4 Fishing Swivel Brands You MUST Stop Buying (And 3 That Are Worth EVERY Penny)

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The swivel is the cheapest part of your whole setup, it connects everything to everything, and it is where the failure happens.
There are dozens of swivel brands on that wall. Almost none of them own a machine.

Berkley, VMC, Mustad, Savage Gear: here is who actually owns your terminal tackle, and three brands that still make their own.

One family company in upstate New York bought Berkley’s original snap machines in 1998 — and they are still running today.

CHAPTERS
0:00 The cheapest part of your setup
0:19 Number 4 — Berkley
1:13 Number 3 — VMC
2:09 Number 2 — Mustad
2:52 A handful of factories, a great many labels
4:13 Number 1 — Savage Gear, and four more
4:59 The strangest thing I found about Berkley
6:02 Worth every penny: Sampo
6:50 Worth every penny: Rosco
7:26 Worth every penny: Owner

SOURCES
Ownership claims come from company statements, press releases and trade press. Nothing was tested for this video — this is a records-based breakdown of who owns what.

What’s on your leader right now? Tell me in the comments and I’ll pull the records on it.

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