By Trevor Kugler

What's the best way to be able to tell the size of your fish? It's a tape measure, right. Measuring how large your catch is probably the most effective way to know how large your fish actually is. I know for me , if you say "I caught a 14 inch Rainbow", I know exactly what you're referring to. To me this means that measuring your catch in inches is a universal barometer of how large your fish is.

Sure, there are going to be variations as far as the weight of your catch goes, but for the most part measuring your catch in inches gives everyone a great idea of the size of your fish. So we carry tape measures with us in our tackle boxes, or if we're waders we carry small tape measures in our fishing vests. Carrying a tape measure has worked fine for me for many years, it's simply that every time I need to measure a fish, my tape measure is never where I thought I put it, and I end up having to rifle through my fishing vest like some sort of coked up mail sorter trying to find it.

This scenario always drove me nuts, and it also seemed like about half the time my tape measure had some how gotten wet and rusted almost completely shut. I was complaining to a fishing buddy of mine about this problem one day, when he said, "I know, I wish there were a better way to carry your tape measure". Then something hit me out of the blue.

Why the heck couldn't there be a ruler on my fishing rod, so that I always had it with me when I was fishing? To me this made complete and total sense, so I figured out a way to due it. After much trial and error, the rod ruler was born. Made out of the same material as boat stickers, the rod ruler was an ingenious idea. As I began to put it into action, I liked it even more. Today, I have a rod ruler on every [www.jrwfishing.com]one of my fishing rods so that whenever I'm fishing, I always know exactly where my tape measure is.

Gone are the days of having to rifle through my fishing vest or tackle box to try to find my tape measure in order to measure my catch. All thanks to this ingenious measuring device for anglers. Give one a shot and find out for yourself that rod rulers are the most efficient and effective way to measure your fish.

Trevor Kugler is co-founder of JRWfishing.com and an avid angler. He has more than 20 years experience fishing for all types of fish, and 15 years of business and internet experience. He currently raises his three year old daughter in the heart of trout fishing country... Montana!

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