Sometimes it's not the biggest or most expensive things that make you happy and this little gem from Carp Spirit has just done that. It's been in my possession for quite a few years but this is the first time I've used it and by god I wish these existed 30 years ago. Long gone are the days of using a piece of Cardboard or even your own hands to strip lines of a reel.
Simply attach to a drill or driver, bit of selotatpe to hold the line on the Carp Spirit spool and away you go. It's even got a built in clutch should a jam arise. Once you've got the amount of line off the spool just pop the top plate of the D-Spool and the line just slides off. At this point I usually cut the whole lot in half so it's not a danger to wildlife should it get out there, naturally you can drop it off at your local tackle shop if they're involved in the line recycling scheme.
At under £8 at places like Bobco and Tackle Box, this is a bargain!
Simply attach to a drill or driver, bit of selotatpe to hold the line on the Carp Spirit spool and away you go. It's even got a built in clutch should a jam arise. Once you've got the amount of line off the spool just pop the top plate of the D-Spool and the line just slides off. At this point I usually cut the whole lot in half so it's not a danger to wildlife should it get out there, naturally you can drop it off at your local tackle shop if they're involved in the line recycling scheme.
At under £8 at places like Bobco and Tackle Box, this is a bargain!
In reply to Post #1
Total agreed. It is a great piece of kit.
I bought the product when it was sold under the Ace brand.
Using it for year know.
Total agreed. It is a great piece of kit.
I bought the product when it was sold under the Ace brand.
Using it for year know.
Brilliant bit of kit
I have the ace version
Under the cap you should have 2 lugs purpose made for hookin the line on
I have the ace version
Under the cap you should have 2 lugs purpose made for hookin the line on
In reply to Post #3
Under the cap you should have 2 lugs purpose made for hookin the line on
Typical me, I didn't read the instructions
oh well the selotape works.
Under the cap you should have 2 lugs purpose made for hookin the line on
Typical me, I didn't read the instructions
oh well the selotape works.
In reply to Post #1
I have the ACE version too.
Only used it a couple times but yeah, big time saver and once you have that mass of loops in your hand when you slide the line off, you can cut through the lot with scissors a couple times to ensure only short lengths go into garbage.
Or...if you have a line bin locally, throw the line in there
I have the ACE version too.
Only used it a couple times but yeah, big time saver and once you have that mass of loops in your hand when you slide the line off, you can cut through the lot with scissors a couple times to ensure only short lengths go into garbage.
Or...if you have a line bin locally, throw the line in there
In reply to Post #1
I had one made by Berkley that was about 15 years ago revelation at the time had it a few years before I accidentally dropped it on the garage floor and unfortunately it landed cap down and snapped the lugs off that hold the cap in place, Berkley had stopped doing them by then then or they were like hens teeth to find and it was quite sometime before Ace launched it as a product, I moved onto the battery operated line stripper from Berkley by then saves even more faf in my opinion.
I had one made by Berkley that was about 15 years ago revelation at the time had it a few years before I accidentally dropped it on the garage floor and unfortunately it landed cap down and snapped the lugs off that hold the cap in place, Berkley had stopped doing them by then then or they were like hens teeth to find and it was quite sometime before Ace launched it as a product, I moved onto the battery operated line stripper from Berkley by then saves even more faf in my opinion.
In reply to Post #6
I moved onto the battery operated line stripper from Berkley by then saves even more faf in my opinion
Gis a separate review then, I'd be interested
I moved onto the battery operated line stripper from Berkley by then saves even more faf in my opinion
Gis a separate review then, I'd be interested
In reply to Post #7
Not a lot to review really, feed the line in the hole between the rollers press the button and it strips the line straight into my line recycling box, strips a big pit spool in around half a minute.
Not a lot to review really, feed the line in the hole between the rollers press the button and it strips the line straight into my line recycling box, strips a big pit spool in around half a minute.
In reply to Post #1
Take an empty toilet roll cardboard tube and some sellotape. Place the bog roll tube over the collar of your screwdriver/drill. Secure it around the cardboard tube with sellotape.
It takes less than 2 seconds, costs nothing.
Same result.
One for each spool. It also makes it very simple to cut the lot up while still on the cardboard tube afterwards.
Take an empty toilet roll cardboard tube and some sellotape. Place the bog roll tube over the collar of your screwdriver/drill. Secure it around the cardboard tube with sellotape.
It takes less than 2 seconds, costs nothing.
Same result.
One for each spool. It also makes it very simple to cut the lot up while still on the cardboard tube afterwards.
In reply to Post #1
I've got several of the original ACE versions . . .always keep an empty spare but three of mine store my mainline braid (and backer) so I can reverse spool on when I fish waters that allow / required braided mainline in the future . . .
I've got several of the original ACE versions . . .always keep an empty spare but three of mine store my mainline braid (and backer) so I can reverse spool on when I fish waters that allow / required braided mainline in the future . . .
In reply to Post #8
Sounds simple enough
I'd have to cut the line into small pieces though JIC it gets into the environment, not worth any risk.
Sounds simple enough
I'd have to cut the line into small pieces though JIC it gets into the environment, not worth any risk.
In reply to Post #5
The Berkeley line stopper is one of my best ever fishing buys, so much so I have purchased a spare. It brilliant, fast, therapeutic and the batteries last forever.
The Berkeley line stopper is one of my best ever fishing buys, so much so I have purchased a spare. It brilliant, fast, therapeutic and the batteries last forever.