Paul,
I really liked the SLC show, tied at it for three years. Got to met you Don and Jerry there along with a lot of others that I respect.
Hope it goes back and I get another invitation to tie.
Tony
Paul Marriner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Paul Marriner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
DonO wrote:
>>I think also the politics is interfering with the fun, which in turn affects the trade. (This is also my take with the FFF at present- politics and $$.) Why they hold the show
in Denver every year is a mystery to me, even if it does work out well
to be within driving distance of me. They had it in SLC a few years
ago, and I guess that didn't work
out.<<
A partial clue is in the name, it's no longer the International Fly
Tackle Dealer Show (the name when it was run by Fly Rod & Reel), but the
Fly Fishing Retailer show. One year there were two shows, IFTDS in
Denver, FFR in SLC. The big boys deserted the first for the second so
the first closed. FFR was held in SLC for another year, but Denver is
considered a better location, both physically and with respect to
services. While Chicago might be the most central, Denver is closer to
the ff destination market. They did hold one, maybe two, in the east
(the first one was in PA I think), but they didn't draw. I have no real
basis except gut feel, but I'd bet there are many more "fly shops" west
of the "mid-west" than east (including Canada). "Fly shops" being the
market, that explains the location. It also explains the problems. "Big
box" retailers, catalogue, and on-line sales, take ever larger shares of
the market, so the number of small retailers shrinks, and those that
survive buy less.
cheers,
Paul
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