Lord Paul of Sheffield
Well-known member
Judging by the posts on FM there have been little actual fishing done by most of us over the last 2 or 3 weeks and what fishing there has been has been limited to a few hours, so what effect will this have on tackle shops?
If people haven't been fishing much if at all then such items as hooks, shot, line and floats will not have needed replacing and then there's the drop in sales of bait, ground bait, additives ect that will see a drop in profit to the tackle shop.
Winter may be a slow time for tackle shops generally but I wouldn't be surprised to find that one or two of the smaller ones go bust after this spell