OUTDOORS: Treat yourself to great gear

ERIC SHARP
OUTDOORS: Treat yourself to great gear

December 27, 2007

OK, the season of forced good cheer is almost behind us. And if you're an outdoors type, you may have collected some useless gifts that you can take back to a store and trade in for something you really could use.

Even better, someone might have had sense enough to give you a gift certificate or cash, which may be a bit crass but spends better than good will, at least in the stores I patronize. So here are a few items to consider that have added enormous enjoyment to my outdoors activities.

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• Bert's Custom Tackle trolling gear: This was the pet project of my late and greatly missed pal, Bert Cummings, who sold his ideas and line of rod-mounting tracks, rod holders and other trolling gear to Tecla Co. in Waterford shortly before his untimely death in 2005.

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