01-31-2013, 04:51 PM
Hmmm.... Bringing Shark Tank to BTF, I like it. So I've thought about this one for awhile. The reason to create a new invention, is usually to fix a problem to make something easier. I don't see what the problem is with the reel on the rod, nor do I see this making anything easier. I see it actually making things 10X harder, more parts, more mechanical items to go wrong.
I honestly can't think of one reason why I'd want to use this. The fight? So you get a big fish on and need to use the fighting but at your hip... You're not going to have this detached and the reel sitting to your chest while the rod in on your hip lol. I see in your vid, you just attach it back on. If hooking into a fish is ANYTHING like the last time I was on the weber, you're not going to have time to do this. Just adding another variable for something to go wrong.
Float tubing on a lake maybe? That thing would always be right in your face while kicking around the lake.....
Even floating the green from a drift boat... I can't see what this invention would fix or why it would be needed.
Cosmetically.... I wouldn't want my reel strapped to my chest either... I don't mind chest packs but, this would just not look consumer appealing.
I just see this thing being a pain in the butt and creating a major tangled mess. Not to mention what flygoddess & Rocky mentioned.... Reels are needed to balance the rods. This rod and reel still weigh half of nothing, most of the weight is your actual arm.
Thinking on the physics of your invention, you mentioned you invented it because of your tendinitis in your elbow? By removing the reel from the rod, you now have a rod that's extremely tip heavy when lined. When you go to cast that rod, you're going to have to use your elbow MORE due to the weight at the tip. Throw the reel back on the rod, everything is balanced and you should be using your wrist to cast, very little of your elbow. The counter balance of the rod throws the line. Especially with today's improvements in rods. So I see this hurting more then helping.
Good luck, and I suggest you find something else to invest your time and money into... I know you've been working on this for a year or two now, and it just hasn't gone anywhere.
With that said... "I'M OUT!"
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I honestly can't think of one reason why I'd want to use this. The fight? So you get a big fish on and need to use the fighting but at your hip... You're not going to have this detached and the reel sitting to your chest while the rod in on your hip lol. I see in your vid, you just attach it back on. If hooking into a fish is ANYTHING like the last time I was on the weber, you're not going to have time to do this. Just adding another variable for something to go wrong.
Float tubing on a lake maybe? That thing would always be right in your face while kicking around the lake.....
Even floating the green from a drift boat... I can't see what this invention would fix or why it would be needed.
Cosmetically.... I wouldn't want my reel strapped to my chest either... I don't mind chest packs but, this would just not look consumer appealing.
I just see this thing being a pain in the butt and creating a major tangled mess. Not to mention what flygoddess & Rocky mentioned.... Reels are needed to balance the rods. This rod and reel still weigh half of nothing, most of the weight is your actual arm.
Thinking on the physics of your invention, you mentioned you invented it because of your tendinitis in your elbow? By removing the reel from the rod, you now have a rod that's extremely tip heavy when lined. When you go to cast that rod, you're going to have to use your elbow MORE due to the weight at the tip. Throw the reel back on the rod, everything is balanced and you should be using your wrist to cast, very little of your elbow. The counter balance of the rod throws the line. Especially with today's improvements in rods. So I see this hurting more then helping.
Good luck, and I suggest you find something else to invest your time and money into... I know you've been working on this for a year or two now, and it just hasn't gone anywhere.
With that said... "I'M OUT!"
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