 |  | | | FEBRUARY 2012 ANGLING E-NEWS | | | Simms to Sell Direct, Yet Reaffirms "Specialty Matters Most" Commitment... 
CEO K.C. Walsh Answers The Tough Questions
Simms Fishing Products dealers were informed last week about the company's decision to make substantial changes to its distribution plans. Most notably, starting in August, consumers will be able to purchase Simms gear through www.simmsfishing.com. The company also says it will forbid dealers to sell current products on or through Amazon and eBay. The decision by Simms to sell direct comes as a surprise to few. Still, Angling Trade has received feedback from the retailer community ranging from anger to total ambivalence. In most cases, the reaction has been a desire to get more facts. With that in mind, Angling Trade editor Kirk Deeter interviewed Simms president and CEO K.C. Walsh. Here are the questions and answers: AT: How will Simms selling direct possibly benefit the specialty shop? Do you recognize that there are consumers out there who buy waders at fly shops now, who will not do that in the future? Continue reading on AnglingTrade.com | | |  | | |  | | | | | | Update: Jackson River Trespassing Case  By Geoff Mueller
Eighty thousand dollars seems a small price to help preserve public river usage in the state of Virginia–or any state for that matter. But when that anvil is dropped on the shoulders of one man who unwittingly waded into a water rights debacle on the Jackson River two years ago, it's a tough figure to swallow. "I'm essentially paying to defend the property of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and that has really rubbed sportsmen the wrong way," says Dargan Coggeshall, who is being sued by River's Edge golf community developers near Covington, Virginia. The fight began in 2010, when River's Edge filed criminal trespassing charges against three Virginia anglers, including Coggeshall and his brother-in-law, Frank Garden. That case was dropped and has since been replaced by new civil trespassing charges, which... Continue reading on AnglingTrade.com | | | | | | Why Big Boxes Aren't Fire-Breathing Dragons Anymore  By Steven B. Schweitzer
Amazon's Price Check Mobile Phone App Serves as the Newest Threat to All Retailers Big boxes know how you shop in their stores. They know your buying habits, your favorite store location, your favorite products, the time of day you spend the most money, and the list goes on. Now, Amazon's new Price Check mobile phone app will know that too. The app assures you are getting the best price on anything—seriously anything—just by taking a picture of it or scanning the barcode. OK, the price scanning feature isn't new to mobile commerce, so what's the rub? Find out on AnglingTrade.com | | | | | |  | | | | | | Angling Trade Launches LinkedIn Group Specifically for Sales Reps  Following on the heels of its highly popular "insider" LinkedIn forum specifically for fly fishing retailers, Angling Trade is launching another forum for sales representatives from within the fly fishing industry to share ideas, concerns, questions and answers, and so forth. To sign up and take part, simply click this link here and follow the simple steps necessary to join the group.
As many who take part in the retailer LinkedIn forum will attest, the conversations are timely, on topic, always candid, and usually enlightening. It's the best vehicle for sharing thoughts with kindred business spirits from throughout the world. | | | | | | Product Review: Hatch Tempest Pliers  Angling Trade and MidCurrent are compiling gear reviews, and collaborating on a bi-weekly gear-focused newsletter for MidCurrent readers. New product, old product, high end, low end, fly-specific, or crossover idea... all fair game. If you have a product or review idea and want in on the action, contact tim@anglingtrade.com for submission guidelines.
Here's an example: Let's be honest. Van Staal is, and has been, the "gold standard" in fishing pliers for many years now, with very good reason. They don't rust, they always grab, and always cut even the thickest line materials. They've even become an icon–he (or she) who sports the Van Staals on the belt clearly knows quality. I have a pair of Van Staals myself, and love them. It's just that I love my Hatch "Tempest" pliers a little bit more. At face value, the benefit of spending... Find out more on AnglingTrade.com | | | | | | Fracking Rules Draw Praise from Hunters and Anglers  The Bureau of Land Management's proposed rules on public disclosure of the contents of hydraulic fracturing fluids, as well as the handling of wastewater and the integrity of well casings, represent a step forward in ensuring responsible energy development on public lands, a sportsmen's coalition said Monday.
Sportsmen for Responsible Energy Development has called on the BLM to make sure resources such as water, fish and wildlife are conserved when oil and gas are developed on public lands. The draft rule on hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," is a prudent response to concerns about the potential impacts of drilling and the handling of drilling fluids on the lands that are crucial to the West's water supplies, fish and wildlife, said... Continue reading on AnglingTrade.com | | | | | | Climate Change is Real, Ask Conservation Hawks  Conservation Hawks is a new conservation group dedicated to educating hunters and anglers on the most important threats to our natural resources and outdoors traditions. This non-partisan group run by passionate, dedicated sportsmen, defines its mission as "To defend our sporting heritage and pass on a healthy natural world to future generations of Americans."
Conservation Hawks believes climate change is... Continue reading on AnglingTrade.com | | | | | | |
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