There is good American made stuff, but let's not get carried away.
Millions spent on development, months of research...All these "manufacturers" that claim the best and greatest in fly rod development are using exact same ingredients from same suppliers.
No one has come up with anything revolutionary since introduction of carbon in fly rod building. This leads me to believe that these manufacturers have only the tapers to their name everything else is sourced when it comes to rod building/manufacturing.
Not one of these highly praised mass production companies makes one rod at a time, it has to be cost effective so it's done in batches. When you produce in batches quality suffers. It does not matter where production is located.
I'm not in love with any brand, an I am not trying to say $800 rods suck, but for that price it is ridiculous to consider paying when money invested into it is maybe 5% of retail price.
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