Sad News: Berk passed away in December 2019. Good man who lived a good life. We need more like him.
December 2018
Every serious angler has heard of the Berkley tackle company that has introduced many cutting-edge innovations to the fishing world since its creation in the 1940s. But do you know the story of the man behind the company and his quintessential Horatio Alger story? I didn’t, so when a fishing buddy, Bob Wayne, called to ask if I wanted to have lunch with the company’s founder, Berkley Bedell, I jumped at the chance. He knew of my love affair with Gulp Swimming Mullet, a lure made by Berkley, and how I doted on my Berkley Lightning Shock fishing rods. Little did Bob know, however, that my love affair with Berkley went back almost six decades.