Fly Line Care Tip of the Day So Far
By Tom Chandler on May 14, 2007 in Fishing tips, Underground Entertainment
From Opax (our Finnish finny blogger friend) comes this photograph without comment:
Well damnit, we’ll comment. Drying or cleaning a fly line on the toilet roll is sheer genius.
And imagine how nicely it might work in a hotel room (assuming you stay in a hotel offering indoor plumping — never a sure thing on a fishing trip).
Sure, some will see this as a neat little time-saving technique. Visionaries like me? We see it as proof the voyage of discovery that is life never ends. Never.
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kbarton10 | May 14, 2007 | Reply
Geez, Tom - you’re showing your age again…
This is what the streamside supermodels that adorn your blog use when Nature calls. When “Candi” excuses herself from the photo shoot, she drops her thong and tidies up with the above.
…then she giggles fetchingly, and rejoins you midstream. “Oopsie, Tommy - I have snagged my thongie again, be a dear and …
It’s your fantasy, Babe - not mine.
kbarton10 | May 14, 2007 | Reply
On the technorati line, please add: “Butt Floss”
Megan | May 14, 2007 | Reply
so what happens when you need to wipe?
Tom Chandler | May 14, 2007 | Reply
Megan: We’re tough fly fishers. We’ll use newspaper, Scotch-Brite pads, steel wool — whatever it takes to make sure the fly line’s clean and floaty…
Bamboo Addict | May 15, 2007 | Reply
What a great idea TC, I will adorn my walls in the fly tying room with rollers (will have to make a crank handle some how) to dry all my silk lines.
David
opax | May 15, 2007 | Reply
I used it as a line winder (when I took the photo), but it sure has other uses too.
Kent | May 15, 2007 | Reply
My wife has already questioned the appearance of the crank handles on the dispensers in both bathrooms.
Tom Chandler | May 15, 2007 | Reply
Kent: Tell her the handles make it easier to replace the roll of paper — something most men do poorly (and women know it).
Benefits, my friend. Always sell the benefits…