Several years ago we started using a unique in the industry material -- it's a 2x2 twill hybrid of Kevlar and Carbon photo shown above right.  The twill hybrid blends nicely with nature and appears greenish.  We selected the material because of the mechanical properties, workability, etc. — little did we know that there would be other advantages.

 

Shortly after we started building with this material, unsolicited, fishermen started contacting us and said they're catching more fish than ever.  We laughed and attributed it to a typical "fish story".  But the calls kept coming so we decided to keep a tracking log.  We stopped tracking after more than fifty fishermen contacted us, unsolicited, to say they were catching more fish in boats made with this material in its natural color.

 

 Some think the color hides the boat.  Two different fishermen dove under the boat and said the hull looks much like looking up at Lilly Pads or another safe haven.  Still others believe the way the light sparkles through the laminate it makes fish think there’s a school of minnows under the boat and ready to be feasted upon.

 

During an event at Coopers Lake in Slippery Rock, PA I was standing on the shore with several fishermen and telling them of the material and its "fish catcher" nature.  They all laughed and said I would say anything to sell a boat.  As we were talking, Cathy (I'm her husband) paddled by in a "Fish Catcher" laminate canoe.  She floated over and asked if someone could reach into the stern of her canoe and remove the Bass that had jumped into her boat. The fishermen were slack jawed and I was exonerated.  There's clearly something to the "fish catching" nature of the material.