I have a SAK, like Snowdog, a Gerber fisherman's mulitool on my belt (replaces cell phone), a few drink mixes, a bandanna, lighter, chapstick, (the chapstick keeps SD happy when he forgets his  ) and little else. Around my neck on a lanyard, I keep a compass, whistle, clippers.

Anything else I need to keep handy goes in daypack. I also bury my wallet & keys in bottom of personal pack. I just dig them out on morning of last day and carabiner the keys and put wallet in back pocket.

I keep a whistle, space blanket, lighter and cigarets in my PFD. It's my ditch kit.

In my camera case is another lighter, headlamp and drugs (wallet and keys first day). Then there's the thwart bag for sunglasses, sunscreen, deet, carmex beyond the usual bailer, throw rope, anchor... Then there's the day pack with rain gear, jacket, FA kit, filter, TP & trowel.... Then there's the dayfood pack...... Plus a powerbar or two in my juice cozy.

As my pants get exponentially baggier each day, I don't want excess weight flapping around. Plus then I'd carry it back and forth over my triple portages.

I remember keeping track of all that little stuff you may want - handy - was such a pain the first dozen or so years. Do it long enough and you know where everything is  - especially if you put it where it doesn't belong. Nothing's worse than digging down to the bottom of a bag and not finding what you were looking for.

In my pockets are usually a bit of granola or power bar until I finish eating it, MAYBE some chapstick, and usually as the trip goes on, bits of fishing line, assorted plastics, maybe a weight or two and some duff. Keys stay at the outfitter with the vehicle (if I enter else where they go in a dry bag and get buried in my gear pack). Actual wallet stays behind as well and ID, credit card, permit, RABC, etc go into zip lock bag in a dry bag that gets tossed in the gear bag after the entry point. My knife is a skeletool that stays on a lanyard around my neck, and everything else I'd need such as bug dope, sundope, chapstick, camera goes in the day bag which is waterproof.

Joe_Schmeaux wrote on May 10^th, 2012 at 1:45am:

Yep that too!  Bandanas are awesome multi-use items from snot-rag to dish-rag to silt filter to gumby hat.
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Great reference Prouboy!

I once saw someone put their keys under a rock at the parking lot.  I hollered out, "Free car!"

A lighter, preferably Djeep brand.
hate having stuff in my pockets.

What's in my pockets? 

A famous question, for Lord of the Ring geeks.

Gollum hated this question!   

"Not fair! not fair!" he hissed. "It isn't fair, my precious, is it, not fair, is it? to ask us what it's got in its nassty little pocketses?"

"He thought of all the things he kept in his own pockets: fishbones, goblins' teeth, wet shells, a bit of bat-wing, a sharp stone to sharpen his fangs on, and other nasty things. He tried to think what other people kept in their pockets."

As for me, I keep my trusty pocket knife, and my ring is kept on my finger.   

prouboy

I leave the keys with the outfitter where the truck is parked. Wallet in back pocket in zip lock and the pocket itself zips shut. If my wallet is not in physical contact with my body I get panicky. It is a carryover from life in the civilized world that I cannot shake. Pocket knife, lighter and chap stick in front pockets.
Jon

Nothing goes into pockets except a handkerchief, or maybe a compass for very short term storage. Things fall out of pockets, even buttoned/zippered/velcroed ones.

My wallet, car keys, and passport (if needed) go into a dedicated dry sac (sealed & waterproof) which is not opened from the time the car is locked until the end of the trip. The dry sac goes into a day pack which is treated as if it contained the crown jewels. (I also keep my camera equipment in that pack, in another, larger dry sac).

U can take my pack, my food, my gear, my tent, my boat.  But u ain't getting my keys, unless u get me!

I keep keys/permits/wallet in day pack in waterproof first aid kit. Pack holds my rain suit as well.
Pack will float (I checked) and I keep it a long way from food pack.
Ran into a couple at the start of a trip into Beaverhouse. They were frantically tearing thru their gear looking for car keys

At the point it was getting nasty until the man remembered he had put them from pack into pocket before leaving camp that morning.

You don't want to be looking for car keys at end of trip. I also keep spare set in magnetic case hidden on vehicle. Not a bad idea just in case.