09-01-2009, 11:52 PM
What about Ross World Wide...it is Asian, or is that what you meant.
First off, the cost of USA made rods is for the invention if you will, of this unique taper. That takes time and money for the research.
That is why some of the BIG companies are so secretive on new lines. The Asians then steal/borrow, the taper with slight mods to pass them off as their own. The end product, you are getting a nice action rod that is made on an assembly line by people that probably don't even know what it is.[
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But heay, they need the work also. They got to eat and buy their smokes too.[shocked][laugh]
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Redington was Asian way back, even when Orvis owned them. They then got on their feet and Orvis let them go on their own,...but that didn't last long, so Sage stepped up to the plate.
Good thing too, cause they are nice rods, but there is a real good example of the copied tapers.
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First off, the cost of USA made rods is for the invention if you will, of this unique taper. That takes time and money for the research.
That is why some of the BIG companies are so secretive on new lines. The Asians then steal/borrow, the taper with slight mods to pass them off as their own. The end product, you are getting a nice action rod that is made on an assembly line by people that probably don't even know what it is.[
]But heay, they need the work also. They got to eat and buy their smokes too.[shocked][laugh]
Redington was Asian way back, even when Orvis owned them. They then got on their feet and Orvis let them go on their own,...but that didn't last long, so Sage stepped up to the plate.
Good thing too, cause they are nice rods, but there is a real good example of the copied tapers.
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