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this section often.
Here you will find
the latest news
about what your
trade association
is up to in accomplishing
our strategic goals
and strengthening
the fly fishing
industry. Here you
will also be able
to research prior
news releases and
discover the history
of what AFFTA is
doing on behalf
of your business. |
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| AFFTA Extends Discount
Shipping Program to Members |
| September 30, 2002 |
AFFTA partners with the Outdoor
Industry Association to provide members with
major shipping savings.
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| AFFTA
board members draw
from corporate backgrounds
to promote fly fishing |
| June
25, 2002 |
When
you review the bios
of the current line-up
of AFFTA board members,
a recurring theme
emerges the
majority of these
men and women have
held prominent positions
at some very high-profile
companies including
Deloitte & Touche,
Kraft and Day Runner.
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| FFR
Announces Events
& Seminar Schedule
for September Show |
| June
11, 2002 |
With
Fly-Fishing Retailer
in just a few short
months, here is
a sneak preview
of events, seminars
and parties that
are scheduled for
the Denver-based
show..
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| Third
Annual Congressional
Casting Call Enjoys
Strong Turn-Out |
| May
6, 2002 |
DC
decision makers
tough out inclement
springtime weather
to make some casts,
support AFFTA and
CSF.
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Fly-Fishing
Retailer Teams Up
with Stanwood &
Partners Public Relations |
| March
4, 2002 |
Industry-leading
trade show hires
Jackson Hole-based
PR firm.
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AFFTA
Appoints Mark Vidovich
as New President |
| November
1, 2001 |
KELSO, Wash. (November 1, 2001)
-- The American Fly Fishing Trade Association,
the voice of the fly-fishing industry, today
announced the appointment of a new president
to lead the four-year-old organization. Mark
Vidovich, former chairman of Day Runner, Inc.,
and an avid fly angler, has been selected
to manage the future growth of the fly-fishing
industry.
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| Fly
Fishing Industry
Growth Fuels Strong
FFR Show |
| September
17, 2001 |
SALT
LAKE CITY (Sept.
8, 2001) -- The
fourth annual Fly-Fishing
Retailer World Trade
Expo ended its three-day
run today after
registering a total
attendance of 3,156,
versus 3,132 last
year. Some 1,194
buyers attended
from 617 stores,
versus 1,374 buyers
from 756 stores
in 2000.
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| Fly
Fishing Industry
Grows 18 Percent
in Two Years |
| September
17, 2001 |
SALT
LAKE CITY (Sept.
7, 2001) - Sales
of fly-fishing gear
and clothing increased
18.1 percent since
1998 according to
a recently-released
retail study titled,
"The Fly Fishing
Market in the U.S.
2000." The study
was commissioned
by the American
Fly Fishing Trade
Association (www.affta.com),
the over 400 member
organization of
fly-fishing manufacturers,
retailers, outfitters,
guides and specialty
media, based in
Kelso, Wash. Results
were announced in
Salt Lake City on
Sept. 7, 2001, at
AFFTA’s annual industry
breakfast during
the Fly-Fishing
Retailer World Trade
Expo.
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| Fly
Fishing Retailers
Learn How to Run
Better Businesses |
| August
14, 2001 |
LAGUNA
BEACH, Calif., (August
2, 2001) -- Fly-fishing
specialty retailers
who often teach
their customers
how to cast correctly
and catch fish,
will learn a thing
or two themselves
when they travel
to the sport’s largest
trade show. In addition
to learning about
what’s new in the
world of rods, reels,
waders, and flies,
buyers attending
the Fly-Fishing
Retailer World Trade
Expo in Salt Lake,
Sept. 6-8, can participate
in free seminars
providing advice
on running their
businesses more
profitability.
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| 2000
Retail Distribution
Study Available
09/15/2001 |
| July
25, 2001 |
The
newly commissioned
update on the Retail
Distribution of
the Fly Fishing
Industry with updated
information for
the year 2000 will
be available to
ship 9/15/2001.
AFFTA members get
a 50% discount on
this report which
will show the industry
changes since 1998.
See complete description
in our on-line catalog.
AFFTA is currently
taking pre-orders
for this publication.
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| The
World's Fly Fishing
Industry Comes to
Salt Lake |
| July
24, 2001 |
LAGUNA
BEACH, Calif. (July
24, 2001) - The
eyes of the world
will soon focus
on Salt Lake - the
fly-fishing world,
that is, as the
fourth annual Fly-Fishing
Retailer World Trade
Expo returns to
the Salt Palace
Convention Center,
Sept. 6-8. Over
3,000 retailers,
manufacturers, guides
and instructors
will travel to the
Utah capital for
three days of educational
seminars, networking
parties, and product
demonstrations by
leading manufacturers
including 3M Scientific
Anglers, Abel, Cortland,
Fly Logic, Orvis,
Patagonia, Rio,
Ross Reels, R.L.
Winston, Sage, Scott,
Simms, Umpqua, and
Waterworks.
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| Interior
Secretary Gail Norton
Joins Congressional
Casting Call |
| May
10, 2001 |
AFFTA
and CSF Potomac
Event Includes Fly-Casting
on the Capitol Lawn
You can send dozens
of briefing documents,
press releases,
and white papers
about fisheries
management and habitat
conservation, but
somehow nothing
quite communicates
the message like
a perfectly-cast
line or that first
strike from an American
shad taken on a
fly.
On Apr. 30, Interior
Secretary Gail Norton
and Members of Congress
joined the American
Fly Fishing Trade
Association (AFFTA)
and the Congressional
Sportsmen’s Foundation
(CSF) for a few
hours of fly-casting
instruction and
fly-fishing. The
second annual Congressional
Casting Call also
included fly-casting
instruction on the
East lawn of the
U.S. Capitol, attended
by dignitaries including
Rep. Clay Shaw (R-FL)
and House Sergeant-of-Arms
Wilson Livingood.
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Fly
Fishing Retailer World Trade
Expo and Magazine is a strong
financial supporter of AFFTA
in our mission to increase the
consumer participation and education
of the sport of fly fishing
and protecting fly fishing environments.
AFFTA exclusively endorses and
co-develops the Fly Fishing
Retailer World Trade Expo and
the expo will be the source
of future funding for education,
promotion and lobbying initiatives
by AFFTA on behalf of the fly
fishing industry. Every exhibitor
and attendee of the Fly Fishing
Retailer World Trade Expo is
making an investment in the
future of the sport that is
their business-fly fishing.
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