Top Fishing Gear From ICAST/IFTD

According to a GearJunkie contributor.

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Not at ICAST/IFTD

For those of you out there with a carbon fiber fetish behold the Riverworks Company USA.

One advantage of not attending this year's show is we're currently not hung over post the Drake Fly fishing Video Award throw down.

Not at ICAST/IFTD - Day 1

Behold the new and improved Pocket Fisherman!

Just because we're not attending the world's largest fishing trade show this week doesn't mean we can't get in on the exciting new product news.

Although we are really disappointed that we missed Lee Corso deliver the keynote address at the industry breakfast this morning.

Angling Trade: The 2014 Show Issue

• Mobile Devices and In-Store Sales
• Non-Fly Impulse Buy Options
• Figuring Out Carp
• Creating a Nonprofit/Competitive Fly Fishing
• Teaching Through Tenkara
• Steelhead Waters in Danger
• What’s Next?
• and much more…

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Patagonia Growing the Sport Through Tenkara

Patagonia's Simple Fly Fishing initiative has brought over 900 new anglers to the sport in just a few short months.

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Cheeky Fly Fishing and 3-TAND Collaborate to Develop 550 Pliers

At five and half inches and equipped with replaceable HSS cutters and stainless steel tips, the lightweight Cheeky 550 Pliers are equally at home in the salt or your local trout stream.

Development and testing of the new pliers was initiated in July 2013 in a unique and collaborative approach between Cheeky and 3-Tand, both New England based fly fishing companies.

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