and the [censored] Creek Nymph. These resemble a variety of aquatic critters.

A bugger resembles nothing in nature when it's perched in a vise, but when it is soaking wet and on the move, it truly comes alive. Depending on hook size and how it's weighted and retrieved, it can mimic a minnow, crayfish, leech or aquatic insect.

The Weenie, besides a flash of color, can mimic a catapillar or inchworm.

Every stream sampled usually contains at least a few green-bodied caddis, and in many rivers they are a trout's daily special.

The Green Rock Worm patterns actually represent a couple of so-called "free-living" caddis species. These larvae don't build portable houses for themselves but instead crawl among rocky crevices and clumps of vegetation on stream bottoms.

Dry flies such as Blue-Winged Olive in small size hooks ( 12-18 ) may be worth the while. They usually are a staple spring mayfly hatch and in the west sometimes in Winter.

Caddis hatch at sporadic times during the winter months on many waters, so it makes sense to carry a few Elk Hair Caddis, or something close to it.

Also, cold weather or winter plays well for what are called Streamers. Lethargic trout are less apt to go after nymphes (larvae) but being cannibalistic are more prone to strike small fish or crayfish which a streamer may represent.

Note: Dry flies are cast upstream and allowed to float downstream, while Wet Flies and/or Nymphes (larvae) are cast across or downstream with a small split-shot weight and drawn against the current for a swimming action.

The Green Weenie was developed by Ken Igo and Russ Mowry of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania and introduced to South Central PA and the popularity of this simple fly has spread rapidly throughout the country. Probably, this is due in no small part to Charlie Meck’s book Pennsylvania Trout Streams and Their Hatches, in which he talks about first using it while fishing with Russ Mowry in Western PA.

As the fly is very effective on brown trout, though other trout will hit it, Fred figured something red would work even better for rainbows and brook trout. Tied with fluorescent fire orange chenille, the Red Hot is to rainbows and brooks what the Weenie is to browns.

By the way, tied on #6 or #8 long shank salmon hooks, both flies will take salmon from the upstate NY rivers.

Fished unweighted and allowed to drift on the surface, it can represent a small catapillar or inchworm.

I DO have to wonder where they come up with some of these names, though...Green Weenie indeed! And Wooly Booger? Nope, not gonna go there ...

well they also call it the wooly bugger and its cousin the wooly worm .... which is a bugger without the tail ... maybe with a bead head. Now this definitely is not to be confused with the green weenie, unless of course you have a red or flaming weenie ... kind of a glowing red weenie.