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Title: Wanted: Stripping basket
Post by: Rob Brownfield on 15/05/2015 at 10:10

Anyone got a solid stripping basket sitting in the loft doing nowt? I am after one with the anti tangle cones but cannot justify £40-£70...well..I can, the missus won't!

Cheers

Title: Re: Wanted: Stripping basket
Post by: Jeff Donovan on 15/05/2015 at 12:22

There's this available on the bay of "e"...  http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/like/261817826246?limghlpsr=true&hlpv=2&ops=true&viphx=1&hlpht=true&lpid=108&chn=ps&device=c&rlsatarget=&adtype=pla&crdt=0&ff3=1&ff11=ICEP3.0.0-L&ff12=67&ff13=80&ff14=108

Title: Re: Wanted: Stripping basket
Post by: Rob Brownfield on 15/05/2015 at 12:55

Yip, seen that one a few hours ago..certainly worth considering :) Thank you.

Title: Re: Wanted: Stripping basket
Post by: Derek Roxborough on 16/05/2015 at 17:22

Talking to a guy in the US fly fishing in the sea he had got a smallish oblong basin fitted it with a belt and he had put something like a prickly doormat in the bottom, he said it worked a treat, I am going out later this year and I will make one when I'm out there,
easgach 1

Title: Re: Wanted: Stripping basket
Post by: Lasse Karlsson on 16/05/2015 at 22:51

www.linekurv.dk
Probably the best alternative out there  :z16

Cheers
Lasse

Title: Re: Wanted: Stripping basket
Post by: Jeff Donovan on 16/05/2015 at 23:55

How about a DIY basket?  :z4

http://globalflyfisher.com/video/best-homemade-stripping-basket   

Or

http://globalflyfisher.com/fishbetter/diy-ikea-line-tray/   :z16

Title: Re: Wanted: Stripping basket
Post by: Derek Roxborough on 17/05/2015 at 16:56

Yes that's roughly what the guy in The US had slightly different base though easgach 1

Title: Re: Wanted: Stripping basket
Post by: Steven Sinclair on 18/05/2015 at 01:37

Rob,

I use the Ikea effort and epoxied long golf tees to the base to reduce tangles, works a treat! The waist strap is an old bumbag fed through the sides that doubles up as a small waist pack.

 :z18

 Steven.

Title: Re: Wanted: Stripping basket
Post by: Rob Brownfield on 18/05/2015 at 07:31

I was picking up every basket I could lay my hands on at the weekend :) Found a cracker in Millets, a collapsible "camping" basket, but by the time I buy it, add a strap, add the "pins" in the bottom it would work out about the same proce as a commercial version.

Apparently we have one of the IKEA stools at home...so I will look through the spare room and see if I can locate it. :)

Title: Re: Wanted: Stripping basket
Post by: Marc Fauvet on 18/05/2015 at 10:59

Rob, if you decide to make your own i couldn't recommend this prong thing from Ikea more. it's the absolute best, much better than those short nubs found on commercial basket or zip-tie or whatever.
http://globalflyfisher.com/fishbetter/diy-ikea-line-tray/pic.php?id=12813

i use it with my William Joseph retractable line basket. a perfect pair  :z16

Title: Re: Wanted: Stripping basket
Post by: Rob Brownfield on 18/05/2015 at 11:05

Quote from: Marc Fauvet on 18/05/2015 at 10:59

Rob, if you decide to make your own i couldn't recommend this prong thing from Ikea more. it's the absolute best, much better than those short nubs found on commercial basket or zip-tie or whatever.
http://globalflyfisher.com/fishbetter/diy-ikea-line-tray/pic.php?id=12813

i use it with my William Joseph retractable line basket. a perfect pair  :z16

Many thanks...looks perfect!!!

Title: Re: Wanted: Stripping basket
Post by: Marc Fauvet on 18/05/2015 at 11:10

an added bonus with those is, since i got 2 i also use them to clean lines in the double sink or for treating/lubing them later. not a single tangle after a 100 or so uses !  :z4