Fenwick (fishing)

Fenwick is a brand name of Pure Fishing.

Fenwick is named after Lake Fenwick in Kent, Washington where 5 Seattle businessmen founded the company in 1952. Fenwick was an early pioneer in the use of fiberglass blanks^[1] to create fishing rods that were corrosive resistant to salt water and that quickly replaced metal and traditional wood^[2] and bamboo fishing rods for their durability and ease of maintenance.

Fenwick was purchased by Phil Clock^[3] and moved to Westminster, California in 1968 and focused on the fishing rod needs of Bass fisherman.^[4]

Fenwick was the first to market with an all graphite fishing rod in 1973.^[5]

Both Fenwick's fiberglass and graphite fishing rods led fisherman to innovate new ways to fish using the unique material properties of Fenwick fishing rods.