January 2021

OPENING CAST JAN 2021
Have you heard the saying “If you take a child fishing, they will fish for life.”? It has been in print, in videos, social media etc. Is it true?
I don’t have all the survey data at my finger tips but seeing buying trends and meeting people on the water, in stores, at shows, seminars etc., I see the positive impacts of the actual application of doing it and doing it often. My personal experiences as a boy and with my children and now grandchildren prove to me it is an overwhelming truism.
The number of families fishing in 2020 during the COVID Pandemic has shown that taking our younger generations fishing, teaches family unity, respect for our environment, a way to release stress and the beauty of our country – freedom.
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