Customer Reviews

South Bend Canv Creel

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This creel is great and completely fulfills its purpose. I highly recommend it for the avid fisherman.

I found after I received this item that the pouches are not very usable due to the sizes that they are. It is perfect for holding fish as long as you don't need to carry much fishing gear as well (which I do cause I am great at getting my line caught on things). Unfortunately I was disappointed and only use this one as a backup. I do like the color!

I spent the better part of one morning this week trying to buy one of these in my town. Three large sporting goods stores carried them. The first one I bought had the strap sewn on backwards. I took it back. At each store I went to, everyone was assembled backwards. One was even sewn with the strap twisted so that it would have to be re-sewn to hang right. The quality overall is great except that they are useless unless you take the strap off and sew it on right. I have been using this kind of creel for over 40 years and this is the first time I have seen this problem. What do you expect from China?

So I wanted a cheap creel in case I decide to not release something I catch (a rarity). Well careful what you wish for, because for less than $15.00 I got this decently constructed creel which was of higher quality than I expected, but there is a caveat on the tag that says it may contain lead. This is somewhat troubling because, now I'm not sure if this is something I should keep, due to issues of lead in trout streams. I'm sure the minor amount of lead in this very light creel is negligible, but I would have appreciated a little blurb on the product description about its leaden construction. I'll probably hang on to it until I find something better (and lead-free).