Take a Friend Fishing is back for spring and summer 2022 in the UK, giving even more people the chance to get out fishing with a friend or relative.
Building on the continued success of the 2020 and 2021 campaigns, Take a Friend Fishing will cover both The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee bank holiday and the summer holidays.
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 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.
UK fly tying material supplier Semperfli has joined an elite and illustrious club, having been honoured with a Queen’s Award for Enterprise for international trade, recognising its growth, success and excellence in exporting.
Nautilus Reels has revealed its reasons behind its non-attendance at this year’s IFTD Show in Salt Lake City, citing the move to a new headquarters and factory and the need to keep up with demand for its products.
Despite multiple postponements and an ongoing global pandemic, the American Fly Fishing Trade Association has said it pulled off a successful trade show at the Salt Palace in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
Two major US brands – R L Winston rods and Bauer reels – are looking for stronger growth in Europe by partnering with fast-growing Danish distributor The Fly Company.
The fly fishing industry gathered in Salt Lake City, USA this week for the return of the IFTD (International Fly Tackle Dealer) Show.
The event brought companies together to talk business, connect, network, showcase the latest products and honour those whose work has helped fly fishing.
