I have purchased all three of these brands and I am apauled.
The FTC should be alerted at once as each of these groups is claiming Made in The USA on the product. They have it on hanging tags and on the fishing rods under the decals that have the company names yet, these and others we have found are using CHINESE BLANKS, CHINESE PARTS and JAPANESE OR KOREAN, TAWAN, VIETNAMESE COMPONENTS.
Made in the USA used to mean something. I am 65 years old and when I was a younger man, I never would have thought that the government could let even our recreations become corrupt and I was certainly wrong.
Names like American rodsmiths and others are also deceptive in there practices leading us all to believe they are built here yet, I have discovered that in fact they are not. Completed fishing rods ranging from 8-12 US dollars are being bought and resold here for ridiculous profits.
The Retailers? Well they too are guilty of Customs laws by which they do not specify the country of origin as required, Cabelas, Bass Pro Shops, Dicks, Gander Mountain, Academy Stores and others are all GUILTY!
Be careful what you decide to buy!!!
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