Top Scandinavian tackle supplier Westin saw its export sales grow by more than 40% in 2020 and is looking to build on that further this year. Export Manager Thomas Wæver has told Angling International that ...
Three of America’s largest suppliers of fishing tackle are optimistic that supply chain problems are on the mend. Dick’s Sporting Goods, Big 5 Sporting Goods and Academy Sports + Outdoors all saw inventories down in ...
Top Chinese OEM rod manufacturer Weihai Hanhigh has produced new bamboo fly rods and blanks which it hopes will prove popular outside China. The company, a major producer of carbon rods, got the opportunity to ...
Licence sales figures for March in England and Wales strongly suggest that the COVID-induced boom in fishing participation will continue through 2021. Data from the Environment Agency, which sends out reminders for licences in March, ...
The European Fishing Tackle Trade Association (EFTTA) has confirmed that it is to close the company and its EFTTEX trade show subsidiary in the UK and relocate to Brussels this year. In its latest newsletter, ...
The body that represents anglers in Denmark has called the unrestricted netting of pike and perch from lakes across the country as ‘unsustainable’. Dansmarks Sportsfiskerforbund reports in its latest newsletter that the Danish Sports Fisherman’s ...
MadBite, a division of Eposeidon Outdoors and sister brand to KastKing, has re-entered the terminal tackle and lure markets with a selection of kits for bass, trout and panfish. Also new from the brand are ...
A small, family-owned fly fishing business is appealing to the industry to help prevent the growing problem of copying. O’Pros, short for Outdoor Professionals, is based in Wisconsin, where it creates USA-made products including nets, ...
Tasmania’s Liberal Party has pledged $3 million funding to the recreational fishing industry if re-elected – just a day after Labour announced a $2 million election commitment to upgrading the state’s boating infrastructure. The investment ...
The surge in fishing participation is reflected in the new season catalogue published by Sportfish, the UK-based supplier of fly and game fishing tackle. The company says that its Spring/Summer 2021 collection includes more affordable ...
US-based TV fishing show hosts, James Holst, Travis Frank and Kurt Walbeck, will be among those anglers wearing Rapala RAIN gear this season. The new red and grey jackets and bibs are designed to keep ...
US fly brand RIO Products comes straight to the point about its new Elite Tarpon line. “It’s the very best tarpon line on the market,” says the Washington State company. RIO’s confidence in its claim ...
Sportsman’s Warehouse completed 2020 with record performances for both the full year and the fourth quarter. The US retail chain is in the process of being acquired by the Great Outdoors Group, the parent company ...
Simms Fishing Products CEO Casey Sheahan has talked about the highs and lows of COVID ‘craziness’ and revealed that his company may need to open a new facility. Sheahan, who succeeded KC Walsh as CEO ...
US tackle dealers will take heart from news that consumers are returning to in-store shopping, despite the continuance of the COVID pandemic. But they will have to think harder about how to attract people through ...
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