| One of the most exciting aspects of fishing is | | | | lakes hardly ever fished at all, the kinds of places |
| being able to do it in new locations and to this end | | | | where you literally have the entire location to |
| travel fishing rods are just the perfect tool for | | | | yourself. There's something just so pure and |
| the job. While most anglers own 2 or even 3 | | | | spiritual about it all! |
| piece rods the truth is that they're just not | | | | These travel rods will fold up and literally fit inside |
| practical for travel and can be broken or | | | | your backpack which means you have the |
| damaged easily in transit. | | | | freedom to fish anywhere you like even if it |
| Up until recently there was always an issue with | | | | involves taking a plane to get there! No more rod |
| these kinds of rods. The trade off was that they | | | | cases or excess baggage charges, the rod will fit |
| were very portable in design but this resulted in a | | | | straight into your suitcase. |
| poorer performance as a fishing rod. The | | | | There are no restrictions either in terms of what |
| manufacturers, well aware of this problem, have | | | | kind of travel rod you can get. Fly rods, spinning |
| worked very hard to address this issue and | | | | rods, bait casting rods, even surf rods all have |
| succeeded. The travel fishing rods of today are | | | | their own models catered for in this new market. |
| almost, quite incredibly, on a par with standard 1 | | | | If you've never had the adventurous fishing bug |
| or 2 piece rods in terms of performance. | | | | before then perhaps the new breed of travel |
| It's really great news for fishermen who are | | | | fishing rods will inspire you to step out into the |
| adventurous and enjoy combining say a hiking | | | | wider world and fish some really exciting places |
| holiday in the Scottish lochs with fishing pristine | | | | right off the beaten track. |