Fishing for Your Mental Health: $120K Raised for Gumboot Friday – Aaron Styles

🎣 Get the Net – Tight Lines, Loose Lips! 🎙️ · Oct 15, 2026 · 24m

Recorded on the Daiwa stand at the NZ Boat Fish Dive Expo. This Quick Cast is with Aaron Styles, founder of Just Another Fisherman.

Aaron grew up a Bay of Plenty fisherman, surfcasting through the night beside a fire with his dad. Fishing was always part of his life, but his career started in fashion, where he spent six years as head of design at Huffer. During that time he noticed a gap in the market. Fishing gear was either promo-style merch from the general brands or nothing at all. Nobody was making clothing that showed what the fishing lifestyle actually feels like: party shirts with…