![]() Folks that normally don’t book (or cannot afford) high priced travel or throw down on a Sage / Hatch outfit or some G4Z waders have come out of the woodwork to participate and contribute to keeping us afloat. The raffles have also exposed us to hundreds of new customers and revealed a youthful movement of guys and gals that we did not even know were out there supporting us. Since then, the raffles have expanded their reach with huge engagement – and are the only reason we are able to remain solvent and make payroll. The winner of the raffles donated the reel back and we auctioned it again with the same result. Ten minutes later we threw up an Abel Texas Flag reel on Instagram and it sold immediately. Within 45 seconds of the “ now what?” conversation about survival plans, one of our guys pitched the idea of the raffle. ![]() When the shit hit the fan, we all met at the shop to kick around ideas. The raffles have been a complete lifeline for us. However, we are guiding a number of local trips enjoying the lovely Springtime Texas weather and some awesome bass fishing.įlylords: Tell us a little bit about the CO-VID Shelter in Place Raffles you guys have been doing? Our travel business grinding hard finding resolution to all the canceled trips (so far) and obviously new bookings are non-existent. Revenue from the in-store and online sources is obviously a fraction of what we planned or bought for. Many of the crew are back in the office and we are now “open at 25% capacity” in keeping with the Governor’s plans for reopening the economy in Texas, but we are of course not turning the door as much as we would like. All of March and April we ran a skeleton crew working the phone and online orders as well as curbside service. The shop is an active dealer for most of the industry’s primary vendors, and we have a very unique warehouse space outfitted with a bar and a huge backyard on the river – both very unique to Dallas.įlylords: How has the CO-VID outbreak impacted your business?ĭallas’ “Shelter in Place” orders effectively closed our doors entirely until last week. We also enjoy the exclusive sales and marketing responsibilities for The Palometa Club on Ascension Bay – as well as send hundreds of anglers a year to Southeastern Louisiana for redfish. For nearly twenty years we have orchestrated trips for our clients to all the usual destination fisheries from Seychelles to Kamchatka to South America, all throughout the Caribbean, etc. Our business model is similar to other shops/agencies in that we represent 60+ destinations around the world and enjoy the symbiotic relationship between the travel department and the retail brick and mortar. Further, we have a vibrant fly fishing instruction and locally guided trips program as well. We operate both the Fly Shop as well as our travel booking agency – which has actually been around since the Westbank Anglers days in Dallas in the late 1990s. We moved to our existing building on the river in January 2016 following ten years in another Dallas location. Tailwaters Fly Fishing Co is located on the Trinity River in the “Design District” neighborhood of Dallas, Texas. In addition to being the owner of the company, David manages the travel department at Tailwaters.įlylords: What is Tailwaters Fly Fishing? David has nearly fifteen years of experience in the fly fishing travel and retail industry. Meet David Leake, the owner, and operator of Tailwaters Fly Fishing. Introducing the Staying Afloat Series, where we take an inside look into the lives of many different fly fishing guides, shops, brands, and lodges across the world in hopes of finding out how the COVID is affecting them, what they are doing to help, and how we can do our part to help them.
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