By sheer luck I was in Orlando for work and noticed that the IFTD / ICAST show was in town. Couldn't pass this up as I have never been and cleared my schedule for a few hours on the last day of the show. They wanted to charge me $250 for a badge but luckily I was able to go the classy route and pulled someone's out of a trash can...
Spent time mostly in the IFTD area. Here are some photos I was able to take. Sorry for some of the poor pics. Seems that many of the booths were in disarray as it was the last day. Many times when I entered a booth the staff simply watched from their chairs. Enjoy!
One of the booths I was surprised and excited to see was the Ty-Rite booth. Some friends of the original owners have resurrected the company are an offering the original Ty-Rite products. I know I've collected many of these over the years. They said they are honoring all past products with their Lifetime Warranty and will replace any free of charge.
Sage had a great display which included an amazing fishing van! Also of interest at their booth was the new graphite Foundation series which will retain for $325 and is made in the USA... pretty nice to see.
Hardy had a cool booth with a beautiful float boat.
G Loomis won best new rod award for their IMX-Pro series of rods.
Abel's booth had reels and line clippers in every color combo imaginable.
Anyone fishing a Taylor reel? I have been wanting to try one out.
Here is a link to the Imgur library of more of the photos I took. Perhaps I can schedule a trip to visit my employees in Orlando again this year when the show is running and provide a more thorough report of new products...
https://imgur.com/a/ZEtq0
