Who Makes LL Bean Rods?

"sogs" wrote in message
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Anyone know?

I have an LL Bean rod that was made by Edwards, however it's kind of old
and it has six sides.

Hi Sogs,

I actually supply L L Bean, Cabelas and Bass Pro Shop with all their house
brand fly rods.

I make them on the weekends at my secret under ground facility in Beijing,
China.

--
Bill Kiene-"spam me baby"

Kiene's Tofu Fly Rods, LLC "odorless & tasteless"
Beijing, China
www.kiene.com

"sogs" wrote in message
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Anyone know?

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"Bill Kiene" wrote:

Hi Sogs,

I actually supply L L Bean, Cabelas and Bass Pro Shop with all their house
brand fly rods.

I make them on the weekends at my secret under ground facility in Beijing,
China.

You are fibbing, arent you?

Hi Steve,

Only kinding............

I know that Gary Loomis does make some for Cabelas.

With the Temple Fork Outfitters, Orvis, Redington and St.Croix low priced
rods ($59 and up) in our fly shop, we are selling fly rods to people that
would have normally bought from Cabelas, Bass Pro or LL Bean.

We are loving it.

--
Bill Kiene

Kiene's Fly Shop
Sacramento, CA, USA
www.kiene.com

"steve sullivan" wrote in message
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In article ,
"Bill Kiene" wrote:

Hi Sogs,

I actually supply L L Bean, Cabelas and Bass Pro Shop with all their
house
brand fly rods.

I make them on the weekends at my secret under ground facility in
Beijing,
China.

You are fibbing, arent you?

There's actually a misconception that's been going around for many years
about LL Bean rods. The *high end* rods are made by Loomis--true. But the
middle of the road rods were made (don't know if they still are or not) by
St. Croix. And the low-end rods are made in the Far East. Beans wants (for
obvious reasons) people to think that their rods are made by Loomis; but
many of them aren't. That, by the way, doesn't make them bad rods--just not
Loomis rods.

Dave M
"sogs" wrote in message
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Anyone know?

"Dave Martel" skrev i melding
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There's actually a misconception that's been going around for many years
about LL Bean rods. The *high end* rods are made by Loomis--true. But the
middle of the road rods were made (don't know if they still are or not) by
St. Croix. And the low-end rods are made in the Far East. Beans wants (for
obvious reasons) people to think that their rods are made by Loomis; but
many of them aren't. That, by the way, doesn't make them bad rods--just
not
Loomis rods.

Dave M
"sogs" wrote in message
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Anyone know?



My best buy ever fishing rod was a Kingfisher Black Habit #8-9 made in
Taiwan.
Baught it in 1982 and it still works fine.
As an extra bonus and to my surprise, the top fits perfect on my old (-92)
G.Loomis IMX 15' # 10-11, on which i broke the tip last year. Now the IMX
casts superbly with a #9 line.

- Richard
(from Northern Norway, the land of the Midnight Sun & Atlantic Salmon, and
pardon my English)

Dave Martel wrote:

There's actually a misconception that's been going around for many years
about LL Bean rods. The *high end* rods are made by Loomis--true. But the
middle of the road rods were made (don't know if they still are or not) by
St. Croix. And the low-end rods are made in the Far East.

Only a matter of time until all American companies' graphite rods will
come from overseas:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3381273.stm

JR

On Sun, 11 Jan 2004 17:36:19 +0100, JR wrote:

Dave Martel wrote:

There's actually a misconception that's been going around for many years
about LL Bean rods. The *high end* rods are made by Loomis--true. But the
middle of the road rods were made (don't know if they still are or not) by
St. Croix. And the low-end rods are made in the Far East.

Only a matter of time until all American companies' graphite rods will
come from overseas:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3381273.stm

JR


Its pretty sad when it is seen as too expensive to pay $12 an hour to
workers. I'd like to see what Levi's executives make.

g.c.

"George Cleveland" wrote in message
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....I'd like to see what Levi's executives make.

Nothing that I would pay twelve dollars for.

Wolfgang
um.....well, i suppose they might make good compost.

On Sun, 11 Jan 2004 11:52:21 -0600, "Wolfgang" wrote:


"George Cleveland" wrote in message
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....I'd like to see what Levi's executives make.

Nothing that I would pay twelve dollars for.

Wolfgang
um.....well, i suppose they might make good compost.


Levorganite?

g.c.