Love fishing but hate getting wet or getting your hands dirty?

Well, you'll be able to throw some lines without the hassle, thanks to a fishing simulator at a fishing shop in Singapore.

In case you're wondering, it's nothing like the newfangled motion-censor consoles à la Xbox Kinect or a Wii, but it actually requires you to (no pun intended)  hook up with an actual rod.

Here's a demo by your friendly neighbourhood uncle, filmed and uploaded onto Facebook:

According to the interwebs, French company Scatri invented this product, and SimFish comes as a smaller, more portable version of their previous fishing simulation machines.

It looks pretty fun, but it's not cheap, as it costs a hefty €2,835, which is about S$4,281.

It's not simply plug-and-play either. You'll have to do a couple of installations before you can start to play, as seen in the video below:

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There are a couple of merits though: You can practise catching different types of fishes, be it freshwater or saltwater fish. The simulator also allows for players to adjust the difficulty of the catch.

In fact, according to Melvin Tan, the boss of the store bought this to allow customers to test their rods out in real time.

If you don't feel like burning a four-figure sum to experience simulated fishing, you can visit this shop in Ubi (though a Google Map search suggests that technically speaking, it's at Kaki Bukit Cresent):

Alternatively, there's always Fish Hunter in the arcades. Or actually heading down somewhere to do some real fishing.

Top photo adapted from Melvin Tan's Facebook Post

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