The latest carbon fibre material from Japanese manufacturing expert Toray – Torayca MX64 – is said to offer higher-strength, lower weight rods as well as being kinder to the environment.
Companies involved in sportfishing in Denmark have come together to found a national trade association to boost the industry.
The Danish Angling Association includes founding members representing tackle manufacturers, wholesalers, tackle shops, fishing guides, tourism, NGOs and boat and put and take operators.
The tackle industry has been left stunned following the sudden passing of Marcel Ulje, owner of wholesale company Dutch Tackle Company, writes Rudy van Duijnhoven.
The after-effects of the Covid-19 pandemic allied to a shift in the way companies do business has brought about big changes with some of the key global trade events scheduled for this year.
The death has been announced of probably the most famous editor in the history of UK trade magazine Tackle & Guns, Cyril Holbrook, writes John Mitchell.
He passed away on Thursday, November 11th, aged 86 years old. Cyril had survived three bouts of cancer but, as his son Paul, said: “You can’t be a winner all the time.”
A new name and enhanced support will fishing coaches across the UK to deliver an even better service and work more closely with the industry.
The Angling Coaches Association (ACA), formerly the Professional Anglers Association, which was created in 1999, is now able to offer its member coaches even more advice and benefits than before.
Predator angler Ant Glascoe Jr has joined UK tackle dealer chain Fishing Republic following the acquisition of the firm by the JD Sports Group.
Fishing Republic became part of JD Outdoors in December 2019, and the UK’s biggest retail group for outdoors is expanding its team in Greater Manchester by hiring fishing specialists in a bid to become market leaders in the sector.
The cost of a fishing licence in England and Wales looks set to rise in each of the next three years.
The proposed charges have been announced by the Environment Agency and are set against the backdrop of consistently falling income in the last year, once more.
National Fishing Month in the UK, which kicked off yesterday, will be the biggest and best ever with key organisations joining forces to make fishing part of every family’s to-do list this summer!
The UK’s fishing tackle industry body, the Angling Trades Association, is today writing to seven Government ministers and 62 MPs along with Environment Secretary George Eustice in an effort to make it easier for bait manufacturers to export their products to Europe.
The commercial manager of Daiwa Sports UK, Martin Greene, has been elected as the new vice chairman of the UK industry body, the Angling Trades Association.
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) is developing a timetable to phase out lead in fishing weights as part of wider restrictions designed to reduce the risks of the material to people, wildlife and the environment.
The UK trade’s Take a Friend Fishing scheme returns later this month (December), offering 12 days of fishing of opportunities get out on the bank with a pal.
