Introducing The monoMASTER For videos demonstrating the monoMASTER on HatchesTV click here An Innovative and Novel Storage Device for Handling Waste MonofilamentWhat lasts longer, Empires, buildings or monofilament? Monofilament, probably.It lasts up to six hundred years. So what happens when we have a wind knot or tangleand have to change tippet or a leader? We stuff the discarded line into our vest pocket,and later find it stuck in our zipper or wrapped around our knot tyer or hook sharpener-ifwe’re lucky. If not? We reach into our pocket and accidentally pull the line out and dropit into the water or onto the bank where it eventually ends up wrapped around a bush, aheron or a trout. We at Grasshopper Outdoor Products, Ltd are active anglers and members ofTGF, TU and FFF and as conscientious anglers, we are intimately committed to avoidingany personal contribution to the deterioration of trout habitat, which includes pollutingwith waste monofilament. To this end we invented the monoMASTER, which is a small,light-weight new tool that can be attached to a fishing vest or stored in a pocket or tacklebox and used to conveniently store all waste mono generated while fishing. "Anythingthat reduces pollution is essential in our time, but a device that does it with such ease andenjoyment is a downright miracle. MonoMASTER is a 'must-have" for every seriousangler" (Richard Friedenberg - screenwriter, "A River Runs Through It"). Waste mono dropped onto the bank is routinely picked up by conscientiousanglers, but this isn’t always effective. Despite all our efforts we are not able to do muchabout the tangles of waste line accumulating under the water line to the detriment ofwildlife habitat and water management efforts. This mono continues to accumulate overgenerations and, with over 40 Million anglers on US streams, every inch of waste monomatters. "Those of us in the Federation of Fly Fishers who have had the opportunity toexamine the monoMaster agree that it's a "must" for every fly fisher person's vest." (RonCordes, PhD, JD - Chairman of the Board of Directors, Federation of Fly Fishers). For more information on the monoMASTER visit: http://www.grasshopperproducts.com/ See the monoMASTER in Action   Hatches Magazine Subscription Price: $6.95 for each issue The Premiere issue is ready for shipping & the Fall 2008 issue will be available September 1st. Hatches Magazine Subscription Price: $6.95 for each issue The Premiere issue is ready for shipping & the Fall 2008 issue will be available September 1st.