I have a Monomaster and it is an excellent thing, tidies up tippet and leaders beautifully. Emptying it is a pain though, I struggled with my fingers and I resorted to the kitchen scissors in the end. Am I missing something? Is there an easy way of emptying it? Or is the one downside of an otherwise very nifty bit of kit.

P

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Hi Polly, reading your post prompted me to empty mine for the first time. Yes, it is a scissor job. Perhaps the kitchen scissors are a little hefty. I used some skinny fly tying ones, following up several channels snipping. It all fell off easily with a few prods. If you do not have any tying ones try some little manicure scissors, only a quid in Sainsburys. That should do it.

C

Hiya Polly,
I found the advertisement video for the product. They made it look easy to use, but they did not show how to empty the spool of old line.
I guess they had troubles as well.

Guys,

Take a look here for details of how to take the cap off the Monomaster - to be honest, it is easy when you know how ...

The monomaster - the most effective waste line holder

Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the link.

Kind regards

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Airedale, North Yorkshire

Have I missed the point here? I thought the problem was removing the old line, not opening the capsule

I use a sharp stanley knife, no problems.

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I use a chair leg but don't tell Phil

part and parcel of the same problem

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Would it no be better just sticking old line in your pocket & cutting it up when you get to a bin. Seems like a useless gaget to me if you have trouble emptying it.
Tight Lines

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Just to put the record straight (I have indulged in a little leg pulling above), it is easy to open, one hand and a quick push with the thumb. As for removing the old tippet/leader snip snip snip or a sharp stanley knife used gently as suggested above will do the trick.
I used to put old line in my pocket with a view to dealing with it later, but somehow it always made it's way back out of my pocket at the most inconvenient time. The Monomaster is a breath of fresh air and I for one would never be without one.