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If you are stoned, everyone else looks stoned.

Because he is?? LOL

They have a line of products for every budget. All of their high end stuff is made in the USA. The more budget stuff is made overseas. That’s kind of the industry standard.

@@FlyFishFood Was the Orivs rod that Cheech "taco'd" made in the USA?

@@brianhall137 yessir. No US made rod will stand up to improper usage. That said, I have 6 Helios rods that I have used for years. Only broke one because I sat on it. It’s OK that you don’t like Orvis… but it’s not because they don’t have some of the very best gear in the whole industry!

@@FlyFishFood Maybe the Moonshine supplied with two tips would be more appropriate for your fishing style...LOL! It's not that I dislike Orvis...one of my favorite rods is an Orvis 9ft 9wt that my wife bought me for a wedding gift...it's an IM6 graphite rod from the mid-90's I used it when I lived back east for stripers and schoolie bluefish, and now I occasionally use it as a single-handed steelhead rod now that I'm on the west coast. I'm just frustrated by all the Chinese gear that's invaded what was a US (and UK) dominated industry. Here in the western US, we have some phenomenal rod makers...Sage, Winston, Loomis, Echo, etc..they all have affordable (IMO) rods made in the USA, although some of them have Asian manufactured gear as well. Warranty service on overseas rods is dismal in my experience and I've decided not to subject myself to it in the future. To each his own I suppose.

@@brianhall137 Echo not made in the USA. The entry USA rod is about $600. Not sure what you do for flies, tippet, hooks, etc. lot of non-USA stuff there.

Ah yes. The budget friendly rods. Thank goodness for Chinese made products so you could type that comment too.

I have about 10 hydros spools and two reels. It’s an excellent reel!

@@FlyFishFood it is not a bad reel. I try to spend my hard earned money on products made in the United States. Orvis gives the impression that their products are all made in the United States. But to my knowledge the only reels made here are the Mirage series.

Nowhere do they give the impression that everything they make is made in the United States. I’m not sure where you gathered that. The same can be said for almost any manufacturer out there. If I were to swear off every company that I’ve had a small issue with or even a large issue with. I wouldn’t have any gear to fish with anymore.

Did you watch the video?

@@FlyFishFood I partially watched it. I just remembered the centre cap screw from the drag fell off too. I suspect you're going to say they've upped the quality and if I watched the entire video I'd see that. Too late they've lost a customer for life by knowingly selling inferior products. Lost credibility. Don't get me started on their wading boots!

Sounds like you haven’t used any of the new Orvis stuff. Too bad man. Lots of good stuff out there and this Orvis stuff is too of the line.

@@FlyFishFood There's a lot of good gear out there now things have improved...at the end of the day flies and methods catch the fish bar-stock reels won't put more fish on the line.

Crap reels😡