06-13-2012, 04:39 AM
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Originally Posted by James@SeaKingBlue
Even when they were being built in Houston, weren't the blanks made in China and the rod assembled in Houston?
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When they started out hey were cooking their own blanks on Telge with a Vietnamese crew that wrapped them!
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06-13-2012, 08:28 AM
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Just call me JJ
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Picked up the Shrimp Tail yesterday that people seemed to like, but it felt a little flimsy for my liking. I ended up buying the 6'6" Topwater model, seems like it'll work great for tops and maybe shrimp under a cork use. Hard to beat at $30.
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06-13-2012, 08:32 AM
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We bought 2 of the AST 7' Spinning rods for 29.99, normally 69.99, because they had marked them incorrectly. I was pretty stoked. Awesome rods.
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Shoot, that's the kinda deal i'm hoping for. hahaha.
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06-13-2012, 08:43 AM
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i have two all star rods, one with the full cork and the other one with that gap in the bottom of the rod, whatever you call that style, it broke right in the middle of that corkless gap like a twig. Don't really like the way those type of rods. Exchanged broken rod with a full cork rod. Anyway just my two cents.
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06-13-2012, 06:57 PM
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They are good rods, the problem is they are made in China. I'd rather pay a few bucks more and get one made in the USA. I think, but not sure, that Falcons are made in the U.S.
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06-13-2012, 07:01 PM
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Originally Posted by James@SeaKingBlue
Even when they were being built in Houston, weren't the blanks made in China and the rod assembled in Houston?
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Long ago when they first started they were built on Loomis blanks.
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06-13-2012, 07:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Harbormaster
When they started out hey were cooking their own blanks on Telge with a Vietnamese crew that wrapped them!
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When they started they were on Tanner Rd.
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06-13-2012, 08:23 PM
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All Stars are the only brand I've been buying and fishing with for myself and family for over 20 years, I guess I missed the change to China because I didn't need any rods during the change. Bought 4 or 5 within the last couple years for specific setups and don't notice any difference in quality. Never broke any and that goes for me, my wife, and now 2 grown boys. We typically go out with 8 -12 rods on the boat, all All Stars except for the fly rod.
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06-13-2012, 08:41 PM
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just one last cast....
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I wonder how much it cost All Star to make their rods. $3.00 or $4.00 ? Maybe not that low, but a huge mark up no doubt. And no, I've never actually done any research. Just running my mouth is all. Us old farts like to do that.
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06-13-2012, 11:05 PM
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Originally Posted by mustfish
I wonder how much it cost All Star to make their rods. $3.00 or $4.00 ? Maybe not that low, but a huge mark up no doubt. And no, I've never actually done any research. Just running my mouth is all. Us old farts like to do that.
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50$ for a good rod is cheap, and if you get them on sale for 20$ get all you can, I have more than that in guides on the rods I build
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