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If as an angler, you want to make a conscious decision to support Canadian manufacturers, there is on-line retailer that offers only MADE IN CANADA products.. https://greatcanadianfishingstore.com/ Of course, there is also a lot of gear that comes from China, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, and Europe if want to avoid US goods. The same for big box stores....Sail and Canadian Tire vs Bass Pro and Cabela's. Personally, for a number of reasons, I've always patronized the smaller local retailers...although I do miss LeBaron's.

An update to my previous thread, the handle on the G Loomis 1562 GLX prototype handle rebuild is now done. As per the customer's request the original decal was not removed so a work around was required, building and installing the new handle from the back of the blank. It does present some challenges especially when the customer states exactly where the reel will sit with new fixed reel seat, which in this case was 8.5"s from the back of the rod. And while the customer is a young man he wanted the rod restored in an Old School fashion, figured Walnut wood seat, grip inserts and wood/mushroom but cap. The next step will be to replace the original garbage Recoil guides with high quality Fuji's. The following are a series of pictures I took for him from the beginning. Cheers

Enjoy fellas!

This is going to be quite the S show.

I do prefer to hit small local brick and mortar shops for all of my needs when possible CM. I only resort to online when there's no other option and given my numerous daily walks with the pup, the driving skills of these to your door drivers leaves a lot to be desired and I do mean "a lot!" It's hard to be a good driver when you're constantly illegally staring at your hand held device.

Not sure if this has been stated but many people don't run winter tires and are driving very expensive vehicles... I don't know why you wouldn't spend an extra $1500 (even less if you get them on sale). This is illogical to me. They do work, and there is a major difference in cornering, stopping etc.. Now if you're in a situation where money is tight, I still think your safety is paramount and #1 priority. Many places, like Kal or CTC, allow you to pay in instalments - that could alleviate some of the financial stress of a $1500 bill. I think we have enough government in our lives (yes, I am a bit of a libertarian), so not crazy about enforcing it - but education goes a long way. Insurers do give slight discounts...

well said on limits. we lobbied decades back on 2 rods for erie. quotas were brought up. commercial netters received 99.04 percent. sports industry receives 0.06.that was a no brainer other then commercial poundage royaltys to the ont goverment. on many other lakes the issues seem to be to get the goverment istituations to spend funds on whats sustainable.i am on l.st cl. we share it with michigan. they have 3 rods,we have 2. the fishery has proven sustainable,for sportsfishing.this was a major uphill battle that took near 20 years to achieve.

I'm currently working on rebuilding one of the original 10, 1562 Loomis GLX prototype blanks (my 6th to date), and I've been playing with a new resin medium that has had me see numerous failures on the grip wood inserts. The frustrations have been incredibly frustrating to say the least, the learning is as of yet, not perfected, but I am making progress. This is a series of pictures showing the rear grip from failure to success. This was the first finished attempt that shows many air in inclusions in the finish. The results were clearly a failure so I started again by removing the finish. Then I started again with a new perspective and slower more methodical application method.

The worst is when you’re by yourself and you only run one rod. It’s hard to know if you have a good lure on.