Originally Posted by
perfectloop
how deep does the water get before a stripping basket starts to become useless? i don't live too close to the water, so i go when i get time off. that sometimes means wind and choppy water and wading through surf that can get up to my armpits (i'm 6'0"). will a hard or mesh basket suite me better, in your opinions? i like the hard basket with cones/fingers idea as my biggest problem with having so much line out is tangles which result in short casts. thanks for the info.
A mesh basket is worse than useless when wading deep. The line sloshing around in a confined space is a recipe for tangles.
I'm a hard core surf guy and I still haven't figured what kind of basket I like there. Waves just pass through mesh, but I can tip my hard basket up to deflect breakers.
I've gone from hard to mesh, to both, and back to hard.
This year I'll build myself another mesh I think.
The shopping baskets from a grocery store are tough, and will last a couple of years.
The largest size wire nuts with stainless or brass screws/washers make good cones
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