Description
The OmniSpool Switchbox System allows a quick loading and unloading of reels, a quick, easy line changes on the water and easy handling in conjunction with a fly rod and reel. Load the Switchboxes up. Travel – select the lines you need for each outing, clip them together and throw them in your gear bag – find them when you need them; robust but light; protection against salt and grit.
Stack – clip the Switchboxes together for simple organisation out in the field and when you get back to base; label your Switchboxes for easy line identification. Sort them, stack them, store them.
Features
The OmniSpool Switchbox System is born out of the designers’ experience and needs, to solve several problems at once. They will probably seem obvious:
- With spare reel spools no longer needed, you save not only on cash, but also weight.
- Locating the lines you want when they are stacked at home takes no time.
- Identifying your fly lines is easy. Label your Switchboxes and stack them together in groups (line weights, densities, whatever).
- You do not have to dig around in your bag feeling for loose lines or spools when you are out fishing, or find they are not there when you need them because they were too awkward to pack.
- Your line is not a mess when you need it; it is in good working order.
- You do not need four hands or a buddy to deal with rod, reel, lines etc.
- You do not need a bulky line winder any more.
- If you use multi tip lines, you might splash out on a spare box to hold the heads, clipped to the side of the main running line. We have found that these speciality lines are not of much use if you cannot find the head wallet.
The sturdy OmniSpool crank handle is grooved to fit through the spool and around the line, it fits in either side, so it does not matter if you are left or right handed. Colour: Green & Blue.
The Omnispool’s Arbor Spacers for the Omnispool Switchbox System speeds loading and reduces line memory from tight winding. Spare fly lines are spooled, stored and packed, not to mention accessibly tangle free when you need them, in a jiffy. Easily snaps into your Omnispools (sold separately).
Here is a useful add on to the LineMan, the OmniSpool LineCarebox. Fly lines get scaly, salty and sticky which detracts from their casting and shooting efficiency, plus we have probably all put away a line uncleaned after a trip once the fun is over, only to find it in a sorry state when we come to use it the next time. Whether you are a couple of days into a trip or putting your gear to bed for a while, go with the LineCarebox’s Double C treatment.
The optional snap on Arbor Spacers offer a choice of two larger arbour sizes, useful for smaller fly lines and now popular amongst conventional anglers storing and switching braided lines in particular.
