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Success of the Red Snapper

After years of work, fishery managers unanimously approved a plan in the summer of 2007 that sets a science-based limit on how many red snapper fishermen are allowed to catch and greatly reduces bycatch levels. The plan is expected to end overfishing of red snapper in the Gulf of Mexico in 2009

...from our friends at Ocean Conservancy

Croakies donates $1 from every “Ocean Conservancy Croakies” sold, to Ocean Conservancy.

NEW FISHSKIN™ Prints

Jackson Hole, WY (May 26, 2009) - Croakies®, the leader in innovative functional accessories, introduces its NEW FISHSKIN™ Prints. Graphically realistic prints of the skin of Rainbow Trout, Brown trout and Brook Trout like nothing that has ever been produced anywhere before.

FISHSKIN™ prints come in a variety of products including Cotton Suiters®, adjustable eyewear retainers, Croakies Fishing Lanyards and seven different styles of Croakies Belts. Created with Croakies sublimation technology and made in Bozeman, Montana these prints are becoming the rage amongst outdoor enthusiasts everywhere.

FISHSKIN™ prints join the Croakies family of sublimated Fish prints including Northern Game Fish on the original Croakies and Suiters® as well as our realistic reproduction of Tarpon, Marlin, Bonefish, Brown Trout and Rainbow trout on Croakies Belts.

Croakies FISHSKIN™ products are available at better outdoor stores everywhere, and on our website (www.croakies.com).

The SHADE DOCK™ by Croakies

The SHADE DOCK - Press Release

Jackson Hole, WY(April 27, 2009) - Croakies®, the leader in innovative and functional accessories announces its newest must have product the Shade Dock™. The Shade Dock is a completely new way to store your glasses in your car. This well designed tool will help you locate and protect your glasses in your vehicle.

The Shade Dock’s one-handed operation makes it easy to use. You can locate your eyewear without taking your eyes off the road or your hands off the wheel. There are no buttons to fumble with or small parts to break. Simply slide the temples of your eyewear under the clip of the Shade Dock and your glasses are protected. You will never again have to ask yourself, “Where are my glasses?”

The Shade Dock can be mounted in two different locations in your car. It can be mounted on your car’s visor, or alternatively in any of your car’s air conditioning/heating vents. There are two different clip attachments sold with every Shade Dock to accommodate vent or visor positioning. The Shade Dock: just one of Croakies innovative accessories available online (www.croakies.com), and at better stores everywhere.

Small Indulgences

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Winter Market 2009
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Wayfarers and Croakies, an original combo

This People Magazine article has a nice little write up about the ever popular Ray Ban Wayfarers, making a new splash on the scene. They also call out Croakies as a popular way to secure your fashionable eyewear, and say that it's a favorite of Tom Selleck. Thanks People for the Shout Out, Thanks Tom for wearing our product!

How To Maintain Eyeglasses

Steps to Keeping your eyeglasses clean

• Don't put your glasses on the top of your head. This can distort the shape, and there's a greater chance of them falling off and getting damaged that way. Use Croakies eyewear retainers to securely hang your glasses from the neck.

• Grasp the lenses by putting your thumb at the bottom and fingers at the top, and them move them to where you want them to sit on your face.

• Try a Croakies Microfiber Optical Cleaning Cloth or Chamois Cleaning Cloth. To clean them, hold your glasses firmly in one hand. Take the cloth in your preferred hand and gently rub both sides of each lenses until you can see no smudges. Breathe on them gently so that you can see any spots you missed in the fog, and wipe them quickly, before it evaporates.

• Use lens cleaning spray, available on croakies.com. Spray a small amount on both sides of each lens, and repeat the above.

• Sometimes the screws that hold the arms on can come loose, which makes the arms not able to 'grip' the sides of your head as well. Use an eyeglass repair kit, like Croakies Lens Cleaning Kit, Optical Care Kit, and Universal Repair Tool, to repair your glasses. These are available on our website.

• Have them adjusted once or twice per year. This goes with the above step. If you go back to where you got them every six months to one year, they will most likely adjust your glasses free of charge. The optical technician will examine them for wear and tear, tighten any loose screws, check the fit again, just as if it were the day you bought them, and make them just like new.

• Keep your glasses safe and accessible when you are driving, with Croakies Shade Shacks. Easy to use, they clip onto your visor.

Here are Croakies products that can help you take care of your eyeglasses.
Eyewear Retainers, Shade Shacks, Lens Cleaning Kit, Optical Care Kit, Universal Repair Tool

The Brand Fly Fishers Ask For

Check out our most recent ad in Angling Trade Magazine.