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.
[tags]fly fishing, fishing, fly line[/tags]
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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.
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On the technorati line, please add: “Butt Floss”
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so what happens when you need to wipe?
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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…
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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
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I used it as a line winder (when I took the photo), but it sure has other uses too.
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My wife has already questioned the appearance of the crank handles on the dispensers in both bathrooms.
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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…
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