Ethan Clarke

Ethan Clarke started on the production floor of a performance-apparel factory before moving into sourcing and technical development, where he spent more than a decade specifying fabrics, running sampling rounds, and shepherding custom fishing apparel programs from tech pack to bulk shipment. His focus is the unglamorous detail that decides whether an order works: UPF and quick-dry fabric selection, dye-sublimation versus screen-print trade-offs, MOQ and cost tiers, and the tech-pack inputs a factory actually needs to sample from.

Over the years he has worked across the full CustomFishingWear catalog — shirts, jerseys, hoodies, pants, bibs and waders, plus caps, gaiters and gloves — and across saltwater, fly, ice and kayak fishing use cases. That breadth is why his articles move fluidly between fabric engineering, customization craft, and the commercial mechanics of sourcing at wholesale volume.

At CustomFishingWear, Ethan leads the editorial program: turning the questions buyers ask the sales team every week into long-form, factory-grounded guides. He writes so a first-time private-label founder and a seasoned distribution buyer can both get a straight answer without the marketing gloss.