Best and Worst Fly Fishing Manufacturers’ Websites
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I’ll agree with consensus that Sage needs to get a writer ( Zach?!?!?) and lose the mumbo jumbo; Lamson/Waterworks needs major update; thumbs up to Abel, Fishpond, Simms; for fly shops Leland definitely great site; and I liked Stonefly Inn and 4 Rivers sites.
I’d like to nominate a few Canadian sites (OK I’m biased): Michael & Young fly shops,
I’ve always found St. Croix to have some of the best photography and design in the Fly Fishing industry. Their site and catalogs have always been a major influence/inspiration to me. Previous designs of my site were much more similar to their look (I wasn’t biting their style, just what I was into at the time). Every time I look at their page I’m reminded I need to step up my game and that I need to take my St. Croix rods out for a stroll on a stream.
http://www.stcroixrods.com
I think Albright Tackle is one of the most improved sites over the past few months. Previously it was a pretty weak site, but I really like their new layout and look. Their A logo with the fly looks sick too. I wish their banner image would change with each product. Kind of lame it doesn’t. They should hire me to shoot more photos for them!
http://www.albrightflyfish.com/http://society6.com/grainfarmer Fly Fishing and Landscape open edition Photography prints.
http://grainfarmer.vsco.co/ iPhone photos
http://instagram.com/chad_simcox InstagramNote that StCroix does discribe what they do, who tey are and how they make rods. (Zach mentioned the lack of this on most site’s)
Lamson Waterworks is really a poor website. How do you guys think about linking produkt quality, price and website quality together?
I think a good quality, expensive piece of equipment should be shown on a good website (looking at it from the marketing side).
Could e.a. a poor website like Lamson Wat. make possible customers buy something else?is there a website for thingamabobers?
i bought a pack of them in breckenridge and they got crushed from the altitude change to here in Va. i’d like to contact them to see how often this occurs and if there is anything i can do about it.
I believe this is the website for the makers of the Thingamabobber:
ryan, thanks for the link.
i sent them an e-mail and they got back to me very fasttheir site is easy to surf and user friendly-to keep in the topic.
I run an executive search firm here in CT and handle searches nationally for interactive marketing related roles…I spend all my time on the web and looking at different samples of folks work.
A manufacturer whose website is just a flat out miss is William Joseph.
Waterworks/Lamson- Agree the website needs a facelift but regarding Waterworks side of the shop I think you are way off. The Waterworks guys bought Lamson because they needed a brand and has provided all of the innovation. Waterworks is their elite brand at this point.
Winston- incredible site for Greenheads like myself! Where can you discuss every indiviudal rod in a series and get 20 responses? Huge move for Winston to create a Forum section to re-enforce the addiction people have to the “green”. Sage would do well to follow.
Winston- incredible site for Greenheads like myself! Where can you dsicuss every indiviudal rod in a series and get 20 responses. Huge move for Winston to create a Forum section to re-enforce the addiction people have to the “green”.
Not only is it good internet marketing, but again .. It creates a community that keeps people involved with the product!
This one drives me nuts, the homepage starts so well, but try clicking on the products tabs, welcome to the worst flyfishing website to navigate.
This one drives me nuts, the homepage starts so well, but try clicking on the products tabs, welcome to the worst flyfishing website to navigate.
This used to be a quit normal good functioning website. Till i guess a few days ago when they came up with this. It takes much to long for the pages to load even with my 10MBit connection.
When you got it in front of you you have to zoom in to see some detail on picss/images that aren’t that sharp.
This one drives me nuts, the homepage starts so well, but try clicking on the products tabs, welcome to the worst flyfishing website to navigate.
This used to be a quit normal good functioning website. Till i guess a few days ago when they came up with this. It takes much to long for the pages to load even with my 10MBit connection.
When you got it in front of you you have to zoom in to see some detail on picss/images that aren’t that sharp.
I know the old Scierra website and it was a decent, functional website, I hate what they’ve done to it.
This one drives me nuts, the homepage starts so well, but try clicking on the products tabs, welcome to the worst flyfishing website to navigate.
This used to be a quit normal good functioning website. Till i guess a few days ago when they came up with this. It takes much to long for the pages to load even with my 10MBit connection.
When you got it in front of you you have to zoom in to see some detail on picss/images that aren’t that sharp.
I know the old Scierra website and it was a decent, functional website, I hate what they’ve done to it.
Hmm… Could’nt even get the second page to open?????
Nice to see you Gael…
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