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A box for storing fishing flies including a cover assembly having two dish-like cover portions, each having a continuous distal edge portion; and a hinge affording pivotal movement of the cover portions between an open position and a closed position with the distal edge portions of the cover portion

A box for storing fishing flies including a cover assembly having two dish-like cover portions, each having a continuous distal edge portion; and a hinge affording pivotal movement of the cover portions between an open position and a closed position with the distal edge portions of the cover portions opposed to and closely spaced from each other. A fly retaining assembly included in the box comprises a support plate that extends between the distal edge portions of the cover portions in their closed position, can be engaged by flies, can pivot relative to the hinge independent of the cover portions, and can be removed from between the cover portions when they are open. A layer of over molded sealing material provided on the support plate is in sealing engagement with the edge portions of the adjacent cover portions when they are in their closed position.

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What is claimed is: 1. A box for storing flies used for fishing, said box comprising: a cover assembly comprising: two dish-like cover portions, each of said cover portions including a central wall part having a generally rectangular periphery with first and second opposite sides, and side wall par

What is claimed is: 1. A box for storing flies used for fishing, said box comprising: a cover assembly comprising: two dish-like cover portions, each of said cover portions including a central wall part having a generally rectangular periphery with first and second opposite sides, and side wall parts around the periphery of said central wall part projecting generally in the same direction away from said central wall part, and having a continuous distal edge portion opposite said central wall part; and a hinge having hinge portions attached to said side wall parts adjacent the second sides of said central wall parts, said hinge including a hinge pin having an axis, being generally parallel to the second sides of said central wall parts and extending through said hinge portions to afford pivotal movement of said hinge and cover portions between a closed position with said distal edge portions of the cover portions closely spaced from and generally aligned with each other, and an open position with said distal edge portions spaced away from and out of alignment with each other; and a fly retaining assembly comprising: a stiff resiliently flexible support plate having opposite major surfaces, a periphery with first and second sides, said support plate extending between the distal edge portions of said cover portions when said cover portions are in said closed position; releasably engageable means between the first side of said support plate and said hinge pin for affording pivotal movement of said fly retaining assembly relative to said hinge pin independent of said cover portions when said cover portions are in said open position and for affording, when said cover portions are in said open position, manual removal of said support plate from said hinge pin and separation of said fly retaining assembly from said cover assembly, said releasably engageable means comprising said hinge portions being spaced along said hinge pin to provide at least one portion of said hinge pin free of said hinge portions between adjacent hinge portions, and said support plate including an attachment clip along said first side, said attachment clip being releasably engaged over said portion of said hinge pin and being removeable from said portion of said hinge pin when said hinge extends through said hinge portions by movement of said attachment clip in a direction normal to the axis of said hinge pin; a layer of flexible sealing material on each of said major surfaces in sealing engagement with the edge portion of the adjacent cover portion when said cover portions are in said closed position; material adapted to be releasably engaged by flies on each major surface of said support plate and surrounded by the side wall parts of the adjacent cover portion when said cover portions are in said closed position; and a latch member along the second side of the periphery of said support plate, said latch member having opposite portions each adapted for releasable engagement with a different one of said cover portions to releasably retain said cover portions in said closed portion; wherein said layers of flexible sealing material on the major surfaces of the support plate in sealing engagement with the edge portions of the cover portions when the cover portions are in said closed position are parts of a collar of the sealing material extending around the edge of the support plate, said collar of the sealing material includes lips of the sealing material extending around and engaging outer surfaces of the side wall parts of the cover portions when the cover portions are in their closed position and have cam like surfaces adjacent the cover portions that help to position the lips around and in engagement with the outer surfaces of the side wall parts and help to position the edge portions of the cover portions for proper engagement with the layers of flexible sealing material as the cover portions move from their open to their closed positions. 2. A box according to claim 1 wherein said hinge portions are spaced along said hinge pin to provide two spaced portions of said hinge pin free of said hinge portions, said two portions of said hinge pin being exposed when said support plate is removed from said hinge pin, and said support plate includes two of said attachment clips spaced along said first side, and said attachment clip being releasably engaged over said portions of said hinge pin and being removeable from said portions of said hinge pin when said hinge pin extends through said hinge portions by movement of said attachment clips in a direction normal to the axis of said hinge pin. 3. A box according to claim 1 wherein said latch member is integrally molded with said support plate, said opposite portions of said latch member each include a lip generally parallel with the major surfaces of said support plate and projecting toward the first side of said support plate, said lips each having a latching surface generally parallel to and spaced from the adjacent major surface of said support plate and having a cam surface extending away from an edge of said latching surface adjacent the first side of said support plate, and said cover portions each include a ridge adapted to move along the cam surface on the adjacent portion of the latch member and into engagement with the latching surface on that adjacent portion to releasably retain the cover portions in the closed position. 4. A box according to claim 3 wherein the ridges are on the side wall parts along the first side of the central wall parts, and the side wall parts along the first side of the central wall parts are resiliently flexible so that they can be manually flexed toward the first side of the support plate to release the ridges from beneath the latching surfaces on the lips when the cover portions are in said closed position. 5. A box according to claim 1 wherein said sealing engagement between the edge portions of the cover portions and the collar of the sealing material is essentially water tight when the cover portions are in said closed position. 6. A box according to claim 1 wherein said central wall parts of said cover portions are resiliently flexible, and with said cover portions in said closed position pressure can be applied to flex said central wall parts toward each other to expel air from within the box between the edge portions of the cover portions and the collar of the sealing material, thereby forming a partial vacuum in the box when the pressure is released. 7. A box according to claim 1 wherein said fly retaining assembly is distinctively colored.