Santa brought me a stripping basket.
It is great.
I've owned other types and never liked any of them.
This is so clever it makes me wish I'd thought of it.
To see what Santa brought, go to:
http://flyfishbasket.com/
Near the bottom of the page is a link for a video. It shows the basket a lot better than I can explain, but I can say everything shown there works like they say.
Just great.