You can find Cardoza scales in a number of catalogs and at tackle shops. You've had a reel on a rod for a season and maybe you haven't been all that diligent about cleaning up after every trip. You go to take the reel off in the fall, but you can't loosen the reel seat. Eventually you resort to pliers or a vice-grip, which works, but doing so scratches the heck out of said reel seat. The solution to this problem is a strap wrench from Rigid.
Rigid tools are also available at hardware stores.
I got my first fish hook extractor about six years ago. It's unequivocally the best tool I've seen for removing a hook from a fish. HydraKoil A washdown should be mandatory for cleanup on a fishing boat. Still, I got so tired of having to coil the hose up or tripping on the darn thing that I resorted to cleaning with buckets full of water most of the time. One day, I spotted a beautiful bikini-clad babe with a HydraKoil in an ad in the back of a magazine.