For several years my colleagues and I have been busy developing a new technology specifically for the US military. Our study and research has been so secret that we have been confined to separate laboratories and only the master computer has been aware of the completed results.
However, this small piece has not been written to blind you, the esteemed reader, with science. In fact, it was only as a keen angler that I saw the tremendous spin-off that our research threw up as far as fishing is concerned. Suffice it to say that we now have the ultimate in fishing technology ready to hit the angling market.
This device will transform the catch returns of anglers all around the world. The word ‘blank’ will never again be uttered from the mouth of a fisherman. Even the novice will boast of catches that previously were known only to anglers of many years standing.
What is this wonderful invention, I hear you ask. I am talking about nothing less than the ultimate in fooling wary fish – the line-less reel. Yes, it is now possible to fish without line. Before you switch off and discount me as a crank, just think what sort of reaction Alexander Graham Bell got when he invented the first telephone. Or the ridicule Mr Mobile encountered when he took that invention a step further!
Nowadays, we all take such items for granted. And that’s exactly what you, as anglers will be doing in the future with the ‘Trawets Roolb no-line’ range of tackle (Registered Trademark). TRNL (for short) is about to transform the face of angling the world over.
So, how does it work? Due to the harness of magnetic forces, combined with the manipulation of gravitational dimension, we can now programme a reel to behave as if it has line on it, when in fact it has none. So, in effect as you ‘cast out’ the bait will settle in your chosen (pre-programmed) spot.
As a fish takes the bait, which it will, due to the absence of line to spook it, your reel will then indicate the bite through a computer chip, which is inserted into the handle. As you strike, the hook will set in the conventional way. (At this point, we still need a hook, although future technological developments may even dispense with that). The chip will instantly relay to the reel the size and strength of the fish. Thus the fight will be conducted electronically right up to the moment the net is slipped under the fish.
Of course, technology like this doesn’t come cheap. At the moment each TRNL kit costs in excess of $10,000 (£ 6,000). However, due to mass production we anticipate that within a year or two it will be available at a fraction of that cost. Just imagine, no more lost fish – the ‘line’ is strong enough to tow a fully laden jumbo jet – yet because it’s invisible, will fool even the most wary of fish.
