Ben Miller has been named director of sales and operations for VMC Inc, beginning on January 1st, 2021 reporting to VMC president, Cyrille Viellard, as successor to longstanding colleague Cyrille Mathieu.
Danish based Fairpoint A/S, owner of the trade’s fastest growing brands Westin and Kinetic Fishing, has unveiled its latest resource for UK and Irish retailers.
The showroom, based in Dublin, will offer UK and Irish retailers the opportunity to see all products, either by traditionally visiting the showroom or via its new virtual service.
Top-quality, on-water eyewear brand Costa Sunglasses has unveiled a special line of frames – the Freedom Series – designed to highlight its partnership with US veteran outdoor experience initiative, Freedom Fighter Outdoors.
Work has started on the construction of a giant warehouse with space for further expansion in the future for one of the US’ leading tackle distributors, Pitman Creek Wholesale.
Meet the smaller brother of Rapala's EFTTEX awarded Super Shadow Rap 16... The Super Shadow Rap 11. Downsized to appeal to a larger variety of fish and to do the job on slow days, when bigger baits just don’t cut it, the smaller version of the Super Shadow Rap belongs in every predator angler’s tackle box.
The historic and bipartisan Great American Outdoors Act has become law after being signed by President Trump.
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American Sportfishing Association (ASA) President Glenn Hughes attended a ceremony at the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) headquarters, hosted by Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt celebrating the bill’s enactment. The ceremony also included the signing of a new proclamation establishing August 5, as Great American Outdoors Day, when all DOI fees will be waived.
With more people going fishing for the first time or returning to the sport after lockdown restrictions on angling were lifted in the UK, the Angling Trade Association’s (ATA) 2020 Take A Friend Fishing initiative is going from strength to strength.
Fast-growing tackle brand Wolf International has set its sights on growth across Europe and is looking for sales agents and distributors across the continent to help it open retail accounts.
Although it has made great strides in expansion over the last couple of years, there are a number of European countries where it currently doesn’t operate and is keen to change that situation.
Tackle Trade World is sad to announce the passing of Len Borgström, the grandson of Abu Garcia founder Carl August Borgström, famed fishing reel pioneer and former company president, who died on July 15th at the age of 88.