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re: Texas Rod Company and other Texas/LA rod makers
Posted on 4/8/24 at 10:13 pm to The Last Coco
Posted on 4/8/24 at 10:13 pm to The Last Coco
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Those rods look to be all made from MHX blanks which are Chinese blanks. They put together the rods in Texas so it is "made in the US".
The specific one you linked is made with some of the cheapest components you can make a rod from. Yes, it's assembled in the US, but all the materials are individually manufactured elsewhere.
Full transparency - the Kistler Rods are mostly the same way as will be most rod manufacturers unless they specify American made blanks. Kistler does have a lineup of saltwater rods they recently released with US blanks - Kistler Saltwater Series. Even if they use US blanks, the rest of the components are coming from China/Japan in all likelihood.
ETA: nothing wrong with foreign sources components. Fuji is the standard for guides and they're all imported. But the trc rod you linked has some really cheap guides, seat, and grips. If that rod were assembled overseas it would likely sell for half what they're charging.
Dude you're on it! Rod making sounds fun. So what's the cheapest rod that gets you into the good stuff? I really like my Laguna Liquid series casting rod. What do you make of the Salinity and the Castaway nano Skelton?
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Posted on 4/8/24 at 10:43 pm to WestBay
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What do you make of the Salinity
Never fished the salinity but Waterloo rods seem to have a good enough following. I dont know anything about their manufacturing pedigree though. I think their lower end rods, like the salinity, are made south of the border and the higher end lines are still made in TX. Could be wrong though.
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Castaway nano Skelton
For a few years now these have been Chinese made rods. Fully assembled overseas. Not necessarily a problem, but for the same price I'd rather have the Kistler KLX. Similar level of components but assembled in TX. I've fished the skeleton nano jerkbait rod and spinnerbait rod and they're fine but I don't think they're best buys anymore. The old skeletons were pretty special rods in my opinion. Those were built on rainshadow blanks.
Posted on 4/9/24 at 8:04 pm to WestBay
Spoke to Ryan the owner today and I’m going to order some client spinning rods from him. Will let you know how they hold up with the people I have to fish.
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