You
may recognize these pictures from a year or so ago. Well ... these
pouches are starting to take hold here in the Twin Cities. We decided
to go with the name Reel Wool Products because we have a series of
products going online that are made entirely of hand knit and felted
Fisherman's Wool.
The products are hand knit and hand felted by
my mother-in-law in Minnesota and the buttons are hand carved in my
shop. It's getting hard to find products that are REALLY hand crafted
in the USA!
The purpose of these reel pouches is simple, protect
your reel from dings and dents while you walk from the car to your
fishing spot. Nothing like dropping your rare or $300 modern machined
reel on the rocks, or how about rolling around in the back of your truck
when you take the short trip to your next favorite spot! The felted
wool offers a breathable, protective layer to your reel - eliminating
dreaded reel rash. When you get to your spot the pouch unbuttons and
fit rights in your pocket.
If the reel protector gets wet, the
material is naturally breathable and will dry in a snap. Wool is the
perfect material around water!
These pouches retail for $29.95 and will be sold at fly fishing shops nationwide and online.
Here is the prototype in the other color we are offering ... Brown (no
button attached). In regards to sizing, we are modeling our sizes in 2
classes, Classic and Modern. The Classic line is modeled to fit the
Pflueger Medalist line of reels, the1492 Medalist up to the big pig the
1598. The Modern is still in the works and will probably be designed to
fit a product line from Ross.
I'm curious what you guys think? I had my mother-in-law knit one of these for me and I have been using it for over a year. I love the look and functionality of the wool. My local shop has sold over 500 of these pouches and we are just getting into shipping nationwide.
Please give me some feedback ...
Thank you,
Doug
[Doug; I moved a copy here to What's New on the Market because there is no way to reply to topics in the For Sale section. Tom]