Accurate Grinding is a family-owned
operation, established in 1950, when Michael DeMarco developed specialized techniques to
manufacture jet turbine engine components at a time when precision aerospace manufacturing
was just beginning in southern California.
In 1970, Michael's son, Joe, and son-in-law, Jack Nilsen, assumed control of Accurate
Grinding and led the company into the CNC (computer numerical control) era of machining.
Making aerospace components for commercial
and military aircraft, demanding the absolute highest
manufacturing standards, utilizing the finest
materials available. It was with this same precisionminded,
high-tech, spare-no-cost philosophy —
plus a family passion for fishing — that Accurate
entered the sportfishing market.
Though best known today for precision fishing
reels, as Accurate Fishing Products, our first line of
products were fishing gaffs. We called them
AccuGaffs and designed them using the same high
quality materials as we used in aerospace components.
The result was a line of gaffs that were well received by fishermen looking for superior
quality, light weight, and exceptional strength. Next, we introduced a line of reel-conversion
components — our AccuPlates, AccuFrames and AccuKits — for upgrading Penn fishing reels.
From there, our reputation for building products with the utmost attention to detail and quality
quickly spread.
Our devotion to the sport of fishing took us to many exotic destinations in search of the
biggest and hardest fighting fish. We met many of the world’s top anglers who were looking for
a reel with increased drag power and generally
higher quality than what was currently
available on the market. In 1996 we decided
to put our exceptional engineering team on a
design project that would eventually result in
the most technologically advanced fishing
reels in the world. We called this superior
technology TwinDrag™, and designed it into a
line of reels that were also built with superior
quality components and materials to perform
under the most extreme conditions.