Fishpond expands

Colorado's 9 News profiles Fishpond founder John Le Coq and their new spin off outdoor gear brand for women Lilypond.

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What fly shops will never tell you...

photo courtesy of Lateral Line

Sent to us by Street at Bloodknot.net - this list of fly shop customer descriptions is pretty much spot on and will get a wader soiling laugh out of most of us...

Mr. WILLY BUGGER. (Male, 45 to 65) This customer usually gets dropped off by his wife before she goes grocery shopping. He keeps his elbows firmly planted on the counter, likes to be involved in all conversations—been there, done that—plays with the drag on all the fly reels and buys nothing. ANNUAL FISHING DAYS = 4.

KID HACKLE. (Male or female, 7 to 17) The future of fly fishing. This keen youngster can probably cast their whole fly line. Extremely dangerous: they’ll ride over 20 miles on bicycle to fishing grounds and know about the latest fly-tying materials before the shops do. Mother will buy waders and boots two sizes too big. ANNUAL FISHING DAYS = 90.

Read more here

Ripoffandduplicator

...someone just saved a bunch of money on R&D.

PORTLAND, Oregon (February 13th, 2010)—After months of rumors, extensive research, development and testing throughout the West’s freestone rivers, tailwaters and spring creeks, officials at Idylwilde Flies, Inc. have confirmed today that their new strike indicator, called the Sindicator, does in fact make you more awesome. More here

Industry Job Openings

Fly Fishing Guide - Mongolia

General Management Couple- Caribbean

Entry level and experienced guides- Colorado

Shop and Warehouse Worker- Washington

International Fly Fishing Travel Club Director / Administrator - Boulder, Colorado

More background info found at Infinite-Fish

You're Acquired!

Cloudveil has been sold....again.

Spyder Active Sports, Inc. sold its ownership of Cloudveil Mountain Works to Windsong Brands LLC of Westport, CT. The transition of ownership is effective February 16. All intellectual property and assets are part of the acquisition deal. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

Windsong's investments and portfolio brand companies include Atlantis Weathergear, Ellen Tracy, Caribbean Joe, Joe’s Jeans, Field & Stream, The Sharper Image, Carlos Falchi, Design Within Reach, and Como Sport.

LINK (Via: SNEWS)