The AFTCO fish fighting harnesses are all designed with the angler's comfort and ultimate pulling power in mind. For big game anglers who practice stand-up fish fighting techniques, AFTCO has relied on innovative design, precision engineering, the finest in materials, and exhaustive testing to create the Ultimate Stand-Up Fish Fighting System and Fishing Harness. Matching our AFTCO fighting belts with our AFTCO MaxForce I or II fishing harnesses provides the maximum in comfort and leverage for battling big gamefish stand-up style. Our new Maxforce GBR fishing harness is the ultimate bucket harness for use in a fighting chair with the heaviest big game fishing tackle.

Laurence Paul with his first marlin. Laurence was general manager of AFTCO from 1973 until 1980.