EFTTEX 2010 European Fishing Tackle Trade Show – dates & venue announced

EFTTEX 2010, the European Fishing Tackle Trade Exhibition will celebrate its 29th show from Friday 11th to Sunday 13th of June this year. The venue? For the first time, this year’s show will be held at the Feria Valencia exhibition centre in Valencia, Spain. For more information visit www.feriavalencia.com

EFTTEX is always a great place to do business with buyers, wholesalers and importers from around the world and meet retailers from all over Europe. The venue this year – Feria Valencia – is an established trade fair venue, and one of the world’s top ten most modern exhibition centres based around a thriving business culture in a city that attracts over 21 million visitors each year.

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New TG-F1 Tournament Reel – Made in Britain

In the latest Gear Guide from mail order fishing tackle company, Veals, an intriguing new multiplier is featured – the British made TG-F1 from the company behind Rocket Fuel.

Despite the Rocket Reel Company’s TG-F1 looking very similar to another leading brand of fishing reel, the majority of parts are bespoke and machined/manufactured to the highest quality possible. The end result? A casting/fishing reel without compromise. This reel has been created with ultimate performance in mind, not availability to the masses – as the £345 price tag confirms.

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Penn Torque Heavy Duty Spinning Reels – T&G Show [part 4]

One of the highlights of the T&G show was the Pure Fishing stand featuring such giants as ABU Garcia, Berkley, Mitchell, Shakespeare, JRC and Penn – the list goes on – all featured a number of great products for 2010. Of particular interest to me, was that Penn had added two new ranges of top-end fixed-spool spinning reels, both suited to sea or any heavy duty angling. Announcing the imminent arrival of the new Conquer and the range we’ll look at now, the impressive Torque!

Top of the tree is the new Penn Torque Spinning Reel – a reel squarely aimed at the Shimano Stellas and Daiwa  Saltigas of this world. I was lucky enough to handle the Torque at the show and it is exciting in that it’s very different to both those aforementioned reels. The Torque has an almost industrial feel, Continue reading “Penn Torque Heavy Duty Spinning Reels – T&G Show [part 4]”

A Fishing Magazine Subscription – the perfect gift

Certainly a gift I’ve welcomed on many an occasion myself – here we take a look at the fishing magazine subscriptions available online in time for Christmas.

Generally there are three different types of angling publication. There are weekly publications like the Angling Times that concentrate on all areas of angling, reporting on the latest news and reviews – often as they happen; then there are many magazines that concentrate on a particular type of fishing, for example sea fishing or coarse fishing; and then finally there a few monthly mags that specialise in niche areas of a certain angling type, for example Boat Fishing Monthly is a specialist magazine in the Sea category.

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Choose a 2010 Fishing Calendar for Christmas


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In the first of a new series of posts tailored to aid your Christmas shopping duties we look at some items that are bound to be well received on Christmas morning. First up… the Fishing Calendar.

Fantastic recipe for Christmas success. Take a classic Christmas present – the Calendar. Make the subject matter the recipient’s favourite interest – in this case Fishing. Add a few scantily clad girls to the mix and bingo, you have the perfect angling Christmas present!

Take a look at the following selection of Fishing Calendars available from trusted online retailer Sportfish. Each are priced at a reasonable £12.99, or buy any two for just £19.99 with the following Sportfish Promotional Code – PROMO929.

TO CLEAR – Remaining 2010 calendars now just £3.50 (was £12.99)

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