November 2011The 2011 Year End Issue
Contents Include:
- Winning New Products for 2012
- Update Your Business Plan
- Making a Great Media Trip
- Train Your Staff
- A Profile of The Stonefly in Butte, Montana
- Pro Guide Direct
- Trends We Saw in 2011
- and more…
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August 2011The “2011 Show” Issue
Contents Include:
- Golf and Fly Fishing
- IFTD Exhibitors and Floor Plan (Pg. 26)
- Making a Great Media Trip
- Loss Leaders
- Schools Revisited
- Discover Ireland
- DVD Profits
- and more…
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June 2011The “20 Great Things” Issue
Contents Include:
- Proprietary Products Heating Up Market
- Burke on Hair and Hackle
- Is Groupon for You?
- Icon Closes its Doors
- Undercover Fly Shop Guy
- Costco and the Trust Factor
- Travel, Tips, and More
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March 2011The “20 Great Things” Issue
Contents Include:
- 20 Reasons to Believe
- The Bundle Business (Lines and Reels)
- Santella on Books
- Q&A with AFFTA’s Jim Klug
- More on Pro Plans
- Ditch the Bobber
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December 2010The “What’s Next?” Issue
Contents Include:
- Q&A with the American Sportfishing Association
- Hot “Non-Fly” Buys
- Kodiak Island
- The Euro Perspective
- What’s the Deal with Pro Deals
- Killer Montana Guide Book
- Bie’s Backcast
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September 2010The Show Issue
Contents Include:
- New Rod Technology
- All About Margins
- Legend Frank Moore
- Reel People
- More from Guides
- Q&A with Andrew Bennett
- Growing the Sport
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June 2010The Gear Issue
Contents Include:
- 25 Hot Products
- Selling Softgoods
- The Right Shop
- Fly Fishing in Schools
- Start a Travel Program
- Little Red Book of Fly Fishing
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March 2010The Media 2010 Issue
Contents Include:
- Trade Show Skinny
- The Changing Media Landscape
- Using Social Media for Sales Effect
- “Dear Mr. Print Editor
- Bahamas Travel
- A Tribute to the Great Charlie Meyers
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December 2009The Value Issue
Contents Include:
- The Value of Vision
- Slump Busting, Part II
- Fly Fishing’s Cousin
- Retailer Profile
- The New Value Paradigm
- Virginia Festival
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September 2009The Guide Issue
Contents Include:
- 2009 Fly Fishing Retailer Show Guide
- The Rest of Denver
- Guides as Ambassadors
- Oh Canada!
- Leeson’s Latest
- TU Wades In
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June 2009The Fly Shop Issue
Contents Include:
- Shops Rule Consumer Opinions
- Hot Retailers in a Cold Market
- Beyond Fly Shop 101
- Mentors Matter
- Hardy Aims High
- Good Books
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March 2009The Teaching Issue
Contents Include:
- Replace Yourself
- Am I Too Old to Teach Fly Casting?
- My Favorite Professors
- Wagner’s To 10 Teaching Tips
- They Said It
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December 2008The Access Issue
Contents Include:
- Fish Free or Die
- Private Vs. Public
- Fishparks… Why Not?
- Why Media Matters More Now than Ever
- They Said It
- Now is The Perfect Time to Take Action
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September 2008The Good Issue
Contents Include:
- The Rest of Denver, Redux
- Tying into Sales
- A good Company, Hatch Reels
- Art in the Fly Shop, Part II
- Six for the Salt
- The Dream Shop
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June 2008The Green Issue
Contents Include:
- Monte Burke’s Letort Reflection
- Art in Your Shop
- How Retailers Earn Green by Being Green
- Pine Beetles
- Good News-Bad News on Whirling Disease
- Who’s Walkin’ the Eco Walk
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March 2008Made in America
Contents Include:
- Bowhunting vs. Flyfishing
- The Case for Imports
- Filson Wades In
- The Best of Both Worlds
- America’s Fish
- Great Lakes
- Back to School Profits
- True to the Red, White & Blue
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December 2007The Media Issue
Contents Include:
- The Video Boom
- The TV Bust
- All About the Internet
- Grassroots Marketing
- Work with the Press
- Blogging
- Good Websites
- The Skinny on MSRP
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September 2007Premier Issue. Coaxing a Market Rise.
Contents Include:
- The Monster Next Door
- AFFTA Goes Large
- The Catskill Artist
- Fish N’ Chips
- Teaching Your Way to Success
- Competitive Spike
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