Holiday Tournament/Party & 2014 CW Recap!

Hello Anglers!

How's winter fishing? Who's spooning and jigging? Has anyone tried the NEW CW Terminal Tackle and Jigs yet? Sure to deliver "The Reaction you've been waiting for!" check it out here: http://cactuswrenoutdoors.com/t/cw-jigs

So as you all know, CW had a Holiday Tournament and Christmas Party- the day was very cold and full of fun and well you guessed it...FISHING! We had 8 Anglers participate and boy were they champs! Such good sports, I really had thought it would be great start the tournament bright and early at 6am, yet I didn't think hard about the fact that it's winter and super dark- so thankfully everyone patiently sat around the fire and altered the event time to 7am start without a fuss! Thanks guys! Not only was there that big mistake, we also had lots of confusion from the scoring system...due to me again, yep- this holiday season obviously has made me lose my mind.  Seriously shame on me, anyhow we worked through it- had we done our usual point ranking...David Jacques would have taken it for the win. However Jason Bisdorf  took it with 17' Bass- we did longest measured bass took the win! :) Either way everyone had a wonderful time and enjoy lots of good food, and a fun white elephant gift exchange, all in all the day was very successful- we can't thank Ya'll enough for coming out and supporting Cactus Wren Outdoors!!

So lets see here, as you know CW is new to the tournament community- and it's our goal to bring a legitimate kayak tournament circuit going in Arizona- within 2015 and 2016 we want to get everything going and legit to everyone's standards. ALL FEEDBACK is very appreciated!! We are thinking about doing a tournament every months for the whole year, and it different locations each month? Thoughts? Also- we were going to raise the buy in prices and pay out more as well as do a point ranking system for the end of the year awards..? What's your input? We look forward to putting these events on, we meet a lot of great anglers who turn into great friends! :) Thank you for giving us the opportunity to do so. Lastly, Thank you for being patient with our first year of hosting tournaments, we may have had some hiccups but we are proud of how far we have come.! We look forward to a brand new year with more great events and products to share with the Arizona fishing community.

Well its that time of year again, things coming to an end as we prepare for the new year with excitement! How does time go by so quick!? Ya know- when your in the present it can easily seem as nothing has changed. Yet, when you look back on the year, everything has changed! We have many things to be forever grateful and thankful for this year. Mostly, all of our amazing Wren Anglers we've met throughout the year- Thank you all SO much for fishing with Cactus Wren Outdoors! It means the world to us, we are living a dream creating lures and fishing gear that brings joy to all and many fish to the boat or kayak. We go into 2015 with so much potential, we have a lot of new and extremely exciting things coming this year! :) Let's check out our CW Year Recap quick-

Established in 2013:
Started with Talking Stick Baits in 2 sizes and 6 colors.
1 Pro-Staff Fisherman Cole Garratt
*Small Cliental through Ebay and Online Store

Now Ending 2014:
CW has 21 color options in 5 different Soft Plastic Baits and in 4 sizes
 (with continued bait development)
-CW Roadrunners
-CW Talking Sticks
-CW Quail Tails
-CW Canyon Craw
-CW Ridgewalkers

CW has flawless terminal tackle and jigs in 3 different colors, and 13 different skirt patterns.
-CW Football Head jig
-CW Swim Jig
-CW Shaky Head
-CW Chowa Barb
-CW Drop Shot weights

***All Products are handmade by Justin and Alex Butel locally.

4 Pro-Staff Fisherman:
1. Derrick Franks "The Striper Snatcher" www.stripersnatcher.com
2. Cole Garratt
3. Joshua Taggart
4. George Sisemore

*What a great Pro-Staff we are blessed with!

&Looky HERE, CW is Featured with these wonderful companies!!:
1.Liars Korner Located in Mesa, Arizona.
2. Fishbone Outfitters www.fishboneoutfitters.com
3. The Striper Snatcher www.stripersnatcher.com
4. Mystery Tackle Box www.mysterytacklebox.com


As you can see! What a year it's been! WHOO! Thank you all again for following along and supporting Cactus Wren Outdoors! Continue to follow along, our journey has only begun!
See you soon anglers, HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!


Tight Lines,

Alex Butel
www.cactuswrenoutdoors.com