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Fox tackle selling up...

That is interesting. I've always had Zebco down as cheap tat but I believe they're very popular in America??
 
I'm totally uninterested in who owns who, or who buys who. However, as someone that might have been a little wary of Fox branded stuff until the last year or two, it'll be interesting if they maintain their recent standards of quality and product innovation.
 
Thats what I meant lol. I knew that there was a connection (realised that they were nothing to do with the shooting brand).
 
Hi men,

Many moons ago when fox first produced their buzzer range I perchased 4 fresh to the market . They went wrong immediately , due to battery leakage !. Not great for a product that was their flagship , and due to be used in extreme conditions !. Funny , as delkims had just come out , and I went for the wrong option :( .
I was due to take part in a big carp match at Horseshoe lake the next weekend , and was furious :D , and let them know it !. To his credit mr Fox himself sent me his own set to use until the modified design buzzers arrived , good service , and I will always remember that !. I did change to delkims , which can't be beaten , and came second in the carp match , beaten with 25 mins to go !:rolleyes:

Hatter
 
Dosn't supprise me, i was speaking to a fox main dealer tackle shop owner 2 years ago.
hardys are to split from chub i think as well, no bad thing.
 
Any business is for sale at right price. but doubt this is happenening ;) ;) ;) its been going on nigh on a year
 
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I wonder if the sales includes matrix...as this brand to me appears to be marketed as a separate entity than that as the fox machine.

Anyone seen the news that Grant Albut (matrix angler) has purchased Shatterford lakes?
 
Justin Cubberley said:
I wonder if the sales includes matrix...as this brand to me appears to be marketed as a separate entity than that as the fox machine.

Anyone seen the news that Grant Albut (matrix angler) has purchased Shatterford lakes?
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Even if it happened they would still trade under the same name its only the owners what would be different. quality will remain the same!!!
 
I feel that those brand names under the 'pure fishing' banner bear little resemblance to the companies they once were....I doubt that you could give a Shakespeare rod away today from their current range, the quality being that poor from that of 20 years ago.
I also think that Hardy and Greys have lacked the quality that the brand once reflected for a good few years now.
 
Justin Cubberley said:
I doubt that you could give a Shakespeare rod away today from their current range, the quality being that poor from that of 20 years ago.
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Frequent a more general match/coarse fishing forum and you might have to reappraise that idea. The Mach (1/2/3) ranges of both rods and reels are surprisingly well regarded. Personally, I've had a wholly unfair and quite irrational aversion to the brand which stretches back to the eighties!;):D
 
Chris Jones said:
Frequent a more general match/coarse fishing forum and you might have to reappraise that idea. The Mach (1/2/3) ranges of both rods and reels are surprisingly well regarded. Personally, I've had a wholly unfair and quite irrational aversion to the brand which stretches back to the eighties!;):D
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OMG, I thought it was just me Chris.
 
I grew up with Shakespeare gear! I loved the brand but I doubt that any rod from their range in the last 5 years will be coveted like those from their past. Would you take a current mach rod over that from the President series?
Pure fishing hold brands with Abu. JRC, Shakespeare and Mitchell to name but a few...I don't think any of these companies have set the world on fire over the last decade with innovative products. Mitchell - will we hold their current reels with the same regard as the match 440a or 300's?
 
Justin Cubberley said:
I grew up with Shakespeare gear! I loved the brand but I doubt that any rod from their range in the last 5 years will be coveted like those from their past. Would you take a current mach rod over that from the President series?
Pure fishing hold brands with Abu. JRC, Shakespeare and Mitchell to name but a few...I don't think any of these companies have set the world on fire over the last decade with innovative products. Mitchell - will we hold their current reels with the same regard as the match 440a or 300's?
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440a best reel made by mitchell.
 
Howard Cooke said:
OMG, I thought it was just me Chris.
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There's a few of us about. ;):D I've noticed that those with such an aversion are often of a fairly similar and quite narrow age group. They must have produced some fairly memorable junk in the early to mid eighties!;):D

Justin Cubberley said:
I grew up with Shakespeare gear!
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As did I. It's where my aversion stems from.

Justin Cubberley said:
I loved the brand but I doubt that any rod from their range in the last 5 years will be coveted like those from their past. Would you take a current mach rod over that from the President series?
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My aversion runs so deep that I'd not have either. As I said, there's a surprising amount of fervour for the Mach series rods of the last couple of years.

Justin Cubberley said:
Mitchell - will we hold their current reels with the same regard as the match 440a or 300's?
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You are barking up the wrong tree on that score. I'd have given my eye teeth for a 440a in the early to mid eighties. By the time I could afford to buy one I'd not have been thankful for one as a gift. They were awesome in their day, that day has long passed. I don't get the reverence in which they are still held.
 
David Hall said:
Dosn't supprise me, i was speaking to a fox main dealer tackle shop owner 2 years ago.
hardys are to split from chub i think as well, no bad thing.
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Can't say I've had a problem with any of the Chub gear I own and imo far better value for money than the more recent Hardy gear
 
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