Thanks Brian, I was wondering about these, always good too have options.
Mark
Mark
Take Stripping Basket
Thought I'd put this up since stripping baskets are a fairly common subject.
Ryan at The Avid Angler ordered in a Take basket from Latvia and his crew asked me to give it a spin. I'm far from a expert in reviewing products. I just fish the salt a lot with a stripping basket and they wanted to know my thoughts on it.
I have no affiliation with the Take Tackle.
I fished with the basket for about ten hours over two days. I fished wading in 1-2' wind waves primarily using a two handed strip and the basket in front of me. It didn't bounce around much more then a hard basket when hit by a wave.
It might be a different story in a heavy surf, but we don't have that type of surf in on Puget Sound.
I like to add just a bit of water to my basket when fishing, which caused it to droop just a bit in the front.
I'm also a gatherer when I'm on the beach. I use my hard basket while fishing to gather crabs, clams, berries etc. I'm not sure how this would handle much weight that due to the flexible nature of the material.
Size wise I think it could be just a bit bigger, but that might not be feasible with the flexbile nature of the material.
I do like the fact it as 11 cones, which helps reduce tangles. It is fairly light and lighter then my Bean basket, which I like.
The soft material is easier on your knuckles and hands than a hard basket should you rap them on the basket while striping.
The flexbile material would likely be a plus for traveling with a basket. I can see some possible advantages of this also for fishing out of a boat or kayak. This might make releasing a fish over the gunnel of a boat much easier then a hard basket.
The Take basket has a elastic waist belt. The belt held my net in place when stuffed down the back of my waders. I do think the belt could benefit from being a bit wider.
Combined with the flexible material, it formed well to your body when turned to the side and stayed on your hip well.
After using the elastic belt, I may replace the stiff belt on one of my current Bean baskets to see how that works.
I have three of the old LL Bean baskets, so I don't need another.
This is another option to consider amongst Orvis, Linekurv, Whalesback and the new LL Bean basket or a homemade basket.
Overall I liked it and it would work well for the type of fishing I like to do.
I believe Ryan has some on order for the shop, so give them a call if you are interested.
Here are some pictures of it next to the old Bean basket for size comparison.
SF
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Ryan at The Avid Angler ordered in a Take basket from Latvia and his crew asked me to give it a spin. I'm far from a expert in reviewing products. I just fish the salt a lot with a stripping basket and they wanted to know my thoughts on it.
I have no affiliation with the Take Tackle.
I fished with the basket for about ten hours over two days. I fished wading in 1-2' wind waves primarily using a two handed strip and the basket in front of me. It didn't bounce around much more then a hard basket when hit by a wave.
It might be a different story in a heavy surf, but we don't have that type of surf in on Puget Sound.
I like to add just a bit of water to my basket when fishing, which caused it to droop just a bit in the front.
I'm also a gatherer when I'm on the beach. I use my hard basket while fishing to gather crabs, clams, berries etc. I'm not sure how this would handle much weight that due to the flexible nature of the material.
Size wise I think it could be just a bit bigger, but that might not be feasible with the flexbile nature of the material.
I do like the fact it as 11 cones, which helps reduce tangles. It is fairly light and lighter then my Bean basket, which I like.
The soft material is easier on your knuckles and hands than a hard basket should you rap them on the basket while striping.
The flexbile material would likely be a plus for traveling with a basket. I can see some possible advantages of this also for fishing out of a boat or kayak. This might make releasing a fish over the gunnel of a boat much easier then a hard basket.
The Take basket has a elastic waist belt. The belt held my net in place when stuffed down the back of my waders. I do think the belt could benefit from being a bit wider.
Combined with the flexible material, it formed well to your body when turned to the side and stayed on your hip well.
After using the elastic belt, I may replace the stiff belt on one of my current Bean baskets to see how that works.
I have three of the old LL Bean baskets, so I don't need another.
This is another option to consider amongst Orvis, Linekurv, Whalesback and the new LL Bean basket or a homemade basket.
Overall I liked it and it would work well for the type of fishing I like to do.
I believe Ryan has some on order for the shop, so give them a call if you are interested.
Here are some pictures of it next to the old Bean basket for size comparison.
SF
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@Stonefish I can second taking the Take basket out. I really liked it and have since ordered one. It will be ideal for travel and packing as well as being light weight and durable. The softer material makes racking your knuckles better 
and the elastic belt is nice because you can tighten it down easier than non-elastic belts while offering enough strength to hold a net. I will certainly be recommending this to other anglers, especially for the salt!
and the elastic belt is nice because you can tighten it down easier than non-elastic belts while offering enough strength to hold a net. I will certainly be recommending this to other anglers, especially for the salt!
I got one a while back and really like it.@Stonefish I can second taking the Take basket out. I really liked it and have since ordered one. It will be ideal for travel and packing as well as being light weight and durable. The softer material makes racking your knuckles better
Dave
Right, but you must not have tried to use no basket on a pedal kayak!
There are varying degrees of tangle problems, and no basket is probably worse than a mesh basket. I have a Linekurv for wading.
I actually spent a lot of time fishing out of a wide hull canoe back in the Midwest for a long time, and that mess is certainly worse than no basket at all, you've got that right, haha!
Yeah, I referenced this issue in an earlier post.
I took a mesh basket to Oahu back late December/early January. I'd never used one before but thought it would be easy to pack and a useful tool.
I also purchased the "shooter inserts" which are simply plastic plates with small fingers that hook and anchor into the mesh of the basket. They have loops of heavy monofilament perpendicular to the horizontal plates that are supposed to act as line separator cones (meaning they're supposed to be hoops that stand upright in order to spread the fly-line out and avoid tangles).
Maybe because they were squashed in the luggage, I found them to be pretty useless. Because they tended to flop over instead of standing upright (Jeez, sounds like my love life at my age!
), I found them to be more of a hindrance to line management than a benefit.The Take basket seems to be a better option.
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