If you haven't yet discovered the amazing Hero picture box developed by Go Pro it's time to buy a genuinely useful piece of fly fishing gear. This tiny 1.6” x 2.4” x 1.2” retro-designed cube comes with its own waterproof housing, digital battery, and selection of mounts (including headlamp-style headband) for $299. You'll also need to buy a 16G SD card for about $40, but then you're totally good to go.

There's no viewfinder on the Hero so you have to guess what you're pointing the camera at, but you weren't really planning on dunking your head underwater anyway. The point behind the Hero is that it becomes a truly remote High Definition video and/or still camera that you can wear on your head to film yourself fishing, plunge underwater on the end of a stick to capture that great release shot, mount on the front of your flats boat, or under your float plane, or at the end of your oar, or on the butt of your rod -- anywhere your imagination can conjure -- to create angling movies and stills unlike anything anything you ever seen.

We've been using one for over a year and it's become a crucial piece of equipment in the filming of Wild On The Fly's Outdoor Channel TV series. But no worries, for all its impressive options (five video resolutions including true 1080, high-def still and multi-shot programming) it's decidedly non-techie and all functions require just two buttons. We now suggesting it as an indispensable item on the packing list for any fly fishing trip you go on. Think of how many times you're fishing by yourself and you hook and catch Mr. Big. How are you going to take that all-important hero shot (hey, maybe that's where they got the name for the camera!). With the Hero you can wear it on a headband and film the whole event in your perspective from hookup to release. Or just strap it to tree and capture all the video and stills you want of you and your trophy. For more details and to buy the perfect Go Pro Hero angling kit right now, visit our Master Packing List and click on Digital Camera under Essentials. Be sure and watch the Wild On The Fly Field Test video to get an idea of some of the cool stuff you can do with this perfect fishing camera.