1945 founder leon martuch clare harris and paul rottiers headquarters midland michigan area served international products fishing tackle parent orvis website www.scientificanglers.com scientific anglers is a fly fishing company specializing in a variety of fly fishing tackle products . scientific anglers is noted for the invention of pvc coated floating fly line and continued innovations in fly line cores and coatings . scientific anglers s products currently include a variety of lines fly boxes reels and fly fishing educational materials . history edit scientific anglers was founded in 1945 in midland michigan . scientific anglers notable developments include the introduction of pvc coated designs of contemporary floating fly lines in 1952 and the development of sinking fly lines in 1960 . 1 their introduction of pvc coated fly lines was largely responsible for the decline of the old line sizing system that used letters hch to designate the taper and weight of silk fly lines . because pvc coated lines were significantly different from silk lines a new system evolved that identified lines with their grain weight in the first 30 feet of line i.e. 5 wgt and a two letter designation dt double taper st single taper or wf weight forward to identify the line taper . 2 3 scientific anglers is subsidiary of orvis and currently has a design lab in midland michigan . references edit http www.scientificanglers.com about sa history herd andrew dr 2001 . the fly . ellesmere shropshire medlar press . pp. 333 334 . isbn 1 899600 19 1 . schullery paul 1996 . american fly fishing a history . norwalk connecticut the easton press . pp. 209 211 . v t e fisheries and fishing topic areas fisheries aquaculture diversity of fish fish diseases and parasites fish farming fisheries management fisheries science individual fishing quota sustainable fishery wild fisheries fishing artisanal fishing fisherman fishing vessel history of fishing industry list of harvested aquatic animals by weight by country commercial fishing marketing markets processing products seafood recreation angling big game fishing catch and release fishing tournaments fly fishing techniques fish trap fishfinder fishing net gathering seafood by hand handline fishing spearfishing trawling tackle artificial flies bait bite indicators hook line lures rod sinker locations fish ponds fishing banks fishing villages marine habitats glossary index outline fishing portal category retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title scientific anglers & oldid 646563649 categories fly fishingfishing manufacturers and suppliers navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 february 2015 at 22 39 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view