Well, now cabelas has a cane rod for sale the "Highland Mills".
They are 2- tip rods for $549.00
They must be made in China or something, right?
They are 2- tip rods for $549.00
They must be made in China or something, right?
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Posts: 18 08/10/2007 00:13 |
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Posts: 992 08/10/2007 00:24 Formerly Drake |
Right. They used to be called "Tea Stick" but they figured out that Highland Mills sounds a lot more traditional and Catskill-like.
So now, not only are they not labeled "Made in China," they whisper... "Catskill tradition... Payne... Leonard..." Makes you wonder how Toyota succeeded without changing their name to "The Detroit Motor Company." Bob
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Posts: 305 08/10/2007 00:28 |
Teastick changed its name to Highland Mills Rod Co. a few months back and that appears to be what Cabelas is now selling.
http://www.teastickrod.com/
Chris
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Posts: 812 08/11/2007 12:56 |
Just the 2 words together: Cabelas & Cane would make me suspicious right off the bat.
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Posts: 2162 08/13/2007 21:58 |
Kinda reminds me of Herter's selling cane rods made in England marked "Grand DeLuxe St. Albans; Entirely Hand Made; World's Finest Custom
Rods".
There's really not much new under the sun, guys. Regards, Flyman 
Regards,
Flyman 
"No one on his deathbed ever said, 'I wish I'd spent more time at the office'."
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Posts: 191 08/14/2007 09:24 |
At least the Herter's St. Albans was made in England by a real rodmaker who seemed to know what he was doing. The ones I have seen were a pretty good rod.
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wctc1 |
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Posts: 180 01/04/2008 21:49 |
My just arrived Cabelas' fly fishing 2008 catalog {p.35} lists a "Made in USA" at $1,299 with two tips, bag, tube.
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wb4tjh |
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Posts: 264 01/05/2008 16:21 |
The one "up" side I can see to Cabelas selling cane rods, is that with their huge catalog exposure, cane rods in general will be put before a huge
audience. I think in the long run, this will only help to increase the curiosity about them, and the demand for the really good cane rods and spark more
interest in them with the "graphite generation" flyfishermen. That will eventually mean more orders for American made rods, and more work for
American rodmakers. I really believe we are now entering into the REAL golden age of bamboo flyrods. HIgher demand means more rodmakers making more rods and
that translates to more availability of both new and used rods for the rest of us. I think the really grand era of bamboo rods is AHEAD, not behind.
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Posts: 9 01/05/2008 23:47 |
Anyone know who is making the "USA Made" rods for Cabela?
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bamboo1963 |
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Posts: 149 01/06/2008 11:27 |
..."blame America's Labor Unions and the productivity of the American worker."
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singlebuilt |
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Posts: 64 01/06/2008 12:07 |
Didn't Cabelas offer cane rods a few years ago....I want to say by a west coast maker....for one year only?
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Posts: 78 01/11/2008 00:14 |
I don't remember rods but I know they sold ferruled blanks about 10 years ago. Sharpes blanks. I bought two of them. A 7' 6" 2/1 5wt and an
8' 6" 2/1 6wt. They also had a 9' 3/2 6wt Partridge of Redditch blank in their bargain cave at the Owatawna, MN. store. Watched it for a year.
It got down to $129.95 and even though I didn't really want a 9 footer I deceided to pick it up the next time I went buy. Two weeks later it was gone.
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mer |
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Posts: 2607 01/11/2008 11:55 |
Even odds that if this turns into a bash/praise unions, bash/praise China, insourcing/outsourcing, good/evil corporations thread the entire thread will
disappear.
Simply put, it's your wallet, your money, you worked hard for it, you spend it where you want. It's your choice. If you get a "perceived better value" for a higher price and feel that to you it's worth it, great. If you don't that's fine too. If it's not obvious, I'm pretty sick and tired of everything turning into a bash China/unions/corporations thread. |
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Housatonic Quill |
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Posts: 470 01/11/2008 12:02 |
If it's not obvious, I'm pretty sick and tired of everything turning into a bash China/unions/corporations thread. Second that.
The more I think I know, the less I know I know.
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Posts: 2610 01/11/2008 12:18 |
Subversive is good, in small doses. As long as it doesn't progress to conspiracies, it can be healthy. Not healthy like granola, but healthy like
"sitting on a rock in a stream in the waxing morning sunlight, listening to the birds and looking for a fish to splash" mental-healthy. I would have
added "having a wee dram" in there but didn't want to offend anyone's sensibilities about having a sip at 0400.
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Posts: 1066 01/11/2008 12:23 Admin |
Mer, you're a master of deflection. Love that "waxing morning sunlight..."
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Posts: 2611 01/11/2008 12:35 |
 not bad for a cranky old software engineer, is it? One may get the impression that I have a softer, more romantic side, wouldn't they?
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Posts: 369 01/11/2008 12:49 |
the productivity ranking of the American worker
International Comparison of Labor Productivity (2006) Japan Productivity Center for Socio-Economic Development (President, Mr. Tsuneaki Taniguchi) published 2006 International Comparison of Labor Productivity. The report compares the OECD and non-OECD countries based on the statistics of the OECD and the World Bank, respectively. The report also contains the labor productivity comparison of manufacturing sector. 1. Japan's labor productivity in 2004 was US$59,651 (Yen 7,980,000). It was 19th among 30 OECD countries. Japan's labor productivity in 2004 (value added per worker) was US$59,651 (Yen 7,980,000 divided by purchasing power parity). It was 19th among 30 OECD countries and the lowest among the 7 major industrialized countries. Japan's labor productivity increased $2,932 (5.2%) from 2003 (US$ 56,719) but the rank remained unchanged. The country with highest labor productivity was Luxemburg (US$90,683 or Yen 12,130,000) followed by the U.S. (US$83,129 or Yen 11,120,000)... http://www.jpc-sed.or.jp/eng/research/2006_03.html ( thanx & a hat tippo to the inventors of the Search Engine ) |
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Posts: 1228 01/11/2008 12:57 Formerly Drake |
Sandy Mite wrote: Well... there was a time when bamboo rods were mainstream. It was that sinister fiberglass stuff that was subversive.
Piscator Non Solum Piscatur
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Posts: 495 01/11/2008 13:53 |
mer wrote: But mer, Jimmy Buffet and Alan Jackson said it's OK! After all "it's 5:00 somewhere" |
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Posts: 2614 01/11/2008 13:56 |
Ok, I'll accept that, but I think the "sun's over the yardarm" tradition is a bit better. If one were fishing for Atlantic Salmon, it would
be accepted practice, but I wasn't quite sure about trout fishing.
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Geez, sometimes I just crack myself up.
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