What Grinds our Gears…or Reels.
Imagine the following scenario:
You, an individual who works hard, provides for their family, and budgets the needs of others over your own…is finally in a position to take some time away from work and relax at the beach. You and your friend have rented a house a ways back but a short walk from the surf and with a dock opening into the ICW and salt water flats.
You have worked all year for this week…
You brought your rods, a fishing kayak, and some drinks…
You set out with your friends on an armada of kayaks and you locate the school of Reds Fish hunting in the marshes as you explore deeper and deeper…
You send out the first cast using a soft plastic on a jig head, not too heavy nor too light…
You feel the STRIKE of the Red as it pulls your line, your hook is set, your drag is set, you are in the zone…
Except your rod isn’t in the zone and fails!
It decides that it is going to fail in this moment as many rods do in the most inopportune time, your hard earned money, time, and effort now wasted as you have to drudge your way back to the dock by yourself to leave the failed rod and get a replacement. Sure you have a back up rod, but this one was your Cadillac rod that allowed you to launch that lure for miles while sitting in a kayak. The rod that allowed you to feel the gentles of currents as you became one with the fish
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At Trident Fish Club, we are routinely disappointing with the product offerings available for the recreational fisherman ranging from kayaks, rods, lures, and the such. Whether it is a $40 reel/rod combo or a fishing kayak costing several thousand dollars; some of these products are designed with planned obsolescence in mind and ultimately fail.
At TFC we believe that your hard earned money should be wasted on products that don’t live up to hype, as such, we will publishing product reviews of rods, reels, kayaks, lures, line, fish finders, and other items we utilize on our trips.
Reviews will be unbiased, and completely transparent or our thoughts, what works, what doesn’t, and what could be improved; whether it is a design flaw or poor craftsmanship…we will show it and give our thoughts on how to improve it.
