RIO products bought out

FarBank Enterprises, owners of Sage and Redington, announced today that it has acquired Rio Products...

you can see the full article over at the flyfisherman board
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I think that is a bummer, but I can't blame Jim for taking a payday. Now he can just steelhead fish all the time.

-John

theres an announcment on the rio website as well as an open letter from the vincents

This is going to be interesting...I have always like SAGE rods and RIO lines together...wonder what's going to happen...

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"GET THE DRIFT?"

[url=http://flyfisherman.com/rmwest/farbank.pdf:31193]http://flyfisherman.com/rmwest/farbank.pdf[/url:31193]

I was wrong - Jim's staying with the company to do R&D. He gets his cake and will eat it to evidently. Good news to me, I think it will be a good match.

It is posted here, in full.

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LadyFisher, Publisher of
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