The Stick Shadd Takes it All at EFFTEX '08 !

Dear friends!

I would like to share with you an astonishing moment for me : my Stick Shadd 114 Suspending Blood Red Color just won the "Best New Hard Bait" award at the EFFTEX show in Roma !

It is a fantastic reward for a great hard-working team which I want to thank here for their ongoing support: my brother and partner Dave Maynard, CEO of SEBILE USA and managing director of ADL, Keeton Eoff, SEBILE USA sales manager, the people at the Colorado office (Stephanie, Dakota, John, Garner), Paul Maynard, Pitt Cheng, Laurent Picq, Alain Cavard, all our sponsorized fishermens and tournament guys (Todd Faircloth, Jeff Kriett, Steven Johnston, Tomek Krysiak, Michael Perron, Christian Mathey, Bobby Caskey, Jay Withers, Junitchi Shimizu, Tadd Van Demark, Olivier Charpentier, John Wood, Andy Gaïa, Kevin Shaw, Mike Mannis, Mark Sepe, Andrew Bostick, Tanner Morgan, Dimitry and Denis Khmara, Hidetada Nakajima, Yann Nabusset and some more - excuse me not to be exhaustive!), the Team SERT-Sakura France (Franck Rossman, Guillaume Fourrier, Nicolas Minvielle, Didier Lemmerling, Alain Soulet, Cyril Gressot), the Team Finesse Japan (Hiroshi Sugiyama, Taka Nakagawa, Ritsuko Maehata, Kobayashi Masashi, Kazuyuki Shimizu), the people in charge of promotion for their amazing work (Gary and Crystal Dollahon, Denis, Matt & Eric), my partners who have believed in my ideas and have followed me since the very begining of this story (Constant, Francis, Nico, Laurent, Guy), Caro for whom my heart is beating, and all the folks, journalists and fishermen that have followed and believe in me since the start of SEBILE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP, DEDICATION AND SUPPORT!

This award is not just mine: it is really yours for a part, that's for sure, since without you I won't be there !

Best regards to all,

Patrick