About Eagle Claw
Eagle Claw is an American fishing-tackle brand with roots in Wright & McGill, founded in Denver, Colorado, in 1925 by Drew McGill and Stan Wright. The brand is best known for hooks and terminal tackle, but its current catalog also includes rods, reels, combos, jigs, accessories, fly-fishing products, ice-fishing gear, and related outdoor brands. Eagle Claw’s rod selection is broad and practical, covering spinning, casting, fly, trolling, spincast, ice, travel, freshwater, saltwater, and bass applications.
The company remains closely tied to Denver and markets itself around long-running American hook manufacturing, while its rods occupy mostly accessible and mid-price segments. Current rod families include value fiberglass models, travel spin/fly rods, bass and walleye graphite rods, trolling rods, and fly rods under both Eagle Claw and Wright & McGill names. The lineup emphasizes utility, affordability, and familiar legacy series rather than boutique blank design. It overlaps with Ugly Stik, Shakespeare, Okuma, and other practical multi-species brands.
What Eagle Claw is known for
Eagle Claw is known among anglers as a hook-first tackle brand with inexpensive, durable rods that often serve as entry-level, backup, travel, or specialty tools. The yellow Featherlight fiberglass fly rods and Trailmaster travel rods have a strong following because they are inexpensive, recognizable, and useful for trout, panfish, and casual fly or spin/fly fishing. Newer lines such as EC3.5 and Flyover give the brand more modern graphite options for bass, walleye, and multi-species anglers, but the core identity remains practical tackle with wide retail availability and simple, functional designs.