Founder of DNG Visits the Production – Where Roots and Future Meet

Davíð Gíslason and his wife Rungruang Gíslason visiting our facility – with the latest generation of DNG jigging reels, the R1, in the background.

Today we had the pleasure of welcoming Davíð Gíslason and his wife Rungruang Gíslason for a visit. Davíð was the original founder of DNG around 1980, and the "D" and "G" in the DNG logo represent the initials of his name.

Davíð toured our production with great interest and expressed his delight at the development and design of the latest generation of DNG R1 jigging reels. He was especially pleased to hear that many fishermen say the movement of the new R1 reel reminds them of the good old DNG 5000 – a clear spark of joy lit up his face!

It’s also worth noting that the couple still plays a role in the production – they are responsible for manufacturing one of the components in the new DNG reels. In this way, the roots of DNG continue to live on in modern production, maintaining a strong connection to the origin we deeply respect.

We sincerely thank Davíð and his wife for the visit and their kind words!

More about the DNG jigging reels: DNG Jigging Reels