If you are anything like me, your Christmas shopping list has not even been touched. I’ve got a few thoughts here and there, but stepping foot into a store has not been checked off of my list. Since I may not be the only one who is running behind, I decided I would try to make your shopping easier for that outdoor enthusiast you have in your family.

The products that I’m going to write about here vary from new to the industry, to old favorites that withstand the test of time. Some of them are quite reasonable in price, while others are on the upper end. I hope that there is something on here that might help you find that special and unique gift for that hard-to-shop-for person.

The first item is called the umbrella rig. It has taken the fishing world by storm. Basically, the umbrella rig is a wire frame that holds multiple swimbaits in an umbrella pattern. The general idea of the umbrella rig is to entice fish to get aggressive by seeing a school of baitfish.