My favorite backcountry bait are flys. I store them in a small altoids tin.

FWIW, The two flys I've caught the most fish on almost anywhere I've went are a marabou muddler and a mosquito. That'll cover bass and trout, and really most any other freshwater gamefish.

I also scrounge for and use live bait in the backountry. Grasshoppers and crickets are fair to use if you're fishing for dinner grin

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