Industry News – Fishing Tackle UK

2013 Guangzhou International Fishing Fair

The dates and venue have been confirmed for China’s leading fishing tackle trade show, the 2013 Guangzhou International Fishing Fair:

Date: May 9^th -11^th ,2013

Venue: China Import and Export Fair Pazhou Complex

With the support of some famous tackle brands, including Shimano, Rapala, PrecisionPak, Surmount, Seven Islands, GT-BIO, Casini, Lure Unlimited, American Eagle Claw and 3-Sworo Fishing Tackle, Fish Guangzhou has now been successful for 3 years, attracting Continue reading “2013 Guangzhou International Fishing Fair”

Lures for Plaice Fishing

Plaice on a Lure If you follow Fishing Tackle UK, you might have noticed that we got a bit carried away with the LRF (Light Rock Fish) style of ultralight lure fishing last year. It consumed our angling activities and became a constant distraction from other exciting types of fishing. While my passion for LRF continues to grow, at the beginning of 2012 we made an active, healthy, decision to make HRF (Hard Rock Fish) an intended focus this year.

Yesterday, our Continue reading “Lures for Plaice Fishing”

Art of Fishing Plymouth – LRF Nirvana

Art of Fishing Flyer This past weekend saw us travel over 150 miles to visit a tackle shop in Plymouth. Why? Because this was the grand opening of a special kind of store. One that gives us a rare glimpse of what tackle shops should be like. One for the modern angler.

Granted, the new Art of Fishing shop in Plymouth is specialist. It only sells tackle to lure fishermen and women. But Ben Field, the owner, has made a tremendous effort in sourcing a fantastic range of lure fishing equipment from around the globe and making it accessible to UK anglers. Continue reading “Art of Fishing Plymouth – LRF Nirvana”

Matt Hayes Adventure Fishing Tackle

It’s probably common knowledge by now. Angling celebrity, Matt Hayes has parted company with TF Gear and signed a 5-year consultancy with Swedish tackle supplier, Fladen. The result is a fishing tackle range named Matt Hayes Adventure.

While at first this may not appear to be a major revelation, it has the potential to do the sport a great deal of good. It’s clear that Fladen wants to make inroads into the high street – especially large retailers and Continue reading “Matt Hayes Adventure Fishing Tackle”

Lynx Fishing – No More Knots?

I have Twitter to thank for this discovery. A few industry people in the know have been unable to keep an exciting new tackle development under wraps. This development – a system for joining line without knots – is planned for release in 2012 by a new UK-based company, Lynx Fishing.

Lynx Fishing have developed a technique called Precision Compression Technology. The process is said to Continue reading “Lynx Fishing – No More Knots?”