What's new and where's the sense in it?

Garry2rs · 01-02-11, 05:32 AM

I have been cruising on-line sites that feature videos and write-ups on the latest fishing tackle.

Most of the new product centre around recurring themes:
New smaller, lighter reels with even more bearings and higher gear ratio's...
Sort of Carter Burden meets fishing...
"You can never be too thin, too rich, or have too many books." becomes "You can't have too high a gear ratio, be too small or have too many bearings."

Rods for slightly different tactics or presentations...
Worms but not Jigs on this one, Spinnerbaits but not Cranks here...Top waters and Frogs on that one...no wait...was that one Jerkbaits and C-rigs...Sometimes you just can't tell the players without a program!!!

More rods that are Species Specific...
What was I thinking? I can't chase bass with a walleye rod!!!

And of coarse the latest can't miss baits!
I haven't seen so many "New and Improved" that looked like the "same-old in a new wrapper" since my last trip to the laundry soap aisle at the Super Market!

It reading the comments and viewing the testimonials I began to recall the theory of the"Big Lie."

Richard Belzer defines The Big Lie, in his book UFOs, JFK, and Elvis: Conspiracies You Don't Have To Be Crazy To Believe, this way:

"If you tell a lie that's big enough, and you tell it often enough, people will believe you are telling the truth, even when what you are saying is total crap."
In fishing terms I think that's sort of like the benefits of Fluorocarbon...

Then the latest must-have fads:

Reels with "go-fast" paint jobs.

Mini Guides.
Do they come with a needle threader?

And even more Split-Grips.
Does anyone else get those end knobs tangled in their jacket???

As kids weren't we catching fish on garden worms? Wasn't hi-tech a neon coloured rod?

When were we seduced into believing we needed ten shapes of plastic creatures, in eight colours, swing from $500.00 worth of space-age materials just to do the same job?

Okay, the truth is I need all this new stuff because the bass on my waters have a higher grade-point average than most College Freshmen, but I doubt that you do...HAHAHA

01-02-11, 05:32 AM	#1
Garry2rs BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: AZ. USA. and Ont. Canada Posts: 145	What's new and where's the sense in it? I have been cruising on-line sites that feature videos and write-ups on the latest fishing tackle. Most of the new product centre around recurring themes: New smaller, lighter reels with even more bearings and higher gear ratio's... Sort of Carter Burden meets fishing... "You can never be too thin, too rich, or have too many books." becomes "You can't have too high a gear ratio, be too small or have too many bearings." Rods for slightly different tactics or presentations... Worms but not Jigs on this one, Spinnerbaits but not Cranks here...Top waters and Frogs on that one...no wait...was that one Jerkbaits and C-rigs...Sometimes you just can't tell the players without a program!!! More rods that are Species Specific... What was I thinking? I can't chase bass with a walleye rod!!! And of coarse the latest can't miss baits! I haven't seen so many "New and Improved" that looked like the "same-old in a new wrapper" since my last trip to the laundry soap aisle at the Super Market! It reading the comments and viewing the testimonials I began to recall the theory of the"Big Lie." Richard Belzer defines The Big Lie, in his book UFOs, JFK, and Elvis: Conspiracies You Don't Have To Be Crazy To Believe, this way: "If you tell a lie that's big enough, and you tell it often enough, people will believe you are telling the truth, even when what you are saying is total crap." In fishing terms I think that's sort of like the benefits of Fluorocarbon... Then the latest must-have fads: Reels with "go-fast" paint jobs. Mini Guides. Do they come with a needle threader? And even more Split-Grips. Does anyone else get those end knobs tangled in their jacket??? As kids weren't we catching fish on garden worms? Wasn't hi-tech a neon coloured rod? When were we seduced into believing we needed ten shapes of plastic creatures, in eight colours, swing from $500.00 worth of space-age materials just to do the same job? Okay, the truth is I need all this new stuff because the bass on my waters have a higher grade-point average than most College Freshmen, but I doubt that you do...HAHAHA

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)