Newsletter Volume 2
April 14th, 2008

In this Issue:

• Greetings
• Winston Boron II-MX
• Demos and Clinics
• New Sharkskins!
• Testimonials
• Idylwilde
• Closing

Friends and Guides,

Jon and I have been spending much of our time on the road this spring working trade shows, doing clinics, giving feedback to our manufactures and participating in sales meetings. Our time in the office has been minimal as of late so please feel free to contact us on our cell phones for pressing needs. Our contact info can always be found in the lower left corner of the newsletter.

As guides and outfitters, your time with clients is a great opportunity to highlight new gear and to promote our product lines. Many of our manufactures offer very attractive incentive programs for gearing up with quality equipment. Please let us know if we can ever be of assistance in helping you to grow and equip your business.

Winston:

The Boron II-MX continues to pick up steam as the spring travel season to warm water destinations is in full swing.

Winston has answered the call for a true fast action rod in a big way. Anglers and dealers heading south have been loving the versatility of this rod.

While the BIIMX was originally conceived as a fast action saltwater rod, the lighter line weights are amazing trout rods. Whether double rig nymphing, chucking big streamers, or contending with 20 MPH winds, this rod offers plenty of power when you need it the most.

Demos and Clinics:

My thanks to Fly and Field Outfitters, Emerald Water Anglers, and Alaska Wildland Adventures for organizing our "on the water" demo days. These event are spent fishing Winston Rods, Sharkskin Fly Lines and Galvan Fly Reels. Demos and clinics greatly help to familiarize your staff with the product and help to generate sales in the long term.

Please contact us to schedule an "on water demo day", space and time is running out!

Scientific Anglers:

Get Sharkskin fly lines for $25! As guides you are eligible for a one time a year "5 line Deal" from SA. Email us for further info.

SA continues to evolve and make full use Sharkskin technology. They have added a steelhead taper to the series, which have already begun shipping. We have contacted many of you for advanced orders so that shops in our territory can take advantage of early sales. We expect the line to be very big in other parts of the country, so let us know if you would like to add these lines to a preseason shipment to save on shipping costs. The taper for this line is similar to the much loved classic Steelhead Taper and are available in 6-10wt.

Jon attended our first sales meeting in Tampa, Florida this week to get the scoop on many new innovations SA will be revealing in the next few months. We have received interest in a Sharkskin Shooting Line from nearly everyone, and we are excited to say that it is on the way! Also on the way are a GPX style line, and an aggressive weight forward line designed for "big bugs" called the Magnum. We will keep you posted as more information becomes available. Also expect new developments in leader and tippet, and across the board updates to the Mastery Series.

The Chain Effect:

The micro-replicated surface in Sharkskin lines gives actual points where the line can bend or flex without cracking. An additional benefit is the structure also relaxes or relieves memory of the line to give an anti-tangle effect which improves shootability and line control.

Wear on Guides?

Upon completing extensive testing by 3M on fly lines and wear on guides, Sharkskin has shown to wear less on guides than other leading fly line manufactures. Furthermore, the material used to make guides matters more to the longevity of your line than anything else. (Scientific studies and microscopic views available upon request.)

Fly Line Stretch:

Over a 100 foot span of line, stretched with 500 grams of force the difference between Rio Gold, Cortland 555, SA Mastery Trout, SA Sharkskin was less than 1 foot of stretch. Interestingly, Aiflo was shown to stretch the most at 1.8 feet, with Cortland, Rio, Mastery trout, and Sharkskin stretching between just under 1 and 1.2 feet comparatively.

Flotation:

Current top end fly lines including, Rio, Airflo, and SA float half in and half out of the water. You can also think of this a percentage of fly line floating out of the water. In this case 50% of the line is out of the water. 3M has purchased a machine that can measure the angle of the line to the water, or contact angle. In the case of Sharkskin, when this contact angle is expressed as a percentage of line floating out of the water, it consistently tests out at a contact angle of 130, 72% of the line out of the water. Micro replication is a phenomenon found in nature, such as the pad's on Water Skipper's feet (do Water Skippers have feet?), and has been emulated in the Sharkskin series of fly lines for supreme flotation.

Sharkskin vs. Standard line

"…SA has really delivered with this product. I would go so far as to say that this line could be as revolutionary to fly fishing as what the graphite rod was. It is absolutely unbelievable."
-Shop Manager/Owner, Seattle WA

"Sharkskin is the best line hands down. I'll admit I was a little skeptical, but I haven't let a client demo it yet that doesn't plan on having one, LITERALLY everyone."
- Head Guide, Yakima River WA.

"In the world of Fly Fishing gear many products claim to be revolutionary, but few truly are. Until now. The new Sharkskin fly line from SA is the most revolutionary product I've used to date. It is slick! It shoots farther and easier than any line I've ever used. But, for me the suppleness of the line is the defining characteristic. It has no memory."
- Head Guide, Central Oregon

Sharkskin has been proving to be an asset in Puget Sound as well.

Seattle area anglers should not forget about the opportunity to catch wild Sea-run Cutthroat inhabiting Puget Sound beaches this spring.

With Steelhead in our northern Washington rivers closed to fishing, take a Sharkskin to the beach and put it through it's paces. Lines fished in the Sound must endure barnacles, salt crystallization on the coating, and be memory free for constant distance casting. This line has proven to be a winner even in these harsh conditions.

Thank you for your continued support . We hope that your season is a successful, and prosperous one. Please let us know if you have any questions regarding the above information at any time.

Sincerely,

Dylan Rose & Jon Covich

Photo Credits: Dave McCoy, Dylan Rose
© Copyright Jon Covich, 2008