Found a nice little product that I am using on all my new rod leashes at strapworks.com. It is a combination pinch connector for strap and whistle. That way I always have a whistle at arms length. I have never had to use my whistle yet, but better to have it and not need it than the other way around. Had a sailboat almost run me over a couple weeks ago when the captain (and i use the term very loosely) reached down to the deck to pick something up for a passenger and veered right at me. Luckily there was not a lot of noise at the time and I can yell pretty loud or I would have been toast. Anyway, be safe out there guys, it is summer and there are a bunch of those "captains" on the water.