{"id":3038,"date":"2014-03-26T13:38:10","date_gmt":"2014-03-26T13:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itinerantangler.com\/blog\/podcasts\/?p=3038"},"modified":"2014-07-21T20:37:49","modified_gmt":"2014-07-22T00:37:49","slug":"gear-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itinerantangler.com\/blog\/podcasts\/2014\/03\/26\/gear-design\/","title":{"rendered":"Gear “Design”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"GEARDESIGN\"My friends almost uniformly comment on (make fun of) my habit of sketching out product ideas on legal pads. Sometimes I come up with something great that really ends up working. \u00a0Other times the whole idea is ridiculous from the start. \u00a0For today’s gear post I thought I’d share a few of my more or less harebrained ideas with some examples of great products that actually got there before I did.<\/p>\n

Non-destructive Yeti Drift Boat Chair Mount<\/h3>\n

Don’t you love how terrible my product names are? \u00a0This is a design for a set of aluminum clamps that would attach to the top lid of a Yeti or similar cooler, allowing you to mount a drift boat style chair with a back, but not do any destructive drilling. \u00a0I haven’t built this one but I think it would work, and if you powder coated it black, it’d be pretty nice. \"10157259_652151686204_2127144247_n\"<\/p>\n

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Nighttime Fish Light Buoy<\/h3>\n

This one sort of worked. \u00a0The actual rubber inner tubes depicted here were a bust, but when I went to sheet foam the buoy worked perfectly–it just didn’t draw any fish. \"10155388_652151706164_2005873801_n\" Realization: \"buoysmall\"<\/p>\n

Home-Built Flash Diffuser<\/h3>\n

This one worked perfectly and I am very satisfied with it. \u00a0In fact I ended up making two. \"10151415_652152125324_2065128316_n\" Realization: \"1011831_627054920324_1078487268_n\"<\/p>\n

Transom-Mount Poling Platform \"10001058_652151790994_2007652981_o\"<\/h3>\n

This one never got built either but it’s a simple design that would work on most square-ended canoes with sufficiently-wide transoms.<\/p>\n

Stand-Up Paddle Toon<\/h3>\n

\"1964948_652151795984_973236738_n\" This one worked perfectly<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ikea Billy Bookcase Hack<\/h3>\n

\"1913355_652151701174_1221174106_o\" This was Tracy’s idea, not mine, and it isn’t a fishing post, but it also worked beautifully. \"1617423_651268785544_913984452_o\"<\/p>\n

Guide’s Net Sling<\/h3>\n

\"1620479_652152115344_178676105_n\" Cheap, easy, simple. \u00a0I’ve never seen this one on the market.<\/p>\n

Resizable Lumbar System for Backpacks<\/h3>\n

\"1538797_652151696184_1671411233_n\" I think the need is there but this design is probably a little clunky, even though my goal was to design a system that would keep costs down.<\/p>\n

Gheenoe Jack Plate<\/h3>\n

\"1425376_652151800974_1789325762_o\" This one again worked perfectly. \"522729_604895388204_1121861411_n\"<\/p>\n

Lumbar Flats Pack with Net Holder and Water Bladder Pouch<\/h3>\n

\"1167129_652151691194_583330303_o\" Fishpond very nearly designed this exact product with their Westwater Guide Lumbar Pack<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Kayak Wheel Kit\/Outriggers<\/h3>\n

\"1970833_652152120334_757308772_n\" I don’t own a kayak so this one hasn’t been built yet either, but the concept again I think is sound. Basically instead of just having stabilizing outriggers that can flip up and down, like the Hobie Sidekick Ama<\/a> system, you’d also integrate an exterior lug for attachment of cart tires, so you can roll your boat straight to the river. \u00a0The Hobie-style attachment points would need to be beefed up for this to work.<\/p>\n

Bird-Vest Based Angling Strap Vest<\/h3>\n

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I’m a huge fan of LL Bean’s Pa’tridge II Strap Vest, and I’d love to see them build a fishing version with a modular backpack…<\/p>\n

Wader Jeans<\/h3>\n

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I don’t always sketch on a legal pad. \u00a0I’ve been trying to get someone to make these for years.<\/p>\n

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Same story here. \u00a0This one seems like a no-brainer.<\/p>\n

Hey, thanks for indulging me today. \u00a0If you’ve got your own product ideas, share them with us on the board!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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