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Can Fly Shop Owners Find Fulfillment in Denver?By Joseph Cornwall When you step into your local bait and tackle shop, fly shop or sporting goods outlet it’s hard to imagine how unbelievably big the angling industry really is. . A bit of research uncovers the fact that there are some 80 million Americans who will take to the water this year. Naturally, fly fishing is a small percentage of this enormous total. And rabid, die-hard, fish-every-chance-you-get-weather-be-damned fly rod lunatics are a smaller percentage still. Still, with the decimal point several places to the left, it seems almost incomprehensible that enough fly fishing professionals, writers, media and merchants exists to fill a convention center. But fill one they did. From August 24th through August 26th, 2006 the most fanatical of the truly obsessed converged on Denver, Colorado for the annual Fly Fishing Retailer World Trade Show. 228 exhibitors covered several acres of floor space, demonstrating the newest, shiniest and hottest products in the industry. For the first time ever I was one of that crowd. In a stroke of pure genius I’d managed to put on my best salesman’s cap and convince my wife that attending the FFR Trade Show would be a great vacation idea! Look for more great products and photos in Part Two!
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