in my opinion a stripping basket is essential for all swff.there is nothing more infurating than seeing a good fish boil, shooting a cast at them only to find that it has been snagged on a piece of kelp or knotted from the wave motion (i know from experience!!!). because of this i decided to make one myself and came across this website which works out faultlessly
http://www.lyndenhuggins.com/Fly%20Fish ... Basket.htm