Goat Head Sole Spikes — Cup

[caption id="attachment_894" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Final Product: A Sole Spikes cup leader keeper"][/caption] For all of the beauty of fly fishing, there is also a darker side to the sport like invasive species transport, river access conflicts, and one you might not think of, litter. It seems that many anglers just assume that their trashed leaders and excess tippet material will just disappear in the water, but the reality is that it is quite a nuisance for the ecosystem as a whole. One problem you encounter is just where are you going to store the leader/tippet once it is tangled beyond...

[gallery link="file" columns="2"] I travel quite a bit for work and generally find that my earbuds take the worst of my travels. I used to try and find a place for them in my big computer bag, that is no good. They get trashed, tangled, and tend to short out or I lose the ear piece. It could be a million things, but the best way to keep them safe I have found is to neatly coil and stick them in my old Sole Spikes™ cup. I can slip that cup in my bag or pocket and my earbuds rest...