When you’ve just landed your new personal best, or the fish you’ve brought up is particularly stunning, the first thing you’ll want to do is take a photograph. And, if you’re a dedicated angler, you want more than a snapshot on your phone; you want a good quality photograph that will stand the test of time.
Even in today’s increasingly smartphone-focused world, angling and “proper cameras” still go very much hand in hand, in part because light conditions on the bank are almost certainly going to be too subtle, too complex, for a smartphone camera to accurately record. The particular sheen and patterning on a fish, likewise, is something that it takes specialist, dedicated design technology to accurately reproduce – and an accurate reproduction is the whole reason for the photograph. You won’t need any help remembering this event, but you will want something you can show others that makes them feel as though they were there, on the bank, in the swim. You want something that gives you that same feeling every time you look at it.
If you’re fishing solo, you’ll also want the ability to quickly and easily take a photograph of you holding your catch of the day, before setting it back down in the water to provide another challenge for another angler; in short, you’ll want a camera with a self-timer function, that can remain stable when it’s set down on a surface, including a rough, uneven one, and is capable of being positioned for shots at almost any angle.
In short, you’ll want a proper camera, probably with a selection of lenses and filters to accommodate different light levels, and adjust any glare coming off the water. And, since proper cameras are expensive, delicate pieces of kit, you’ll want to protect them on your trip to the bank.
Which means you’ll want the JRC Defender Padded Camera Bag.
Presented in durable, hard wearing, 500D polyester, this camera bag is fully water resistant, and tough enough even for the most enthusiastic of angling adventures, across the roughest terrain. The bag is fully padded for complete protection, and features an external front pocket, which could hold spare batteries, or a notebook and pen, an internal pocket on the lid, which is ideal for spare memory cards, and adjustable, internal dividers to accommodate different sizes of cameras, lenses, and filters.
Both the main compartment and the external pocket feature double zips for complete security, and the camera bag also has a removable, adjustable, non-slip shoulder strap, so you can easily carry it separately from your luggage, and have complete flexibility if you need to move a distance from the water’s edge for the perfect shot.