After 40 years of pioneering and successful business, one of the best-known and biggest carp fishing retailers in Italy, La Mincio, is up for sale.
The purchase of owner Luca Foroni’s business assets would present a huge opportunity for an ambitious international group looking to penetrate deep into the Italian fishing market.
The European Fishing Tackle Trade Association (EFTTA), which works with the industry to promote and support the sport and its businesses, has now moved into new offices in Brussels, unveiling an updated logo at the same time.
Hook, lure and tackle giant Mustad Fishing has entered the rod market, unveiling eight initial ranges globally, covering a wide variety of techniques and disciplines.
More opportunities for sponsors, participants and the Dutch region where it is hosted are being promised following a deal to expand and grow the popular World Predator Classic event.
An amazing custom rod build by Danny Thomson has scooped top spot in this year’s International Rod Building Challenge, organised by American Tackle Co.
His design, inspired by his love of fishing and duck hunting, beat more than 80 other competitors’ blanks from across the world, making it the largest entry on record.
With yellowfin tuna fishing growing in popularity, Japanese manufacturer Zenaq has used its extensive experience to produce a specialist offshore casting rod range, the Tobizo.
Peli Products, a global leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance protective cases and advanced lighting solutions, has expanded its operations into India, in a bid to spur sustainable growth and enhance product availability in that market.
The fly tackle world has a new brand – US-based Skwala – that says it is determined to push the limits of fly fishing apparel.
Skwala, based in the heart of fly fishing in southwest Montana, is being spearheaded by founder Kevin Sloan, who led the Sitka Gear business for nearly a decade.
The United States has the largest and most diverse recreational fisheries in the world, worth billions of dollars and almost half a million jobs in the saltwater angling sector. NOAA Fisheries is key to its continued success.
A plastic piping solutions manufacturer has pitched in to keep the UK’s waterways free of leftover fishing line by donating 100 plastic pipe bins.
A team of volunteers from the staff at Polypipe Building Products’ toolmakers Mason Pinder, in Doncaster, worked over a weekend to create more the bins from Polypipe stock which will be used to collect unwanted fishing line across the UK.
