It’s a plain fact that fishing is a male-dominated pastime. That’s not to say women shouldn’t fish — there’s been a trend of more and more women fishing, and I think that’s great. Women can be just as good or better anglers, and they almost always learn the skills more quickly.

Still, there are a lot of fishermen out their whose wives and/or girlfriends don’t fish at all. And that’s OK — except when one of these non-fishing women want to get their guy fishing tackle as a gift. For them, walking into a well-stocked tackle shop must be a lot like a man walking into a women’s shoe store. Why are there so many different kinds of (fishing rods, black pumps)? How come all these (lures, sandals) look the same? Why does that (reel, leopard-print stiletto) cost twice as much as the one next to it?