Costa Sunglasses, an award-winning brand at fishing tackle trade shows across the world, has picked up another accolade. The Florida-based manufacturer returned home from last week’s Outdoor Retailer Winter Show in Denver, Colorado, with the first-ever Innovation Award for the new Baffin frame from its The Untangled Collection.The win follows previous successes at the ICAST […]
The second day of the trade show ICAST – IFTD Show started with the Industry Breakfast where information was given about the state of the US industry and where a guest speaker is present too who usually provides some fresh looks at the business. Text and pictures Rudy van Duijnhoven […]
An article in the online version of the The New York Times by John Clarke. ROANOKE, Va. — Kim Brannock became fascinated by fly-fishing after watching “A River Runs Through It,” a 1992 film starring Brad Pitt. Years later, a co-worker taught her to fly-fish during lunch breaks, when she practiced casting underneath the […]
The owner of one of the UK’s largest fishing tackle retailers has warned of job losses within the industry if the latest European Union proposals to ban anglers fishing for sea bass in the first half of 2018 is given the go ahead. Speaking to the Angling Trust, the body that represents the sport in […]
The results of an EU-funded report on the recreational fishing industry and its impact on fish will be revealed next month. Representatives of EFTTA will be on hand to hear the presentation on ‘Recreational and Semi-subsistance Fishing – its value and impact on fish’. The report, which was sponsored to the tune of €20,000 by […]
Yamaha Marine Group announced last week that its new F90 outboard has been named one of Boating Industry’s® 2017 Top Products. The publication’s fourth annual Top Products list was published in the May edition of Boating Industry® magazine. This is the third consecutive year that Yamaha Outboards has made the list. “This year, we’ve selected […]
Bill contains both good and bad elements for the recreational fishing industry. Over the weekend, the U.S. Senate passed a comprehensive maritime infrastructure bill that drew a mixed reaction from the recreational fishing industry. By a 78-21 vote, the Senate passed the “Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act (WIIN),” which had been approved by […]
The second day of the ICAST – IFTD Show in Orlando, Florida, (after a day with on the water demonstrations), started with the State of the Industry Breakfast in the Orange County Convention Center. […]