Thread: Light weight fly camping

If you can get a 3mx3m fly down to around 700g it is worthwhile, just use a sleeping mat on the ground
It beats a bivvy bag out in the open as you can sit up and make a brew etc

presumably this is for bush hunting only as you'd need hoops and a walking pole if there are no trees to hitch it to

Rather than poles I use stretchies looped around a round pebble with the fly fabric wrapped around it - you all know that trick

Keep an eye on weight as my tent is only 1kg including the footprint so there's not that much between a fly and a tent


A standalone tent can be pitched on flat ground whereas a fly tied to a tree usually involves uneven ground from all the tree roots