Good info, I know a lot of rod manufacturers are getting some of their rods out of China and I was just wondering if Falcon is doing that, and which rods they are actually making in house and which ones are coming from across the pond.
I own two of the old school original Falcons from way back when they first started the company and still use them to this day. I've recently bought some Chinese rods of other manufactures and what I've learned so far is I need to buy American made if I want the quality I've come to expect.
I was in Brannon's a while back and almost walked out with a Cara. I was looking for deep crankbait rod and left their with a Jordan Lee ABU Garcia rod. I haven't used it that much and have already broken two guides on it.
I bought a Duckett Ghost for small to medium crankbaits and you can't keep a fish hooked up on it to save your life, I probably loose over half the fish that I hook.

I emailed Falcon a couple of weeks ago asking if any of their rods were still made in the USA and here's the response I got... Dan

Hello,

We no longer carry any rods that are still made in the US.

Thank You,
Warranty Department

Check out Virtus Rods they are made at the same place in Arkansas that the falcons were before and same blanks best I can tell

just saw something that Virtus was bought out by a big dog....maybe get em while ya can

Might have to do that I have more Caras than I need now for as much as I fish anymore. I just located old shoal cranker I had been looking for long time

Sounds like they went the same route as Allstar a decade or so ago. I sent them basically the same e-mail and got the same response. I live not to far from the Dobyns facility and I wonder if they have done the same. I just did a search for bass fishing rods made in America and there were a few names that came up, but Cashion was the only one I saw that I recognized.

I've been using Falcon Caras for about 15 years and I have noticed no difference over that period of time.

I’ve started slowly switching over to ALX rods. Made here in the US with their own blanks. You can call the company and talk directly with the owner, which is rare these days

I don’t have one but I’m going to get a JB3 rod.

They are made in Merica.

Seems like a really solid rod.

When I read this thread it got me wondering about Dobyns, their facility is just a little ways from my place so I emailed them and asked them were any of their rods made in China and could I still drive down and buy direct from them? Yes we can buy direct. The high end rods are made in South Korea; the Champion Extreme HP and Extasy series. The rest are made in China.

One of my high school anglers has one of these. series two. great feeling rod. aesthetics reminds me a lot of the Cara rods. I think JB3 are sold by fun n sun. not sure where else to find them