The birth of Ebihal
I have been fishing since I was 4 years old. At the age of 8 I fell in love with spinning, then came two decades of fly fishing and I got back to my favourite passion again a few years ago.
In the evenings I put my bait boxes on my lap and look at the soft lures and hard baits one by one. Every week I order some exotic lures from some exotic countries and I am always waiting excitedly to throw with them.
Many of them are barely or not at all known in Hungary. I have decided to show them to my fellow anglers.
So I opened the Ebihal web shop and placed the focus of procurement to east of us but not the Far East (!) Ebihalat.
This world is particularly attractive for me in a cultural sense - I studied at a university in Poland and became a lover of Kiev a few years ago. The melancholy of the Ukrainian and Russian people makes me feel strangely nostalgic, maybe my childhood feelings come to life when I am among them. And among their rubber boots.
It is a strange feeling that with no exception all my products are brought from the countries of the former Soviet era. I recall my teenage years when we were daydreaming about Western stuff but at least Germina. Now I am looking at east and live and die for Russian, Bulgarian, Romanian stuff. I wouldn’t have thought 40 years ago that my life would take such turns.
My family’s forgiving love accompanies me on my journey.
It pulls my heart home
So, I became committed to the East but of course I consider important to get to know and represent the flourishing Hungarian handicraft culture. Therefore, hopefully Hungarian baits and spinning accessories will be present in increasing numbers on Ebihal .
Moreover, my dream is that one day the shelves of Ebihal will have ONLY and exclusively products from Hungarian manufacturers.
To reach this I am waiting for the application of Hungarian craftsmen. I will happily make room for their products.
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