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Fantasy Stripper?
Want a stripper of your own? Who wouldn’t—and the one I’m talking about doesn’t cost nearly as much as you might think. Stop by your local hardware store (yup, hardware) and purchase:
*1’ of ¼” x 20 all-thread ($1.19)
*Two ¼” fender washers ($0.20)
*Two ¼” x 20 wing nuts ($0.18)
Okay, so maybe we misled you a bit—the stripper we’re talking about is the kind that takes old line off of your reels. But the total expenditure is a mere $1.57, and it’ll save you from the 15-minute chore of removing 500 or more yards of line from an offshore reel manually.
You’ll need to dig out an old fishing line spool, and cut it in half. Cut at an angle, so the spool halves don’t slip or slide against each other. Re-assemble the spool by placing a nut and washer on one end of the all-thread, slide it through the spool, and cap the other end with the second nut and washer. Put the end in your power drill, and tie your fishing line around the spool. You now have a line stripper that will take the old line off of a reel in mere seconds; all that’s left for you to do is pull the trigger. Once the spool is full, disassemble it and slide off the old line, then put it back together and start on your next reel. This cheap, home-made tool helped me strip a half-dozen Penn International 50’s in 15 minutes.
By John Unkart
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