TTW FEATURE
Kayaks take to
from British anglers for kayak
fi shing. Managing director of
the company, Bob Wellard,
explained: “We have seen more
and more uptake on fi shing-
European shores
specifi c kayaks in the United
Kingdom in 2008, and this has
grown considerably ahead of
previous years.
“I still believe it’s very much a
niche market in the seas around
this country, mainly because of
the inconsistent weather. But we
T_h e kayak fi shing market has had well-documented success in the
have noticed it [kayak fi shing]
United States but it appears, as with most markets, that the pattern
start to become more popular on
inland waters, where allowed.
is translating into Europe. TTW investigates the growth of kayak
“We have actually run several
fi shing across the Atlantic…
events for people to try their
hand at kayaking, fl y casting and
then both together to try and
K
AYAKING has many a fi sherman to the kayak, and Inland waters are also becoming boost the profi le of the sport
forms and is most you have a whole new ball game popular places to try this up- and attendances to these events
commonly known – a ball game that’s growing in and-coming sport with many suggest that the potential is
in its extremest popularity, by the second, for lakes and reservoirs in Europe huge.”
one – hurtling down a rough European fi shing tackle dealers. now allowing kayak fi shing. T_h e growth of kayak fi shing
white-water, avoiding rocks in In mainland Europe, kayak British fi rm Wellard and has been more prominent away
order to grab a huge adrenaline fi shing is becoming very Scott has been wholesaling from the unpredictable weather
rush. But that’s not the kind of popular, particularly on the several kayak brands in the of the UK and into mainland
kayaking that’s starting to take Mediterranean shorelines of UK for many years and has Europe.
off in a big way in Europe. Add Spain, Portugal and France. reported growing interest Richard Barth from the
This is becoming a more familiar
sight on Europe’s shores.
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