Another great Aussie Company working hard at it to keep manufacturing in this country, we really need more like them. Thanks for the tour Sammy, this lets people see how much effort goes into making a decent rod.
Sammy thank and all the Wilson guys for a very enjoyable experience and the fishing rod are made and finely buit this was such an education to understand this full process please John
Awesome video. I literally just bought a Wilson Venom deep jigger pe6/8 and matched it with Stella 14k. Will be testing out at Montebello islands Weatern Australia in a couple of weeks time. Can’t wait!
Amazing how far Wilson have come in recent times. Their gear was once the cheap stuff that you found in Kmart but now they are producing some serious fishing gear. I would love to see the Blades n Tails range expanded to have more options in the mid range price point.
Well as a land locked zimbo I'm about to go to sea in a3.8m dingy with a 28hp suzuki from 1982.. 😂 off the Mozambique coast.. Wish me luck. I love the program. Got me hooked. And I've learnt a lot.. Lol.. Stay tuned. I should be under. Captain chaos. ❤
You should do an Esky rod build vid down in Key West Fla USA. I got to do a walk thru of the their whole facility 2 yrs ago. Its amazing how the start to finish process works. Very similar to what you showed but they are much more specialized for the Keys type fishing. It would be epic mate!😎
Never heard of that brand, would be fun to test one. Checked out their website and the prices were high, like if it was lifetime warranty that covers everything.
Every time I've taken the nephews to the indoor playground just down the road from here I've REALLY wanted to see what was inside Wilson fishing. Absolutely love my BNT's! Beautiful rods made locally
Snyder Glas Rods started in carols Park. Len Butterworth made rods in same factory in Antimony StCarole Park QLD 4300 same street Alvey was in. I can't remember the name of the man who owned Snyder. He sold it a good 15 years ago from memory and retired. I thought to a New Zealand company. I could be wrong. Can anyone enlighten me on this post. Fill in the bits I can't remember.
I live in Miami Florida=the Best fishing spot in the country, perhaps even the world for fresh or salt- FL keys. I catch the same fish you catch with a Walmart Lews fishing rod reel combo with cheap line. People, you don't have to buy these types of ridiculously expensive rods to catch fish. Outfish Pro anglers with my so-called amateur setup & laugh at them all along.
Pretty average components and craftsmanship for the price the advertise. Don't get me wrong, they're a decent rod, but geez they like to rip off Aussies.
As someone who has done a fair bit of testing and knows the characteristics of materials its not that simple. Having a look at them they’re fairly priced. Expensive costs have to cover the materials, labour, consumables and everything in between like the engineering behind it. Hopefully the pricing will get better as they continue to become a bigger company.
Majority of the cost is the aussie labour to “build” them. The blank and components will be a standard price. The blanks themselves arent made in australia.
I’m pleasantly surprised that they still make something in Australia. Not many companies do. If you want higher quality blanks and components you could try a custom rod builder for similar cost
@@kizzjd9578exactly. Labour costs in Australia are ridiculous. And that's what customers are paying for. The raw materials aren't special and the workmanship is average.
@@boostjunky24 massive cost to make blanks here. All the machinery and materials come from either china, japan, korea or usa. The carbon has to be stored in a freezer so its a bit of a pain to get it over here and store it. Also need to do big orders for it to be worth it. When you have companies overseas with a factory right next door to the material supplier, its easier to get it made there. Also.. no one would pay the price they would charge if it were made here. All the high end japanese rods are all made the exact same way cheaper rods are made.
