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cabela's
maybe I should have posted this question to a new thread.
does anyone else have any experience with cabelas rods other than bowmaker1. Do their rods performance match that of the top brands? Soup says the blanks of the FT models are the same as the Loomis GL3. Does anyone else know if their other models are also Loomis or perhaps another top brand blank? If you can save $ buying the same rod, get a nice warranty (25yrs), and have the same rod regardless of the name(since fish can't read anyways) should I buy one? Any praise or gripes from you with cabelas?
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[url=http://www.boycottcabelas.com/:df032]http://www.boycottcabelas.com/[/url:df032]
Just one more reason not to shop there. Found it today while researching something. Cabela's is kind of like Wal Mart and I prefer not to support them, of course I have a local fly shop that takes care of me.
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Wow! Sounds like EVERYONE was out to get that guy!
Jim
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thats what is strange about it..a police officer with nothing better to do, a person passing out leaflets, impounded and towed car, an attorney, droped ticket, sounds like a new drama tv show........I dont buy it
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I have their Stowaway and Stowaway-7 rods, like them both and consider them a great value.
As for the boycott, I was surprised so I Googled it. One guy got terminated after publicity about his distributing literature from the extreme right of the political spectrum. There have been no facts offered as to why he was terminated --whether it was related to his literature or not. It seems like a pretty slim basis for a boycott.
I have no financial interest in Cabela's, don't know anybody who works there, etc., etc. But, sorry, it just doesn't seem fair to me to pass along a link to a boycott like this without checking it out more.
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I like there rods and I buy some of there other stuff like camping supplies and such from them and they have Great Customer Service IMHO. When you don't have a lot to choose from then you have to do with what you to use I have a 3 forks combo 3 wt and to me it fishes as good as other rods I've fished with and plan to get at least 2 more one for the wife and 1 for my boy. Then I hope I'll be living in AR. By then and start trying Global Dorber rods. Just my 2 cents. Later Matt one last thing it's up to you on what you by and what you use who cares what the other folks fishing are using as long as your happy with your equipment thats all that matters. As I started off with a 20.00 martin outfit that was a combo unit that had backing a wt/f 6 wt line and leader and few flies. I still fish with it every now and then and the wife likes to use it and I use to think everyone was checking my stuff out why fishing then I came to just say hell with them I like it and I'm the one pulling more fish in then them so can't be that bad. Later Matt
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To each there own !
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I appreciate the responses. I agree it's great to support the local fly shop, and I do, but for some of us that like to stretch our dollar as much as possible I don't mind shopping cabelas. The cost of shipping is less than the sales tax I would pay...Putting aside everyone's political stance...how does the perfomance of cabelas fly rods compare to the name brands. how bout their reels?
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The big brown truck just stopped by my house yesterday. That was the last delivery it will be making from Cabela's for me. The nearest fly shop to me is 1 1/2 hrs each way so I find it necessary to mail order. But I am a little (maybe alot) right of center and I refuse to support a company that acts in this manner.
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Was going to add something else then decided to just bite my toung and say no more as I belive there is more to the story then what is posted on that website! Later Matt
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To each there own !
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I for one would give up doing business with a company I have dealt with, and been happy with, for 30 years, based on something I read on the internet. We all know anything found on a website is the gospel truth.
Just a side note: I heard on NPR the other day that if Wal-Mart was a country, it would be China's eighth-largest trading partner. Something to think about.
Rob, I have had no problem with Cabelas equipment in the past. I have a couple of their rods and they cast just fine. Even if a brand-name outfit makes their blanks, the rod you get will NOT be the same rod you buy from that company. If you want a Loomis rod, buy a Loomis rod. Labels do not catch fish, they catch people.