The Artful Angler Joins Fishhound Pro Staff

SHERMAN OAKS, CA, June 16, 2011 (Press-News.org) Fishhound, http://www.fishhound.com, the largest and only web site delivering real-time fishing reports exclusively from professional fishing guides and shops, is pleased to announce that The Artful Angler of Carpinteria, Calif., has joined its expanding Pro Staff roster.

As part of Fishhound, The Artful Angler joins a rapidly growing association of fishing shops, lodges and guides contributing real-time fishing reports to anglers across North America.

Fishhound Pro Staff members like The Artful Angler receive a dedicated shop page advertising their storefront to anglers nationwide, direct marketing support for their existing community of anglers and share in profits from the new online fishing service that launched on April 14, 2011.

Located at 3817 Santa Claus Lane in Carpinteria, Calif., The Artful Angler is both a retail fly shop and guide service leading fly-fishing trips for a wide variety of species, from largemouth bass, to sea bass to northern California steelhead.

"The Artful Angler covers a diverse selection of waters, which means they're expertly positioned to provide meaningful, useful content to Fishhound," said Richard Marks, Fishhound CEO. "Fishhound's unique reporting system needs shops like The Artful Angler to be a part of our network, and for their efforts, Fishhound provides an avenue to gain both new customers and a
new revenue stream."

Designed by anglers for anglers, Fishhound quickly and easily pinpoints the best waters and fishing spots on any water, on any day. To create their "one-stop shop" of customized information, Fishhound blends leading digital technologies with the fresh off-the-water information provided by the finest shops, lodges and guides to give anglers the knowledge of where to go, when to go and what to throw.

Providing interactive maps, hatch alerts, lure and tide information, and other personalized data to an angler's desktop or mobile device, Fishhound also provides contributing pros with a unique profit sharing program: helping them make additional money for doing what they already do every day - the informational reports so desired by anglers.

With professional anglers like The Artful Angler supplying the information, Fishhound's reports include personalized angler home pages, quick links to favorite waters, an up-to-date hatch tracking system on any river in the U.S, fly and lure suggestions driven by the most extensive fishing database on the internet, and technique and tactical advice from the best in the sport.

With no cost to join, Fishhound Pro Staff members receive free marketing support, free business development support, and participate in a Fishhound revenue sharing program.

About Fishhound:

Fishhound is the world's largest provider of real-time fishing reports created exclusively by a roster of over 600 guides. With reporting on more than 800 waters, our goal is to equip anglers with the decision making tools necessary to help them determine where to go, when to go and what to throw, when they go fishing.

Our technology and mobile applications allow our Pro Staff to provide reports no matter where they are in the world and we will continue to leverage the latest technology available to deliver the type of reporting that no one else can.

Our growing Pro Staff Roster includes shops like Alaska Trout Fitters, Bob Marriott's Fly Fishing Store, Blue Quill Angler, Bear's Den, River's Edge, Gorge Fly Shop, Montana Troutfitters, The Fly Fishing Shop and TCO.

For more information please visit http://www.fishhound.com