I see that Criag Nielson already responded to this thread but I'll chime in anyway. I fished with him last Saturday and he showed me his new "widget", I think he called it, so I got to see it in action. I'm not sure if I will get one (for all the reasons stated above) but for a guide who is repeatedly changing tippets after broken off snags and fixing multi-fly tangles and doing it over and over again, day in and day out, while rowing a boat, it looked mighty helpful.
Another concern I would have is the durability of the elastic band. It looked a little sturdier then the not-so-durable ones that come with the spools but that would remain to be seen.
Anne
"So it goes"
I guess people have to see it in action to understand how handy it is?
All I know is one of the thriftiest people I know bought one after seeing it demoed.
I was too shown about it from a guide, Bill Forward.
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4 pairs of $5-$7 nippers is $20-$28 bucks.
"The problem with selling to flyfisherman is they are all willing to spend $700 on a $38 rod but piss and moan over the cost of the under $15 items."
-A Fly Shop Owner/Proprietor. (Not Bill...)
Received 8 in yesterday and sold all of them by the end of the day. I guess some people like them?
they make great sense for maxima spools that do not have the elastic tippet tamer - I have ordered a few of them
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