McLEAN, Virginia –Angler/entrepreneur Ben Hobbins of Madison, Wisc. is the latest appointee to the Future Fisherman Foundation’s board of directors. Hobbins turned heads in 2006 with his invention of IronClads™, a line of life-like, soft-plastic fishing lures specially made to be extra-strong and nontoxic. Because these lures stay firmly on the hook, they don’t wind up at the bottom of lakes and rivers like 25 million pounds of other plastic lures each year. The invention has been deemed sweeping, so strong in fact that in 2010, Outdoor Life magazine recognized Hobbins “Innovator” in its “OL 25,” a group of men and women who have had significant positive impact on hunting and fishing. Outdoor Life said, “Hobbins’ eco-friendly IronClads showed that lake and stream clean-up, through tackle innovation, could come from within-from the anglers themselves-rather than from outside preservation groups, reinforcing the idea that sportsmen’s sanctuaries should stay in the hands […]
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