Stinger Anchor
The Stinger Silent Precision Anchor (Patent Pending) received rave reviews at the Midwest Flyfishing Show this year where it was introduced for the first time. Many people were so impressed they asked if they could buy one on the spot, but unfortunately we hadn’t brought any to the show.
What is the Stinger Silent Precision Anchor? As can be seen above, it’s an anchoring system that obsoletes the old fashioned weight and rope. The boat is stopped, and the Stinger is simply lowered until the telescoping tip rests on the bottom under it’s own weight, drags a few inches due to wind, current, or tide, then the dragging friction stops the Stinger tip, then of course, holds the boat precisely in position. No need for “driving” the tip of the Stinger into the bottom, and lifting the Stinger is incredibly easy with our pulley and cleat system, as it weighs a fraction of most old fashioned anchors.
The Stinger is gorgeous. Be prepared for people to stop you and ask you about it. Made from anodized aluminum, stainless steel, and neoprene, installed with aircraft rivets, and thoroughly tested by a quality and reliability engineer - the stinger will last you a lifetime of normal use. The Stinger was designed by us, mostly for our guiding activities, to solve all the problems created by the old fashioned anchor and rope, or push poles. We found the old fashioned anchor to be heavy, noisy, rarely held position, dirty, caused silt clouds, sometimes permanently snagged, and tore up the bottom of lakes and rivers. Further, we didn’t care for the problems with push poles, being the instability caused by pushing them in, and pulling them out, the surface disturbance (waves), or the muck and dirt, or the storage problems.
Conversely, the Stinger is ultra-light, silent, precise, clean, silt-less, snag-less, and ecological. It works in the variety of currents, bottom composition, winds, tides, etc., in depths up to 4 feet. The Stinger stores itself outside the boat instantly when you raise it.
The Stinger is elegantly simple, very few moving parts, easy to install, and more importantly a pleasure to use! No more passing up good cover because you just don’t want to put that clumbsy anchor or pole down again. Our kayak Stinger can be raised and lowered with two fingers and a thumb while facing forward in the boat. Raise and lower it 100 times a fishing trip if you want. You won’t care.
The Stinger is available in several sizes to fit small to large inflatable pontoon boats, kayaks, canoes, johnboats, and even large “driftboats” and other watercraft. The bracket and cleat install on your boat in less than 10 minutes. Shore setup is about 2 minutes, and so is shore takedown and storage. It couldn’t be simpler.
The Stinger is 100% mechanical and 100% energy efficient being human powered! Unbelievably, it has only 4 (four) moving parts. How do you see one? Check out the videos, or we’ll send you a demo DVD. If you are local, you can stop by and see the Stinger in action, or even take a demo out for a test drive.
The Stinger Silent Precision Anchor (Patent Pending) was originated, designed, tested, and is being manufactured in the United States of America by a United States of America owned company; LCH Enterprises, LLC in coopertation with Golden Drake Outdoors.
Remember - Don’t anchor….Stinger!
