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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
Gunpowder Inc., the marketing communications agency that counts Pure Fishing and Johnson Outdoors among its clients, has appointed Brian Steinseifer as Creative Director. He will work alongside recently hired Director of Digital Business Analytics Germaine ...
Strong consumer demand across all divisions – particularly sports and recreation – saw one of North America’s major suppliers of fishing tackle report a quadrupling of fourth quarter earnings. Net sales at Academy Sports+Outdoors increased 16.6% compared ...
Next year’s Bassmaster Classic will be returning to Lake Hartwell, near Greenville, South Carolina, for the fourth time in its history. It was announced this week that the 2022 Academy Sports+Outdoors Bassmaster Classic, presented by ...
With supply at the top of the tackle industry’s agenda right now, Angler Sport Group is reminding customers that it has the largest inventory in its 33-year history. “We stayed cool and collected when COVID ...
One of America’s largest manufacturers of boating and fishing accessories has gained a foothold in the anchoring and mooring categories with the 11th acquisition in its history. Alabama-based T-H Marine has added BHP Marine to ...
Fishbrain, described as the world’s most popular fishing app with nearly 12 million registered users, has raised $31m in funding from Swedish and Norwegian investors. The investment will be used to continue to scale up ...