Spent Line Wrangler, Fishing Line Manager

It will help keep discarded line out of the water!

I have to admit, that over the years, I have purchased plenty of fishing "accessories" that fell well short of my expectations. This Spent Line Wrangler is NOT one of those!This Wrangler has eliminated ALL of the hassle managing the spent fluorocarbon from a day of tight line nymphing or whatever the fishing approach may be. It is easy to use and works as advertised. One critique seen in a few reviews is the price. That may not be totally unfair given the actual material cost. From my perspective, paying this price for a brilliant design, that is a real solution to the frustration of dealing with used line, is worth it.

Unit worked great for keeping tippet scraps. However after a few hours of fishing I went to put some tippet clippings on my keeper to only have the provided string/lanyard being the only thing hanging off my pack. Keeper must’ve gotten snagged on some brush and bent out of the provided key ring. I guess this could’ve been avoided if secured the keeper differently. Bummed that I lost it. Would’ve given it a better review if I could given it a few more outings.Update: seller reached out and made it right. Will purchase again due to the great customer service. 1 star upgraded to 5 star

This device for keeping waste fishing line is very easy to use but pretty expensive. I haven't found a better, easier to use product to keep waste fishing leader and tippett ends so this is my second one. My first lasted about 3 years before the foam that holds the waste mono/flouro lost enough integrity so it no longer held the less than 3x size tippett.

This thing is awesome. I had been using one of the FishPond Micro Trash Cans to hold my tippet. It worked ok but it was very difficult to get the hair like tippet to come off your fingers and stay in the container. Then when you had a very short piece of tippet to dispose of the FishPond was nearly impossible to get the piece into. My wife was bitching about the TrashPond Micro Trash Can and I got this to make her happy (especially because she loves to fly fish and she can row a drift boat - she is the best). The Trash Fish solved the disposal dilemma with an elegant solution and made my wife happy. Short pieces of tippet or longer pieces are easy to contain on this thing.One word of caution - if you try to put a entire leader (nearly full length) it will not work too well - a full tippet coiled up will be to bulky for the Trash Fish. So just roll it around your fingers, wrap the end around that and tie it up like you would a long rope and then slide a single loop of that tippet mess onto the Trash Fish. That works fine and will hold it until you can dispose of it.Great quality product. It is the best solution I have found for handling that waste tippet.

If you use it properly, this device is both convenient and helps keep leader material from polluting the environment. I use it all the time in spite of the fact that I'm pretty lazy.

Nicely made. Works great.

This little device is excellent for holding onto spent/trimmed line on the water -- MUCH better than those little mini-garbage can things. This is easy to use, no fumbling, quick, and holds your waste line securely until you get off the water and can dispose of line properly. No messing around with a bird's nest full of line while you're trying to re-tie and get your line back in the water .. keeps spent line secure. I've got at least a couple of these -- as a fly fisherman, I think they're indispensable. If you're one of those guys that just throws spent line overboard or on the shore, do us all a favor and buy one of these -- excellent product!