Where: Vienna Fire Station, 400 Center St South, Vienna, VA 22180
When: Wednesday, October 30th, 2019 at 7:30 pm (doors open at 7:00 for socializing)

Our featured speaker for the October 30th meeting is Scott Barrett who will speak to us about the Nikko Fishing Company “Next Generation Soft Baits”.  He will give an introduction to Nikko and what the company is doing to make the world better through fishing.  He will discuss their product line, especially their hellgrammite (which is currently the #1 hellgrammite in the U.S. at the moment), and a variety of related topics.  You can find their website at nikko-fishing.com.

Nikko Kasei Co., Ltd. (“Nikko”), founded on 1 Feb 1964, is headquartered in Ota-ku, Tokyo, Japan. In 2010, Nikko began production of bio-disintegrable soft baits after several years of research and development. The soft bait business is now one of Nikko Kasei’s most strategic lines of business, and in Japan, it has grown rapidly mainly as a private label manufacturer (OEM) to large fishing supply companies as well as marketing under its own brand.

With over 50 years of manufacturing plastics, Nikko has built a reputation of innovation, trust and uncompromising quality. All Nikko baits are manufactured in Nikko’s own factories in Japan with a level of detail and quality Japan is famous for.

Nikko’s super soft material enables the bait to look and feel real and to naturally move even with the slightest of currents or action. Add in naturally proportioned designs with minute detail and natural scent, you get baits which really bring in the fish.

You will be amazed at how many fish you can catch on just one bait! With durability of 10-100 times more than ordinary plastic baits, Nikko’s baits will save you money.

Nikko uses a unique, proprietary nanotechnology to render these baits bio-disintegratable in real life conditions. In addition, don’t worry about the baits breaking down in your tackle box after use, they won’t. If stored in their packs, they will remain super soft and stretchy, just like new, for years. Unlike other baits, Nikko’s will not harden or dry out if left in the sun nor swell if left in water.

Did you know that most ordinary plastic baits swell and stiffen when ingested or left in an aquatic environment? Many fish and other creatures often ingest these discarded or lost plastic baits. Unable to disgorge or pass the swollen stiff baits, the fish can no longer effectively hunt prey or escape predators, usually leading to their death. Nikko’s baits will never swell or harden if left in an aquatic environment or ingested by an animal. Nikko’s super soft baits will be passed or disgorged, or remain super soft inside the animal without inhibiting its motions.

Chris McCotter, our scheduled speaker for September, will not be able to make it, however Robert Catalanotto of Trout Unlimited will speak about their initiatives at Fletcher’s Cove.

Where: Vienna Fire Station, 400 Center St South, Vienna, VA 22180
When: Wednesday, September 25th, 2019 at 7:30 pm (doors open at 7:00 for socializing)