Quarry Clothing | A Family Business

Featured in Big Carp Magazine Volume 46 issue 275

Massive thanks to Rob Maylin and his team at Big Carp magazine for running this article in the latest edition of their amazing publication.

Quarry Clothing Co was born from a passion for angling, instilled in us (brothers Jason and Craig) by our grandfather many years ago. 1990 was our first trip to the river with him and the bug has never left. Through the magical Mr Crabtree and with kit you would now find in a museum, he taught us everything he knew and more about the wonderful sport of fishing. Starting small with float and maggot, our sights were set on the bigger beauties that were out there to be had. While we both grew as anglers over the years, other priorities started to take shape for us, with work and young families of our own…

Jason, the younger of us, became a carpenter and now runs his own building company, while Craig followed a career in graphic design and print. Not satisfied with already having enough to do, we got talking about a new venture, something that would combine our passions of carp fishing and great design, and hopefully allow us to not only spend more time on the bank, but have more time together. This time is made even more special with our own children now showing an interest and joining us in keeping Gramp’s legacy alive…

So that brings us to our new venture, born from conversations between us in October 2017, Quarry Clothing Co very quickly came to life and many ideas started to materialise. The main aim was to create fashionable apparel for today’s angler, born of quality and not quantity. So, we have created a unique brand of clothing for the bank and street: functional, high-quality gear designed for the dandy Banquarrior…

So why Quarry? Well there aren’t many anglers out there I’m sure who don’t know that some of the most prolific waters the length and breadth of the country are old quarries, maybe a few less would realise that the fish we catch are also known as our quarry. This sat so well with us that we agreed straight away and stage one was complete.

The logo was next on the list. It had to be fresh, clean and simple, and not include the generic clip art carp, mainly to enable its versatility as fashionable gear and not just bank rags. With the feedback we have had, we believe we have achieved this goal, but we weren’t done there! With all of the work designing the logo, we got the idea that we needed to create a character or symbol to accompany the brand, something that people could easily recognise but also give the brand a slightly urban feel, this led us to bring the Banquarrior to life. We got to thinking about the angler being a warrior of the bank, stalking their quarry, preparing week in, week out for the weekend battle and the idea of the gorilla being one of nature’s most prolific warriors. The illustration started to take shape and wearing his gnarly snap cap, he needed a name. The Bank Warrior was the initial idea but over many conversations, we worked on a number of options before having the lightbulb moment… Change the k in bank to a q and just like Frankenstein, the #banquarrior was born.

Having tested the water with our first run of hoodies hats, t-shirts and merch, the feedback we received was incredible and we have quickly created a second line including two new hoodies, crew neck jumpers, joggers and shorts and will be releasing these in the next month or so.

We hope to build a brand that can stand tall with the rest of the great clothing companies and hopefully create something for our children to be part of in time, but most of all we hope to do Gramp proud and keep his passion alive……..

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