Maxima Unraveling Prevention

Daughters hair band.

Craig
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Yup, hair bands. Plus you can color code spools since the paper labels aren't waterproof. Just don't get the ones with the metal band, it nicks the line coming out.

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The Shark Tooth tippet tender is the bees knees for handling Maxima craziness (the orange ones). It has a built in line cutter so you just rip off what you need and boom, done. I bought mine a couple of years ago at Outdoor Emporium and love 'em!

Sadly they don't appear to be available any more... hope they make a come back.

The linekeepers shown in Jeremy's post. Dead simple and they work.

Found some.

http://www.dreamdriftflies.com/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=29&products_id=7320

They come in two sizes. These are the smaller ones.

I just save and re-use the elastic keepers from emptied spools of Rio tippet material. Andy

I'm with Andy, rio elastic.

Shark Tooth - holds up over time and has a built-in razor blade.

Thanks y'all. It sounded absurd, but I knew some of you would have good ideas.

Finally been steelhead fishing. Alas, nothing to mention.

The poor mans line keeper is a length of 1/4" elastic tied in a square knot around the spool, with the line threaded through the centre of the square knot between steps.

If you take 2 seconds to make sure the rubber band cuts diagonally across the line before you put it back in your jacket, you'll have better results. Although, those linekeepers look pretty awesome.

I always used to like the wide rubber bands that bind asparagus at the grocery. They really do a good job of covering a wide portion of the tippet spool, they are cheap, and usually last long enough. The Hair band thing has worked for me in the past though as well.

Tim Flagler has a good DIY spool tender video if you are in the mood to make your own. Pretty easy to crank out a lifetime supply in a sitting.

Great idea, especially for the mylar spools.

afried said:

I just save and re-use the elastic keepers from emptied spools of Rio tippet material. Andy

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1+ for Andy Or SA tippet/any kind that has the little grommet to pass the material through.

Hair Band tippet tenders.

http://www.washingtonflyfishing.com/forum/threads/hairband-tippet-tenders.100651/

1 plastic bead, two hair bands
One loop to loop connection, string on a bead, one overhand knot.Bead cannot come off.

Step by step pictures in the post.

Jay

Salvy said:

It comes with a rubber band. Real helpful, let me tell you. What's the cool fishermen's trick that I don't know about yet?

At the end of the day, half of the mono is coiled off the spool.

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Instead of an elastic band, I just use a bodkin heated, then poke two hole in the rim of the spool. Now just thread the mono out one hole and back in the other. Works a charm.
Rick