2010 Holiday Gift Ideas for the Outdoors Enthusiast

NORMAN, Okla., Nov. 18, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- This holiday season, consider one of these great gift ideas when shopping for anyone in your life who loves to spend time outdoors. And while you're at it, pick something up for yourself.

Shakespeare Catch More Fish Combo

This holiday, give the gift of successful fishing to the angler in your life with the Shakespeare Catch More Fish Combo (www.Shakespeare-Fishing.com). Using high-quality components to ensure success on the water, the Shakespeare Catch More Fish Combo provides gift givers with a $15-25 dollar savings by offering the rod, reel, line, bait and tackle in a single package. Plus, anglers get the quality assurance that comes with the Shakespeare, Berkley and Stren names. The Shakespeare Catch More Fish Combo has everything needed for a successful day on the water. (MSRP $29.99 - $39.99, 800-466-5643)

Coleman Instant Tent

Tents big enough for the entire family usually take the entire family to set up. With the new Coleman Instant Tent (Coleman.com), this holiday gift can bring an end to fumbling in the dark for loose stakes and trying to attach an awkward rain fly before it starts pouring. The new, 14-foot-by-10-foot, cabin-style Coleman Instant Tent is durable and spacious – ideal for extended-stay camping – and sets up or tears down in a minute or less. Featuring pre-attached poles secured to the ultra-durable 150D tent fabric, the Instant Tent needs only to be removed from its bag, unfolded and have its poles extended and clicked into place. (MSRP $199, 800-835-3278)

Smith & Wesson BODYGUARD Series

Protect yourself and your loved ones this holiday season with the new Smith & Wesson (www.smith-wesson.com) BODYGUARDs. Offering personal protection 24/7, the new line of self-defense handguns gives peace of mind in any stressful situation. Designed with integrated laser sights, the BODYGUARD 380 pistol and BODYGUARD 38 revolver are lightweight, compact and easily concealable. Engineered with progressive design features, the BODYGUARDs help answer concealed carry and personal defense needs. Reliable, innovative and advanced, the Smith & Wesson BODYGUARDs represent the next step in personal defense firearms. (800-331-0852, $575-$625)

EOTech EXPS Holographic Weapon Sight

Get the shooter in your life something they've always wanted, the EOTech EXPS Holographic Weapon Sight. All EOTech sights (eotech.com) offer true two-eyes-open shooting making them the fastest sight on the market for target acquisition. The EXPS3 is night-vision compatible with easy-to-adjust side buttons and an ambidextrous quick-release throw lever. Powered by a transversely mounted 123 battery, these sights are compact and extremely durable. Let the shooter in on your Christmas list experience high-speed, precision shooting with an EOTech HWS. (MSRP $639, 888-EOT-HOLO)

Stren Brute Strength

Christmas is just around the corner and it's time to find the perfect stocking stuffer for your favorite angler. Stren Brute Strength (Stren.com) monofilament fishing line provides extra strength while remaining more flexible and easier to cast with less memory and better handling than others in its class. Brute Strength is available in Clear/Blue Fluorescent and Lo-Vis Green and offered in pound tests ranging from 6 to 40 pounds, Stren Brute Strength comes in 330-yard filler spools and 1⁄4-pound custom spools. (MSRP $7.95-$15.95, 866-447-8736).

Coleman Ultra High Power LED Aluminum Flashlight

Whenever the power goes out, it's time to find a lost pet or crawl underneath a car hood, the outdoor enthusiast in your life will be ready with the Ultra High Power LED Aluminum Flashlight from Coleman (Coleman.com). Never before has so much power been contained within a single flashlight, which produces 500 night-shattering lumens with six, easy-to-find AA batteries. Using a Cree® MC-E™ LED, among the brightest and most powerful LEDs available, the new Coleman aluminum flashlight is weather resistant making it perfect for camping and other outdoor activities. (MSRP $79.99, 800-835-3278)

Smith & Wesson Pro Series

Train like the champions and shoot like the champions with the Smith & Wesson (www.smith-wesson.com) Pro Series line of competition firearms. Offering competition driven features and that attention to detail that only Smith & Wesson can provide, the Pro Series consists of ready-to-go packages perfect for any match. These firearms offer a variety of enhancements yet still remain true to "stock." Bridging the gap between main production and the Performance Center, the Smith & Wesson Pro Series gives shooters the next step up from standard production through a wide variety of competition ready pistols and revolvers. (800-331-0852, $640-$1,683)

SOURCE Blue Heron Communications