That's what I did with the bone spur in my right shoulder...for seven fucking years...my dumb ass! Seven years of needless pain. Get these things fixed right away.
The ASB is something I use a lot of. I use the tying thread to build the taper underneath it and then coat the finished fly with resin. Makes them pretty bullet proof.
I think I am using a mixture of everything you've mentioned and just about everything the others have mentioned. I tailor my storage solutions to fit the various nooks and crannies available in the room.
The last Brown I caught at Pass did a pretty fair imitation of an anchor. It took quite an effort to get him to come up with the 4wt. Rod tip bent over to the water for nearly a full minute until it finally succumbed to the pressure. Measured all of 16".