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More overpriced graphite
« on: January 23, 2012, 10:36:31 AM »
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Re: More overpriced graphite
« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2012, 11:31:52 AM »
yep, at my salary, everything is overpriced :(

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« Reply #2 on: January 23, 2012, 01:30:16 PM »
It's almost as if US vendors are pricing themselves out of the market on purpose. I'll buy US when it makes sense, this clearly does not make sense. You can talk all the fancy talk and brag about who made the taper all you want, but in the end I can put a fly just about anywhere I want with a $29 wal mart sold Scientific Angler rod. This is especially true of lighter weight rods. It's the big heavy weight special purpose fly rods that really need to be redesigned. How about some better guides and hardware designed for fishing shooting heads. Yet every year they all put out the same old same old traditional styled rods and the price creeps up and up.... 
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« Reply #3 on: January 23, 2012, 01:37:39 PM »
Holy crap, $1250, really. I can't see a rod being worth that much.

You nailed it Mike, same stuff, different year and the price is higher.


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« Reply #4 on: January 24, 2012, 12:26:33 PM »
Mike, I agree. 

I know there's better technology in a Sage One or Orvis Helios than my T3 but lets be real...do they really affect your daily success...not in my opinion.  I think the technology/lighter weights make alot of sense in the higher line weights where casting fatigue might be an issue but you can get great rods for $350 and less in the 1 to 7 weight categories. 

What makes it worse, alot of rods (like golf clubs) don't hold their value for any length of time so the manufacturers are creating alot of apathy among the buying public...why buy new when you can wait 6-9 months and get a gently used one for 30% to 50% off. 

I can see paying up for "classics" in anything (ie. bamboo, Shelby Cobras...I wish, etc...) but for everyday use it doesn't make sense to me. 
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