daytripper wrote in
:

I cannot count the number of times I wished I had such a device - and
then improvised by inverting the rod, holding it as close to the tip
as courage (or folly) would allow and grappling the offending branch
with the reel foot, down to where I could reach out and unloop my
fly...

/daytripper (It's risky, it's exciting, and it's often effective ;-)


(((shudder)))

....Handling the rod above the ferrules ... its just unnatural!!

;-)

Steve