Ken Duke talks about the industry vibe from the iCast floor to the bottom line.
My new word is “tariffied,” and I coined it at ICAST 2025. A lot of media people at ICAST were focused on new products (there were enough “fuzzy dice” baits to equip a Las Vegas casino), but I was more interested in the “vibe.”
What’s the attitude and level of optimism or pessimism among the manufacturers on the show floor? There were roughly 550 exhibitors there, and their attitude toward the business of fishing is a far better barometer of things to come than what new products are being introduced.
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