I've heard of this through a 3rd party distributor or marketing companies. Some of the name brands out today are limited to their Pro Staff and policies. Smaller companies just starting out may have a "pro staff" deal, but it's primarily to get their name out there.

My long time fishing partner had a deal with Storm back in the 70’s. He was a field tester for the Wiggle Wart before it was even named. They didn’t have any markings on them at all. I still had one of the prototypes that I gave to Mark Perry a few months back

It's like Costco and Sam's Club... Pay them a membership fee and they give you a card with your picture on it... Yeah a few people save a few bucks to offset the membership fee but I'd bet the vast majority don't... Dan

Lots of levels of pro-staff. The majority of guys on "pro-staff" simply get to buy product at a reduced price from the bait company.

When I was guiding full time I sold space on my fully enclosed trailer to bait companies for product that I would then sell to retailers to turn it into cash. Berkley gave me $2,500 worth of product from their catalog in exchange for their logo on my trailer. MotorGuide gave me two trolling motors every year. Zebco-Quantum gave me 12 rod & reels every year.



If social media had been around in the 90's I would be a freakin zillionaire. LOL

OP just youtube "the pro staffer"

“Pro staffer”

Lol a classic. The one about Ken Smith is still the best

Ken Smith the parody of a joke, no way

John Cox pretty much has the attitude (paraphrasing)….”we might be whores but we aren’t cheap whores. A 2” sticker isn’t going on the boat for nothing.” Everything done to the smallest sticker has a price. Nothing goes on the boat just to make it look like he has a bunch of sponsors.

Holy chit that's funny!!!

There is actually one about him, had to do with a tournament rant and alleged hole jumping at rayburn in a deal. It was gold lol

The Pro Staffer is my #1 mentor.