Fishing leader organizer

1 . An organizer for storing a plurality of fishing leaders, comprising:

a base having an internal storage space;

a plurality of spools removably received within the internal storage space and each configured to receive a different one of the plurality of fishing leaders;

a winding location positioned external to the base and configured to removably receive at least one of the plurality of spools; and

a mounting device located between the base and the at least one of the plurality of spools and configured to rotatably retain the at least one of the plurality of spools at the winding location by engagement with an external surface of the at least one of the plurality of spools.

2 . The organizer of claim 1 , further including a lid configured to engage the base and move between an open position at which the plurality of spools are accessible and a closed position at which the plurality of spools are secured in the base.

3 . The organizer of claim 2 , wherein the winding location is formed integral to the lid.

4 . The organizer of claim 3 , wherein:

the lid includes an elongated half-pipe shape; and

the winding location is positioned at an external axial end of the lid.

5 . The organizer of claim 1 , wherein the winding location includes:

a generally planar flange; and

an annular lip that surrounds the generally planar flange and extends axially away from the generally planar flange.

6 . The organizer of claim 1 , wherein:

each of the plurality of spools is disk-like; and

the spools of the plurality of spools are stacked axially end-to-end within the internal storage space.

7 . The organizer of claim 6 , wherein each of the plurality of spools includes a finger hole to allow manual winding after latching at the winding location.

8 . The organizer of claim 6 , wherein each of the plurality of spools includes:

at least one flange; and

an annular surface extending axially from a face of the at least one flange.

9 . The organizer of claim 8 , wherein each of the plurality of spools also includes at least one clocking feature configured to retain a desired clocking orientation relative to an adjacent spool.

10 . An organizer for storing a plurality of fishing leaders, comprising:

a base having an internal storage space;

a plurality of spools removably received within the internal storage space and each configured to receive a different one of the plurality of fishing leaders;

a winding location positioned external to the base and configured to removably receive at least one of the plurality of spools;

a generally planar flange;

an annular lip that surrounds the generally planar flange and extends axially away from the generally planar flange; and

a leader guide located adjacent the outer lip.

11 . An organizer for storing a plurality of fishing leaders, comprising:

a base having an internal storage space;

a plurality of spools removably received within the internal storage space and each configured to receive a different one of the plurality of fishing leaders; and

a winding location positioned external to the base and configured to removably receive at least one of the plurality of spools, wherein the winding location includes a magnet configured to retain the at least one of the plurality of spools at the winding location during winding.

12 . An organizer for storing a plurality of fishing leaders, comprising:

a base having an internal storage space;

a plurality of spools removably received within the internal storage space and each configured to receive a different one of the plurality of fishing leaders; and

a winding location positioned external to the base and configured to removably receive at least one of the plurality of spools, wherein

the base includes an elongated half-pipe shape; and

the plurality of spools is retained in the internal storage space of the base via magnetic attraction.

13 . The organizer of claim 12 , further including a mid-wall axially dividing the internal storage space into multiple sections.

14 . The organizer of claim 12 , further including a locking feature inside the base and configured to maintain a desired clocking orientation of the plurality of spools.

15 . An organizer for storing a plurality of fishing leaders, comprising:

a base having an internal storage space;

a plurality of spools removably received within the internal storage space and each configured to receive a different one of the plurality of fishing leaders; and

a winding location positioned external to the base and configured to removably receive at least one of the plurality of spools, wherein each of the plurality of spools is magnetically latched to an adjacent spool when stacked axially end-to-end.

16 . An organizer for storing a plurality of fishing leaders, comprising:

a base having an internal storage space;

a plurality of spools removably received within the internal storage space and each configured to receive a different one of the plurality of fishing leaders; and

a winding location positioned external to the base and configured to removably receive at least one of the plurality of spools, wherein each of the plurality of spools includes:

at least one flange;

an annular surface extending axially from a face of the at least one flange; and

an annular leader channel radially disposed between an annular surface and an outer edge of the at least one flange.

17 . The organizer of claim 16 , wherein the annular leader channel is interrupted to provide locations for retaining a hook or a leader loop.

18 . An organizer for storing a plurality of fishing leaders, comprising:

a base having an internal storage space;

a plurality of spools removably received within the internal storage space and each configured to receive a different one of the plurality of fishing leaders; and

a winding location positioned external to the base and configured to removably receive at least one of the plurality of spools, wherein:

the internal storage space is configured to receive two rows of axially stacked spools;

the winding location is a first winding location; and

the organizer includes a second winding location adjacent the first winding location.

19 . An organizer for storing a plurality of fishing leaders, comprising:

a base having an internal storage space;

a plurality of spools removably received within the internal storage space and each configured to receive a different one of the plurality of fishing leaders; and

a winding location positioned external to the base and configured to removably receive at least one of the plurality of spools, wherein the winding location is configured to receive only a single one of the plurality of spools at a time.

20 . An organizer for storing a plurality of fishing leaders, comprising:

a base having a half-pipe shape and forming an internal storage space;

a plurality of disk-like spools removably received within the internal storage space, each configured to receive a different one of the plurality of fishing leaders;

a lid configured to pivotally engage the base and move between an open position at which the plurality of spools are accessible and a closed position at which the plurality of spools are secured in the base; and

a manual winding location formed at an external axial end of the lid and configured to magnetically latch one of the plurality of spools at a time.