One of the UK’s best-known game and fly-fishing tackle suppliers, Sportfish, has joined forces with The Mayfly Project UK, which helps children in foster care.
Ray Scott, the man who founded Fishing Tackle Retailer magazine and the Bass Anglers Sportsman Society (BASS) and blazed a trail for the US sportfishing industry, has died in Alabama, aged 88.
Scandinavian fly tackle brand Guideline has added major experience to its product and development teams by taking on two well-known industry specialists.
Tellis Katsogiannos and Paul Richardson will be working alongside head of tackle development Leif Stävmo to help the brand with its goal “to inspire and give people the best possible fly fishing experience.”
The inaugural Women Are Fly event kicks off tomorrow (Friday, May 13th) at Simms At The River’s Edge West in Montana, USA. Women Are Fly is the evolution and progression of one of the largest women’s fly fishing gatherings in the country, Chica de Mayo.
The Progressive Spin series of rods from Polish brand Mikado is a family created for angling for predatory fish in all sorts and sizes of rivers. It can, though, be easily applied also during angling trips to any stagnant waters.
More and more young people are embracing fishing in all its forms. Svendsen Sport has not only recognised that but is driving this change through its brands its understanding that this is not just a pastime, it is lifestyle people choose.
The cost of Pure Fishing buying Danish tackle company Svendsen Sport and its portfolio of brands has been revealed – amounting to $153.4 million in cash plus a projected extra performance-related payment of $22.5 million this summer.
