Oysters and mussels collecting

Lasse Elmgren has sent these photos on how make a slow fishing day productive. He collected a basket full of mussels and oysters in his stripping basket and made a foundation for a gourmet meal.

As a fly line washer

 On longer fishing trips in salt water it is often recommended to wash the fly line in fresh water now and then to maintain the shooting ability. A stripping basket may come in very handy in these circumstances.

As a wind shield

On my summer trip to the most northern part of Sweden one day the cook had problems with the wind when smoking some of the freshly caught grayling. Without my knowledge the stripping basket was in use as a wind shield on later it served this purpose several times.

As a kitchen table

Once in the most northern part af Sweden we wanted sashimi (slices of raw fish served with soya and wasabi – sushi without rice) so I needed to fillet a brown trout. As we went there by helicopter we were on strict limitations regarding weight, so we did not bring any table. The linekurv.dk was turned [...]

As a chair

When you need a rest the Linekurv.dk will serve as a low chair so you avoid getting sand or pebbles on your expensive waders.

Stripping basket as a wading stick

Though I have been using a stripping basket or a line tray for many years and regard myself as quite an experienced stripping basket user I can still learn new tricks and ways to use this device. What I will describe I learned from Steen Ulnits a danish sports fishing journalist. Steen has written countless [...]