Hey guys! 

 

As we all know, most companies (lews, abu garcia, lower end daiwas, okuma, kastking, you name it) with the exeption of shimano and daiwa use rebranded reels as their own. These reels are often made by doyo, banax, dawon or other chinese chop shops. My question is about rods, do we know what companies use certain asian blanks and who are the companies that make most rods? Where are the blanks made? Excluding obviously amercian made rods like gloomis or certain stcroixs and so on. WHERE ARE ALL THESE RODS COMING FROM

 

thanks!

nathan

I believe LaCroix is US made in their own facility.

On 12/22/2019 at 11:34 AM, OnthePotomac said:

I believe LaCroix is US made in their own facility.

Yes St-croix have theur own facility in park falls. Their higher end rods are made there (avids and up), the other rods they have are made in mexico. Im curious where rods like abu garcia, okuma, duckett, fenwick and other big names are made and if its all by the same manifacturer

 

nathan

years ago a someone made a post here about this very topic.  It was one of the best threads I ever read on this site -- in fact I had it bookmarked on my old laptop, until it died.  The member happened to work at Gander Mtn, I believe, and had some behind-the-scenes knowledge of who made what blanks.  Obviously, it would be very outdated by now, but I'm sure much of it would still be relevant.  Try searching for it.  If I happen to find it I'll post a link here.

The same thing occurs with reels outside of shimano and daiwa.  

 

Anyone can fly to china and with enough capital have rods made for them.  Depending on how much you invest determines the quality control, etc.  Its like buying a car from the ground up -I want this blank, these components, this reel seat, etc.

 

It sucks for the companies actually spending time and money to r&d this stuff, put it on the market and then a year later have knock offs competing against them.  The upside is it creates competition and brings the prices down to put decent equipment into fishermen's hands.  

I highly doubt most of this stuff would be legal if made in the U.S.

5 hours ago, Nathan.bass.canada said:

Yes St-croix have theur own facility in park falls. Their higher end rods are made there (avids and up), the other rods they have are made in mexico. Im curious where rods like abu garcia, okuma, duckett, fenwick and other big names are made and if its all by the same manifacturer

 

nathan

Premiers are made in Park Falls. 

This is one of the threads I was thinking of...still searching for the other (longer) one

 

 

 

On 12/24/2019 at 11:26 AM, JediAmoeba said:

The same thing occurs with reels outside of shimano and daiwa.  

 

Anyone can fly to china and with enough capital have rods made for them.  Depending on how much you invest determines the quality control, etc.  Its like buying a car from the ground up -I want this blank, these components, this reel seat, etc.

 

It sucks for the companies actually spending time and money to r&d this stuff, put it on the market and then a year later have knock offs competing against them.  The upside is it creates competition and brings the prices down to put decent equipment into fishermen's hands.  

I highly doubt most of this stuff would be legal if made in the U.S.

Exactly why id like to shed some light on what companies just use standard components and basic stuff vs others that innovate and create. Fascinating world it is!

On 12/25/2019 at 8:31 AM, basscrusher said:

This is one of the threads I was thinking of...still searching for the other (longer) one

 

 

 

Thanks for the search! Let me know if you find the other thread, im very curious...

On 12/24/2019 at 8:46 AM, Nathan.bass.canada said:

Yes St-croix have theur own facility in park falls. Their higher end rods are made there (avids and up), the other rods they have are made in mexico. Im curious where rods like abu garcia, okuma, duckett, fenwick and other big names are made and if its all by the same manifacturer

Premier line and up are US made.