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I was at the LFS a few days ago looking to get a new fishing rod. All they had were made in China. Are there any U.S. made fishing rods anymore.

The higher end St. Croix's are made in the USA and I'm pretty sure that most G. Loomis rods are also. IMO you can get a much better rod that's made in China for the same price as one made in the USA.

Check into Boyd Duckett's rods made in Alabama. One of the finest rods made. powdr

when graphite came on the scene 20+ years ago, virtually all blanks were made in Korea. When that plant burnt, production moved to China. About the best you can do in todays world, without spending several hundred dollars, are rods finished in the USA on Chinese blanks. Good grips and guides, important to me, are to be had. Look at Temple Forks Outfitters (TFO), Santiam, and some local craftsmen have made some rods that have proven to be good stuff. I'm sure there are several other sources if you look around.

Some of the imported rods are state of the art and have flawless craftsmanship. Some are among the best in performance.

Depends on what your are looking for but I use Lamiglas and G. Loomis rods.

Their mid to higher end rods are still made in Washington State.

When I break one... they replace or repair it at little or no cost to me. Every time!

Duckett rods are really good. Actually there are a lot of reasonable price quality rods out there today. It's easy to get well equipped for reasonable money.I have a couple of Ducketts.

But I still use St Croix and Loomis. The Loomis have the ergos to keep arthritic older hands fishing comfortable through the day even with heavy jigs and baits; and if they break thorough defect or something (rare, some of mine are over 20 years old), I return them and they are replaced at no cost other than shipping.

This is not insignificant with rods costing what a G.Loomis does. They are excellent quality fishing tools.

I will not disparage the quality of any chinky products…….but, I will not use anything made in china , when I can avoid it.

What was manufactured in the USA last week…. may NOT be manufactured in the USA this week.

I canot fish with chinky equipment , ruins the experience.

My Mother always said " you have to look at everything you buy".

She also said "Fook the chinese".

I would rather not support the Chinese economy, but I am not in a position to pay several hundred $ on a fishing rod. Thanks guys.

Can't say anything about them, but Falcon makes some mid price rods they advertise as USA made.

My rods are mostly US made St. Croix. They have a feel and a quality I just don't find in Chinese stuff.

St Croix, made near here...Great rods...

St. Croix Avidx is about as good as it gets for me.

The new St. Croix Legend Elites are AWESOME!! Got the 6'10" MLXF for throwing jigs for walleyes and smallmouth. Rod delivers. I also have their older Legend Xtremes with the Recoil guides, very nice as well. I would recommend Croix or Loomis. I still have an old SJR782 in GLX that I can't part with as well:)

I'll second the recommendation on the St. Croix Legend series. This is the first fish on the new 7' 2pc Light Action. It's hands down the finest small-jig fishing rod I've ever used. It's so light and fast, that you can feel the tail vibrating on a 3" swimbait.

+ another 1 on St Croix. I have Legends in 6, 7 & 8 wt. And an Avid in 4 wt.

Your shopping the wrong store..lamaglas made in woodland Washington..
Sage...bambridge island wa...

Good for you...

I like my Falcon rods...

St. Croix all the way!
When I need something from them I can call and talk to a real live American who enjoys fishing.
Just ordered a new tip-top for one of my 6' Light Action Premiers. $5 shipped and I'll be good to go again.
I probably have close to a dozen St. Croix rods dating back as early as 2001.
For the price plus excellent customer service they are hard to beat.
Fly rods are a different story. I have a couple of theirs but prefer Sage and Winston.