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Avid Carp have a fantastic new range of ‘carp care’ products designed and tested with the assistance of their consultancy team. We examined two of them at the Tackle & Guns Trade Show – the Carp Couch and the new Retaining Sling. Both looked the absolute bees knees in both design and materials used.
Ian Russell demonstrated the Avid Carp Couch and I have to admit, as far as fish care goes, this is 5-star. Some will Continue reading “New Avid Carp Couch & Retaining Sling”
The 3rd China Guangzhou International Fishing Fair 2012 (Fish Guangzhou 2012) will be held in the largest exhibition hall at Asia-China Import & Export Fair Pazhou Complex across March 9th-11th next year.
‘Fish Guangzhou’ has been successfully held twice with the support of famous Chinese brands like American Eagle Claw, Etuoh, ANATEC, etc. Fish Guangzhou 2011 attracted 127 companies across 10,000 square Continue reading “China Guangzhou International Fishing Fair 2012”
We commented that Avid Carp were definitely a tackle manufacturer to watch after last year’s Tackle & Guns Trade Show. Here we are 12 months later and they’ve sure proved us right. Avid Carp is arguably one of the most innovative producers of carp fishing tackle and after visiting this year’s trade show we’re pleased to say that this looks to continue well into Continue reading “New Avid Carp Bivvy/Shelters for 2012”
On day two of the Tackle & Guns Trade Show I had the absolute pleasure of spending 20 minutes or so with Peter Koppman of Marukyu (thanks to Ben @ Art Of Fishing for the recommendation). Peter works for Marukyu, but more specifically on the Ecogear and Nories sub-brands – I guess you could say, the lure side of things. Peter is an Aussie and resides in Japan – the homeplace of Marukyu. He’s an angling nut from an angling family (his parents ran fishing tournaments when he was a kid) and he speaks Japanese. In short, he’s a pretty interesting guy and no doubt a Continue reading “Marukyu, Ecogear, Nories and the Future for the UK”
We didn’t get a clear answer when we spoke to the Pure Fishing representative at the Tackle & Guns Trade Show yesterday, but it would appear that the amazing new Berkley Nanofil will be in the shops before 2011 is out – or ever so slightly more accurate, in ‘one or two months’.
We can’t wait to try out the thinnest versions of this line. We got to man-handle the line yesterday and have to say Continue reading “Berkley Nanofil UK Release Date”