Another disappointment...

I have always liked St Croix fly rods and some years ago took a tour
through their factory in Park Falls, WI. While looking at their web page
yesterday I see that they're now made in Mexico. I wonder how many other
original American brand rods have moved off shore?

Frank Sr.
Is it spring yet?

On Dec 31 2011, 1:14*pm, Frank Church
wrote:
I have always liked St Croix fly rods and some years ago took a tour
through their factory in Park Falls, WI. While looking at their web page
yesterday I see that they're now made in Mexico. I wonder how many other
original American brand rods have moved off shore?

Frank Sr.
Is it spring yet?

They should change their name to Santa Cruz.

rw56 wrote in news:3ef6735f-323d-4330-8785-
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On Dec 31 2011, 1:14*pm, Frank Church
wrote:
I have always liked St Croix fly rods and some years ago took a tour
through their factory in Park Falls, WI. While looking at their web page
yesterday I see that they're now made in Mexico. I wonder how many other
original American brand rods have moved off shore?

Frank Sr.
Is it spring yet?

They should change their name to Santa Cruz.


Well, they named one of their low end rods Rio Santos, now I know why.

Frank Sr.
....can a name change be far behind? Probably not, they're counting on guys
like me who's into brand loyalty. (or was)

On Jan 1, 10:30*am, Frank Church wrote:
rw56 wrote in news:3ef6735f-323d-4330-8785-
:

On Dec 31 2011, 1:14*pm, Frank Church
wrote:
I have always liked St Croix fly rods and some years ago took a tour
through their factory in Park Falls, WI. While looking at their web page
yesterday I see that they're now made in Mexico. I wonder how many other
original American brand rods have moved off shore?

Frank Sr.
Is it spring yet?

They should change their name to Santa Cruz.

Well, they named one of their low end rods Rio Santos, now I know why.

Frank Sr.
...can a name change be far behind? Probably not, they're counting on guys
like me who's into brand loyalty. (or was)

Hm.....

I wouldn't give up on brand loyalty just yet if I were you.

Give it another twenty years or so and your grandchildren can move to
Park Falls to get some of those nice factory jobs. Husband, wife, and
three or four kids doing shiftwork.....hell, they'll just about make a
living.....working for El Señor.

giles
although, by then, Cantonese or Hindi might pay off better than
Spanish......prognostication may be a growth industry, but who knows
where it will go?

On Jan 11, 6:03*pm, Giles wrote:
On Jan 1, 10:30*am, Frank Church wrote:









rw56 wrote in news:3ef6735f-323d-4330-8785-
:

On Dec 31 2011, 1:14*pm, Frank Church
wrote:
I have always liked St Croix fly rods and some years ago took a tour
through their factory in Park Falls, WI. While looking at their web page
yesterday I see that they're now made in Mexico. I wonder how many other
original American brand rods have moved off shore?

Frank Sr.
Is it spring yet?

They should change their name to Santa Cruz.

Well, they named one of their low end rods Rio Santos, now I know why.

Frank Sr.
...can a name change be far behind? Probably not, they're counting on guys
like me who's into brand loyalty. (or was)

Hm.....

I wouldn't give up on brand loyalty just yet if I were you.

Give it another twenty years or so and your grandchildren can move to
Park Falls to get some of those nice factory jobs. *Husband, wife, and
three or four kids doing shiftwork.....hell, they'll just about make a
living.....working for El Señor.

giles
although, by then, Cantonese or Hindi might pay off better than
Spanish......prognostication may be a growth industry, but who knows
where it will go?

I read it as Brandy Loyalty.
Frank Reid
Thinkin' that works too.

On Jan 11, 8:17*pm, Frank Reid © 2010 wrote:
On Jan 11, 6:03*pm, Giles wrote:





On Jan 1, 10:30*am, Frank Church wrote:

rw56 wrote in news:3ef6735f-323d-4330-8785-
:

On Dec 31 2011, 1:14*pm, Frank Church
wrote:
I have always liked St Croix fly rods and some years ago took a tour
through their factory in Park Falls, WI. While looking at their web page
yesterday I see that they're now made in Mexico. I wonder how many other
original American brand rods have moved off shore?

Frank Sr.
Is it spring yet?

They should change their name to Santa Cruz.

Well, they named one of their low end rods Rio Santos, now I know why..

Frank Sr.
...can a name change be far behind? Probably not, they're counting on guys
like me who's into brand loyalty. (or was)

Hm.....

I wouldn't give up on brand loyalty just yet if I were you.

Give it another twenty years or so and your grandchildren can move to
Park Falls to get some of those nice factory jobs. *Husband, wife, and
three or four kids doing shiftwork.....hell, they'll just about make a
living.....working for El Señor.

giles
although, by then, Cantonese or Hindi might pay off better than
Spanish......prognostication may be a growth industry, but who knows
where it will go?

I read it as Brandy Loyalty.
Frank Reid


Ah. Then Cheeselandia is definitely the place for you.....whoever
"you" may be. Last I heard (quite some time ago, admittedly),
Curdistanis accounted for roughly 25% of Murrica's brandy
consumption. Most of us were weaned on it.

It was an improvement.

giles
of course, we're talking content here.....not delivery system.

On Jan 1, 9:11*am, rw56 wrote:
On Dec 31 2011, 1:14*pm, Frank Church
wrote:

I have always liked St Croix fly rods and some years ago took a tour
through their factory in Park Falls, WI. While looking at their web page
yesterday I see that they're now made in Mexico. I wonder how many other
original American brand rods have moved off shore?

Frank Sr.
Is it spring yet?

They should change their name to Santa Cruz.

And what do they call you in Santa Cruz, or Easter Island, or the
Bahamas, or Kamchatka.......hm, ****wit?

g.
who, tardy as he may be with the regard to keeping up with the latest
in hot literature, is nevertheless aware that some people just WILL
NOT learn.