Zach Matthews
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Zach, please excuse the ignorance, but is that Lite Brite dubbing that you are mixing in with the synthetic hair or is there another version of Lite Brite that I am not aware of?
I don’t understand this reaction guys, and I think if you think about it a second you will agree with me. Simms has never billed itself as “fly fishing products.” The company is called “Simms Fishing Products.”
They told me they were going to get into the conventional fishing market in a bigger way when I was out there last year. I think this is a good idea. It extends the base of the company and makes it stronger. A broader sales base allows them to do more research and development, while still lowering the cost of their products based on volume sales. It also ensures the company weathers what are clearly bad economic times, and if I know the mentality at Simms, it will help make bait anglers more aware of some of the environmental crusades fly fishermen tend to spearhead.
Patagonia makes products for all kinds of non-fly fishing markets. So does Cloudveil. So do L.L. Bean and Orvis. Cabelas and Bass Pro are built on non-fly fishing markets. Does it really make sense for Simms to limit itself to our little slice of the pie? Are rainproof coats and high-end fleeces only useful to fly fishermen? Several years ago Simms made camoflage Guide Waders for the duck market. I have been trying to get them to bring them back ever since. 🙂
Personally I don’t see any problem with Simms sponsoring a walleye tournament or for that matter professional bass fishermen. Those guys are anglers too and most of them deserve our respect. As far as sponsoring the Cuttie-thon goes, Cameron, I would just say that Simms has a lot on its plate. I’ve made a formal pitch to them to sponsor this site and been turned down; one of the only companies who actually said no. (Maybe THE only company, actually). Their explanation made perfect sense: at the time of my pitch, my website did not represent the greatest value for their money, and they had a lot of other things to sponsor, some of them more worthy. I am not dogging the Cuttie-thon, I’m just saying that they get all kinds of requests for money yearly and they have to pick and choose more than you may imagine.
Zach
But, I have been watching his site since he started publishing at the end of the magazine with Gierach and his prices have tripled. That amazes me because it has not been that long.
Kevin –
Do you see why the magazines regard the end of book painting as an “advertisement” they should not have to pay for now?
Zach
Hey Cameron –
I don’t think 800 pixels would ever have fit here; the board panel is only 900 pixels wide and the avatars alone are 100 pixels.