Making its debut at the 2010 Bassmaster Classic the “Shark Tooth” was a perfect pair with winner Kevin VanDam who not only won his third Classic but had signed on to endorse one of the most innovative ideas to hit the fishing industry in a decade and has now been named the “Best of Show” for the 2010 Fred Hall Fishing Show… both this seasons big winners!
The ‘Shark Tooth” Leader Control System originally developed for the fly fishing industry has taken Bass/Freshwater and Saltwater anglers by storm. “Everyone who sees it… does a double take, smiles, some of them slap their forehead and then buy atleast 3” says Bob Holt, inventor/partner of the ‘Shark Tooth’. “I’m an avid fly fisherman and just like everyone else, I had to deal with spools of tippet on a lanyard around my neck bulk spools in my boat that continually wanted to unravel, tangle and get caught in my nippers as I was trying to cut the one I needed.” After many sketches, hand carvings, free wax molds and assorted prototypes I came up with the ‘Shark Tooth’. The ‘Shark Tooth’ Leader Control System simply described is an elastic band in four sizes made to work with all types and sizes of line on spools from tippet to bulk braid with a molded plastic ‘Shark Tooth’ that allows the user to position it on the spool drawing the line through the hole, creating tension as you unspool it and then the stainless steel cutter, cuts the length of line you need leaving a 5/8 inch tag line each time. The ‘Shark Tooth’ keeps your line on the spool, helps you load your reels, manage your line and tippet and eliminates the need for nippers and line waste.
“Wanting to take this to the next level, I sent it to my cousin Jesse (who also is an avid fly fisherman) we put it to the test ourselves and with our family and friends made the leap into the fishing industry,” say’s BBT (Bobby Brown Trout) “I made a call to Kevin VanDam as soon as he had one in his hands he was all over it.” Immediately, Shark Tooth was getting the endorsement of one of the top anglers in the world.
Patents in place, the motivation to share his invention and the support of the Holt family the ‘Shark Tooth’ has been received with such enthusiasm at the Bassmaster Classic and the Fred Hall Show in Long Beach that the second round of production has begun and the next phase of “Shark Tooth Technology” will be coming soon.
Currently the ‘Shark Tooth’ is available at a limited number of tackle shops across the country and at
www.getsharktooth.com
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