The IFBBA is a acrynom for the International Federation of Black Bass Anglers. Founded in 1995 the IFBBA vision surrounded in the promotion of diversity in the fishing industry.
It's funny how peoples lives cross paths when your chasing little green fish. My passion for bass fishing and competing in bass tournament brought me to gentleman named Todd Vaughn. Todd was a web designer I met about ten years through 6 mutual friends. Their is another story within this one, but I'll save for a future blog. I had been thinking about how promote myself as a angler to get sponsors, and how to start a business in the fishing industry. I had so many ideas, but couldn't focus or narrow my ideas to one thing! I finally decided I wanted a website that showcased hard to find product (JDM) and small tackle manufactures that make quality high end lures. Little did I know their was a site called TackleTour.com. I decided to proceed forward with the idea contacting my friend Todd to discuss how much he would charge me to construct a website. Todd started throwing out some numbers, and I realized that couldn't afford a website featuring all that I wanted. Todd and I went back and forth on my ideas, but he asked me one key question. Are you on any social media? I answered no! At that time I believed Twitter and Facebook was a waste of time. Todd explained to me how valuable social media is. It is virtually free marketing. You can create your demand and following before creating your website a generating traffic. This is when I started the BASS360 page on Facebook!
To bring this blog full circle about the IFBBA, I sent a like request for BASS360 to a man by the name of Arthur Bronson. Arthur is the co-founder of the IFBBA, and at that time was the current President. Arthur responded back, and 3 years later I am the current President of the IFBBA!
Part 2 I'll explain what the IFBBA is all about!
