Lizard,

I hope you are right - I don't think there is a better rod on the market and they do have awesome cust. serv. I just hope they still are madein OK, USA!

-Alton

sometimes getting things made overseas is the best bet for some companies, yes it is a very unpopular decision and Falcon will probably take a lot of [censored] for it but the companies that get their rods made overseas are doing it with the intent of making a great rod at a great price.

everyone that loves their loomis rods but want to give a company [censored] for taking business to china needs to break their loomis rods and throw away all your curados, both of which come from overseas

Santa does good work

that does suck i really want to buy american when possible.

Allow me to offer this. There are some venerable American rod companies that are importing rods from China, and are also making rods here in the USA. It depends on how willing you are to pony up the $$$ for an American made rod as to which rod series you�ll buy.

St Croix Avid, and all the Legend series rods are American made in Park Falls, Wisconsin. The Mojo Bass series are manufactured in Mexico, and if I remember correctly the Triumph series are made in China.

I suspect that this is just the same sort of thing that Falcon is doing.

TFP

Most rods are made in china. Blanks-china Cork-Indonesia reel seats/eyes-japan... But they get the rod shipped over here and they put eyes on it and call it American made

There are OTHER high end rod companies that have their entry level rods made in china. Owners will tell you that and tell you why because of economics. I know of one company that sells a rod here in america retail for $179.99 and it is made in china...

Dont blame Falcon, blame our over-reaching and burdensome tax policy and environmental regulations here in the US.
The polititians think businesses will just magically absorb the ever increasing costs to do business here.
Business people know business, and how to turn a profit (the goal of any business) and labor costs overseas are alot lower. Unfortunately the Chinese government is more business friendly than ours is.

Got to disagree with you on the part about the Chinese govt being more business friendly unless you are talking about being friendly when you buy from them. Try to sell them something. Their attitude changes in a hurry.

In many many cases it is cheaper and easier to import stuff because our govt does not charge the same taxes on imports that other countries do. We let companies from other countries sell stuff here with minimal import taxes imposed, but let companies here try to sell in other countries and they get charged huge taxes. Lets put equal taxes into play and see how much cheaper it is to buy imported items.

american rodsmiths, castaway, kistler, carrot sticks, a bunch of these rods shops have rods built in China. They have to keep cost down with todays economy. It does not mean the rods are not quality built, they just cant afford to have them made over here and still make money.

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This goes for just about every industry out there not just the fishing industry.

The only Falcon rod series that will be made in China is the HD series. All the Originals, BuCoo's, Lowriders, Coastals, Caras and Experts willl still be made in the USA. The only reason the HD's are made in China is too keep the retail down in a struggling economy. The HD series is $69 retail and has a very aggressive warranty. St Croix, Shimano, American Rodsmiths, BPS, Castaway, Kistler, All Star, Duckett, E21, and Eagle Claw all are either made purely in China or at least one series within the brand is made in China. If you want to buy an American made product, you still have plenty of options with Falcon.

Like has been said already. They are not making any of the CURRENT models that have already been made in Oklahoma in China. Nobody in Broken Arrow Oklahoma is losing their jobs. The ONLY rods that are being made in China are a NEW series of rods called the HD. Like also has been said, they are an entry level rod with high quality components for a lower price point. If you want to continue buying great American made rods just keep buying the Lowriders and Caras that you have always liked. If you want a low priced but still quality rod then look at the HD Series.

Worked in a show store when in college years and years ago in Florida.....old men would come in wanting "an American shoe"....so you'd show them the shoe then they would moan and complain about the price....so you would show them a comparable shoe made in China and probably 8 out of 10 times they would buy the cheaper shoe.