ducksterman - I really like that orange contraption! The bird cage one might not go over to well with your bird. However, if you have a gerbil you could exercise it at the same time.

Normand - Do it the same way. Not the wife one, but the other one! Then I take the reel outside and unwrap the reel around two distant posts/trees, basically around anything thats clean.

You could get a couple of the neighborhood kids to spread out and wrap it around them, or if you have a dog that listens to you, you could tie it to his/her collar and send it out for a long distance retrieve. Remember when doing the dog one to use a very heavy tippet because the dog might not be to keen on this and you may have to horse them in! LOL!!! Best regards, Dave S.