Although some manufacturers are growing, others are passing into memory. We do not seem to hand down our love of fishing as our fathers did to us. You get the point. I'm sure you talk about fishing with people at work, I sure do. There are a lot of ways to get people interested in fishing, and a lot of ways to get them turned off by it.
Fishermen have a well deserved image problem.
We are the ones who throw trash and line in the lake. We are the ones that curse at the top of our voices when we miss a fish. We are the ones that relieve ourselves 50 yards away from the dock with little regard of who's watching. Tournament anglers have a special problem with perception. We have forgotten the simple joy of an afternoon on the bank, when the fish don't bother you a bit.