So I gave my wife a purple ladybug for her keychain about a year ago, she lost it through airport security. I bought her another and I'm always asking her if she ever uses it or if it comes in handy.
We'll yesterday afternoon, she took my son to a local pond so he could go fishing. She said she got there and there was a mallard hen that had fishing line wrapped around its legs and feet a thousand times over and it was caught on the edge of the pond near the shore and could not get away. She was able to pick the duck up and cut the line off it and set it free.
Sorry no pics, but she sent me this text yesterday when it happened -
"I had to use my Spyderco to cut fishing line around a mallards foot. She was so exhausted she just laid on my lap while I worked on her. Mikey was so blown away I was able to hold her and cut her free! The knife worked perfectly, I had to get into some really tight spots to cut the line and size was great! Thanks for the knife honey...."
I thought it was a cool story. :) Makes you feel good when you give someone something they end up using and comes in handy.
Spyderco Ladybug saves a Mallard! :-)
I think it is an interesting time to reflect upon spyderco's efforts to make a blade to be used to cut whales free from nets. Spyderco rocks from a moral standpoint. It is rare to support a company which does more good than any harm.
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That's a cool story! Thanks for sharing it on here.
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Newest :spyder: manix 2 lightweight.
:spyder: top wishlist: junior,D4,E4,,h1 D'fly salt,h1 ladybug salt,g10 manbug,caly3•3.5,all sprint para2's
Have to have= brad southard flipper, gayle bradley:spyder:
"combat knife is actually 10% weapon and 90% tool".~ Al Mar
Great story! :D
I see hundreds of gulls during the summer with hooks in their beaks or wrapped up in monofilament fishing line. For all of the bashing commercial fishermen take, it is the recreational fisherman that seems more careless on the water. If someone is fishing and they hook a gull, don't cut the line, reel the bird in and free it. Don't throw your balls of monofilament line overboard or even in a barrel on the wharf. The wind can blow it out...take it home..
Every time a hooked bird or an entangled bird lands on my boat I try to catch it and free it. I have fence cutters on my boat for cutting lobster trap wire. They make short work of a fishing hook. Nature is hard enough as it is. Even a bird as lowly as the gull deserves a fighting chance. I have one that pecks on the wheelhouse windows now when it wants a piece of fish and I don't mind sparing some bait to feed it :D
I guess mann0mann should get some credit too! He bought the knife for his wife! :D :D :D
I see hundreds of gulls during the summer with hooks in their beaks or wrapped up in monofilament fishing line. For all of the bashing commercial fishermen take, it is the recreational fisherman that seems more careless on the water. If someone is fishing and they hook a gull, don't cut the line, reel the bird in and free it. Don't throw your balls of monofilament line overboard or even in a barrel on the wharf. The wind can blow it out...take it home..
Every time a hooked bird or an entangled bird lands on my boat I try to catch it and free it. I have fence cutters on my boat for cutting lobster trap wire. They make short work of a fishing hook. Nature is hard enough as it is. Even a bird as lowly as the gull deserves a fighting chance. I have one that pecks on the wheelhouse windows now when it wants a piece of fish and I don't mind sparing some bait to feed it :D
I guess mann0mann should get some credit too! He bought the knife for his wife! :D :D :D
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:thumbup: It's really appauling how much fishing line and related trash I stumble upon when out fishing. 
I usually stuff empty compartments of my backpack with left line and other litter. I always seem to find mounds of line maybe 50-100ft :confused: , I don't get it and it really gets me :mad: .
It's so disheartening to be on a lovely outing on a beautiful day only to see trash everywhere. Side note... I always seem to catch bigger/more fish on days I clean up a ton of trash; the fish god's must appreciate it :p .
I usually stuff empty compartments of my backpack with left line and other litter. I always seem to find mounds of line maybe 50-100ft :confused: , I don't get it and it really gets me :mad: .
It's so disheartening to be on a lovely outing on a beautiful day only to see trash everywhere. Side note... I always seem to catch bigger/more fish on days I clean up a ton of trash; the fish god's must appreciate it :p .
