Maybe manufacturers have figured out that not all the media was going to cross the country to Orlando to catch the latest product intros at ICAST. I know that because my in-box is jammed “new product” info and images and in those I’m seeing a curious trend. There seems to be some industry-wide fixation on camouflage patterns for fishing gear.
Let me make it clear. Except for some camo plastic worms, I don’t want camo. Not camo shirts, camo rods, camo tackle systems, camo hats or camo shoes. Hunters wear camo–I get it. The military wears camo–and do they ever need it! But I don’t. I want red or yellow or blue or green. When I’m standing in a sparkling, $50,000 gelcoat bass boat–I’m not hiding.
If this camo thing is some kind of tribute to our Armed Forces, I have a better suggestion. Get those guys some cool fluorescent orange or chartreuse HUMVEEs–and build ‘em so they go 175 mph–so they can get the heck out of harm’s way, and in time, back home safe.
Where they can wear red or yellow or blue or green.
The emails they send out are pretty hilarious. At least you pay attention to them. I got bored of reading about boat soap and eco-friendly bobbers. Not that I’m against that, but if I was using bobbers I’d imagine that would be a fairly hard thing for me to lose with its uncanny ability to avoid sinking.
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