09-01-2009, 05:15 AM
years ago I was driving a Mitsubishi as my primary vehicle.. and on occassion I got big ration from the buy American crowd.. that I should be buying a Chevy, or Ford or any other American made vehicle instead of the foreign car I was driving.. then I looked at them and 
d and told them to look under the hood.. if they did they saw almost all of the parts were made in Japan or other overseas locations.. at that point they realized that American made meant American assembled.. ...
... my point being is that in most cases American made is in reality American assembled..
is this the same case for fly rods.. I dont know for sure.. but how many parts (tip top, fighting butts, reel seats, cork, guides are made overseas, imported, and then assembled in America versus all parts being made AND assembled in America.???
MacFly
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d and told them to look under the hood.. if they did they saw almost all of the parts were made in Japan or other overseas locations.. at that point they realized that American made meant American assembled.. ... ... my point being is that in most cases American made is in reality American assembled..
is this the same case for fly rods.. I dont know for sure.. but how many parts (tip top, fighting butts, reel seats, cork, guides are made overseas, imported, and then assembled in America versus all parts being made AND assembled in America.???
MacFly
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