Rod costs

lid wrote...
I would guess that nearly every shop carries at least one line of imported
rods. Redington is a good example. Temple forks are stirring a lot of
interest. they are the rods that are selling in this downturn

That trend doesn't seem to be very widespread up here yet. I know of
one shop that carries Redington and another that carries St Croix.
All the others have only high $ name brand rods. Not much of a
selection for seven fly shops.....
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Warren
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On Mon, 5 Jan 2004 17:14:56 -0700, Warren wrote:

wrote...
I would guess that nearly every shop carries at least one line of imported
rods. Redington is a good example. Temple forks are stirring a lot of
interest. they are the rods that are selling in this downturn

That trend doesn't seem to be very widespread up here yet. I know of
one shop that carries Redington and another that carries St Croix.
All the others have only high $ name brand rods. Not much of a
selection for seven fly shops.....
--
Warren
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Harumph!!! St.Croix rods are not imported. Unless you consider Wisconsin a
foreign country (Jeff, stay out of this.). The only reason they cost less
is because us Cheeseheads aren't afraid of doing a little work.

g.c.

George Cleveland wrote:

Harumph!!! St.Croix rods are not imported. Unless you consider Wisconsin a
foreign country (Jeff, stay out of this.). The only reason they cost less
is because us Cheeseheads aren't afraid of doing a little work.

g.c.

i love it!

--wally

wrote...
Harumph!!! St.Croix rods are not imported. Unless you consider Wisconsin a
foreign country (Jeff, stay out of this.). The only reason they cost less
is because us Cheeseheads aren't afraid of doing a little work.

Wisconsin, foreign country....close enough. bseg
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Because of the low-medium price market place that St.Croix (made in USA) is
in, they have probably been more negatively effected by the import rods than
Sage.

--
Bill Kiene

Kiene's Fly Shop
Sacramento, CA, USA
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On Mon, 5 Jan 2004 17:14:56 -0700, Warren wrote:

wrote...
I would guess that nearly every shop carries at least one line of
imported
rods. Redington is a good example. Temple forks are stirring a lot
of
interest. they are the rods that are selling in this downturn

That trend doesn't seem to be very widespread up here yet. I know of
one shop that carries Redington and another that carries St Croix.
All the others have only high $ name brand rods. Not much of a
selection for seven fly shops.....
--
Warren
(use troutbum_mt (at) yahoo to reply via email)
For Conclave Info:
http://www.geocities.com/troutbum_mt...nConclave.html

Harumph!!! St.Croix rods are not imported. Unless you consider Wisconsin a
foreign country (Jeff, stay out of this.). The only reason they cost less
is because us Cheeseheads aren't afraid of doing a little work.

g.c.

That trend doesn't seem to be very widespread up here yet. I know of
one shop that carries Redington and another that carries St Croix.
All the others have only high $ name brand rods. Not much of a
selection for seven fly shops.....

I agree Warren. Kind of strange up here in Big Sky Country.
The shops keep saying how tough it is right now, but you ask
them about TFO or Elkhorn, etc and they try and steer your
right back to Sage, Scott, Winston, etc. Nothing wrong with
those rods, but I don't understand why they don't try and
compete with the Scheel's and other big name sporting goods
stores that carry the less expensive rods.