Fly-fishing is in itself a traditional sport, but there is always room for improvement. That shows the 2018 edition of the ICAST – IFTD Show in Orlando, Florida, clearly too.
Text and pictures Rudy van Duijnhoven
Larva Lace extends the line of fly-tying products with different kinds of dubbing brushes (Salmo Supreme, Mohair Plus and Angel Hair), with or without rubber legs.
Patagonia has started working together with the firm Danner for the production of their wading boots. The Foot Tractor Wading Boots on the picture are avaiable with felt soles, sticky rubber soles and with aluminium bars.
Cheeky has added new pliers in two sizes to its line of products. They are heavy duty and durable, but also lightweight and unobtrusive.
The new 20 lb backing by Cheeky has low friction, abrasion resistance and comes in five colours.
Umpqua comes with a number of small, pocket sized fly-boxes that can hold flies of different sizes.
There are new colours, like bright orange, available in the Umpqua tool range now.
As you could expect, the range of flies by Umpqua has extended further as well, especially with different kinds of streamers.
Cutbow Fishing Gear comes with a magnetic rodholder that you can place against your car for instance when changing a fly or leader.
Stealth comes with a new system of small strike indicators in two sizes. Even when you push them from the heavy part of your leader to the thin part, they will not loose their grip.
From the same firm comes a selection of fly hooks, they introduced this last year, They claim you need just three models of hooks for your nymphs, wet flies and small streamers. For this there are now special sets available.
At the Saltwater Media Summit information was given on the 60 by 60 campaign (for getting more people into fishing) and on the problems with toxic algae on some waters in Florida.
Plastica Panara introduced a solid suitcase that has room for atleast two flyrods including reels and some small items.
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