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2026-02-16, 12:16:52
Stop by Booth 5715 at Outdoorama this week starting Thursday, February 19 in Novi! You know where!

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Great to see quite a few of you at the 2026 Ultimate Fishing Show. Now, on to Outdoorama Feb. 19-22.

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2026-01-01, 13:07:42
Thanks detroit1

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2025-12-06, 09:52:48
Hi Dan, see you next month.

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Pure Fishing suing Shimano over patent infringement

Started by McCarter, September 02, 2010, 11:36:01 AM

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Hooksetter

I also made the mistake of buying a bulk spool of Vanish, filling all of my spinning reels with it and then going to a club tournament. I got broke off all day long. By fish, weeds, air, water etc. I was so disgusted I threw the rest of the spool away when I got home.

Been using P-Line ever since.

Willie
Peace.
It does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble or hard work. It means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart.

Manxfishing

Quote from: djkimmel on September 03, 2010, 02:19:55 PM
I have to imagine that part of this would be because Pure Fishing has changed hands too.


Pure Fishing is a global family of quality fishing tackle brands, offering a broad range of products that meet or exceed the needs of today's anglers.

2007 - Pure Fishing and Shakespeare Fishing Tackle join forces to form the world's largest fishing tackle company, adding the Shakespeare, Ugly Stik, Penn, All Star Rods, Pflueger, and XTools brands.
2004 - Stren is acquired
2003 - 7Strand joins Pure Fishing
2000 - Pure Fishing acquires the Mitchell, Johnson and Spiderwire brands from Johnson Worldwide Associates
2000 - Outdoor Technologies Group becomes Pure Fishing
1995 - Abu Garcia joins Outdoor Technologies Group
1988 - Berkley Fishing acquires Fenwick and becomes Outdoor Technologies Group

djkimmel

What your list doesn't cover is that Pure Fishing itself was acquired by Jarden Corporation in 2006. That was a major change for them. Jarden Corp is a really big company owning a long list of brands across many markets. That will definitely affect corporate philosophies.

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Waterfoul

Quote from: Manxfishing on September 03, 2010, 03:02:16 PM
For line
The McCoy is priced right and made in the USA



P-line is (in my opinion) not over priced, and is also made in the USA (Texas... where everything is made bigger and stronger!  LOL!!)
Addicted to fishing.  All the time, any species, anywhere!!  Especially in West Michigan!!!

Manxfishing

I'm not bashing P-line. I know we all have favorites
But comparing apples to apples

P-line CX is 9 bucks for a 300 yd spool and the McCoy Mean green is 18 bucks for a 1000 yd spool
So it's about a 1/3 the cost
Both work




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