I really like this low profile rod holder, they are perfect for fly rods of different sizes, and works great with Ultra Light to Medium Heavy gear rods. It works well to hold your rod on an angle while runny line through your guides, especially with longer rods and Spey rods. It's a strong magnetic when it connects to a vehicle and no concerns with the rods getting blown off the vehicle especially when you place the pod to the right height based on the rod height.
This has worked out great for my Bass fishing chest pack. I usually only use 3 tippet sizes (1X, 2X, and 3X) and it holds an amazing amount. It transitions well when fly fishing for Strippers too.
Good build quality, easy to spool tippet on the tracks with use of an electric drill,
Dispenses easily from the 4 track spool. Love the built In cutting tool.
Fit on my fishpond head gate after some persuasion. It was a bit tight to get it over the end of the spindle at first
I blood knotted additional tippet to an initial length of 10 yards of the tippet size as an indicator that I need to reload that size
Absolutely love the Tippet Tender. The loaded version is awesome and what I really like is it is so compact. I will need to get another blank one that I will load with Fluorocarbon. Very well built with rugged heavy duty plastic.
This is flat out the best way to carry tippets Saves so much space and the ease of us makes this a must have item
I've used many different methods and products to store my tippet while fishing and this one is, by far, the best one I've found. The product quality is outstanding and I know it will last a long time. The built in cutter is a great feature and enables me to prepare a tippet segment quickly and efficiently.
A couple of observations: 1) the plastic material used is very dense and relatively heavy so you'll need a retractor that is strong enough to keep the tippet tender fully retracted when it's not in use, and 2) the video showing how to load the tippet tender with a drill is not great. It doesn't show how to use the starter holes or how to use different sizes of tippet loading spools to prevent a massive birdnest if you don't do it right. I've been told, however, that a new video is in the works so this should be resolved soon.
Summary - I'm super happy with the way the product functions on the river and I'd highly recommend the Tippet Tender.
Very helpful when reloading the Tippet Tender using a drill.
All the products from freemotus are well made and operate wonderfully. Top Notch
Very well made Keep thing organized and built in cutter is the icing on the top. Customer service is awesome.
I havent tried it yet but will be doing do soon. Took it to my fishing club meeting and lots of people took the name.
Hello Irene, Thank you and we hope you enjoy them as much as we do! And thank you for sharing these with your fishing club :) Much appreciated!
It is a paradigm shift for loading a full leader action (butt section, sighter, dropper to tip fly ) tying only one knot
Or just your tippet system loaded with two or three flies ready to tie on to your tip it ring fast
No longer tying on a fly at a time You tie on your entire terminal tackle One shot I got to get more of those
Thank you kindly
Louis John Kill
Great product. I like buying tippet in bulk. But 200 yard spools can take up a lot of room in your set up. With the tippet tender. You can have five sizes of tippet that takes up less room than two 200 yard spools.
I'm super tired of carrying around huge spools of fluro so this is perfect. I have it loaded up with 2x-5x. It could even use more sections for future models. Also purchased the reloading arbor, but it didn't fit my smaller drill. Customer service was excellent and made me a custom part. Excited to try that once it arrives. Keeping going Free Motus! I love slimming down all the gear I carry to the water.
I’ve been waiting a while for this to be back in stock!
Received it today and the quality is better than I had hoped for!
It is compact, sturdy and I can’t wait to put it to use!
As a Steelhead guy I can burn thru a ton of tippet and won’t need to carry around all those bulky 100 meter spools anymore!
