While I guess the 555 looks the part in a smart, solid, muscular way, there’s otherwise no clue as to its role – no rocket launcher festooned with rods and reels and nothing visible in the flush-mounted rod holders…
BIRTH AND INCEPTION
Paul’s initial brief to Innovision’s Simon Minoprio was reasonably straightforward: the boat had to be a ‘pure lure-fishing weapon’ with few compromises. He especially wanted a simple, clean layout, with enough fishing space for two or three fishers to cast soft-baits or top-water lures using today’s longer 8-foot-plus (2.44m) rods. And anglers had to be able to fight a hooked fish effectively. Paul also didn’t want any unnecessary gadgets, cluttering the vessel and potentially requiring constant maintenance.
Fortunately, Paul had a pretty realistic idea of what was possible after running a smaller Innovision 515 for hundreds of hours. There were a lot of things he loved about that more compact vessel, including its
