The local supermarket has started using a velcro like material to truss up it’s veggies such as romain or asparagus.
When I saw one of these come home the other day I knew it was just the thing to use as a line tender on my extra spools. The hooks and loops are much smaller than standard velcro and I don’t know how long they will stand up. But what the heck, they’re free.
While I had velcro on the brain I came up with another item.
The price of tippit dispencers is a bit more then reasonable for my taste and I’ve been looking for an alternative for a long time.
The other day, I found that four tippet spools will fit perfectly into a check wallet.
With a couple pieces of velcro to close up each side and hold in the spools, along with four small holes melted into the vinyl to dispence the tippet from , I got just what I was looking for.
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[This message has been edited by dudley (edited 03 October 2005).]
The stuff you saw in the market MAY be the Velcro branded stuff sold at garden centers to tie up plants. It is green, about 1/2" wide and sold in rolls.
It may not be free in the garden center but it’s easier than eating 10 lbs of broccoli to get free ones at the market .
Forgot to say in my previous reply that all of the tippet spools I have snap together so it becomes one unit with three different sizes and all I have to do is pass a length of leather shoe string or gimp or any other type of string or rope through the center hole and hang the spools from the D ring on my vest or on my bass chest pack. Easier to access them in a hurry. Hope this helps.
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