Mepps

Mepps is a French acronym for Manufacturier D'Engins De Precision Pour Peches Sportives. In English, Precision Equipment for Sport Fishing. Invented by French Engineer Andre Meulnart in 1938 and discovered by Todd Sheldon in 1951, Mepps revolutionized the fishing tackle industry. The company started in a ten-foot-square room in the back of a small sports shop in Wisconsin, under the leadership of Todd and his sons Bill and Mike. When Todd passed away in 1995, Mike has picked up the reins at the company, which now occupies a corporate headquarters encompassing almost 50,000 square feet. A leader in the fishing tackle industry for more than 50 years, Mepps currently manufactures more than four thousand different fishing spinners and spoons.