Industry stalwart Simon Henton, who has had senior roles at a number of key brands over the past 25 years, will be joining polish tackle company Abramis at the start of September.
Competitors are busy gearing up for next week’s European Championships Predator Fishing, called the Predator Tour, which takes place in The Netherlands from May 30th to June 1st.
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.
