Next time I go camping I am planning on bringing my tent without its fly, and a tarp and some rope. I hope this will save some weight and make packing easier - the tent bag will be the same length (because poles) but pack down much skinnier - as well as be a more flexible arrangement. Maybe just a tarp would be possible this time of year (autumn) but I need protection from bugs during the spring and summer.

I have a hammock with a built in bug net, but I don't want to have to rely on finding robust trees wherever I chose to stop. It works fine in the backcountry of the big provincial parks around here, but I wouldn't want to rely on it for wild camping. I tried it once a few years ago but the only trees I could find were way to skinny and the tarp tied above sagged too much when I got in the hammock.