In reply to Post #37
Mustad hooks are made in China.
Mustad hooks are made in China.
In reply to Post #46
So am I right in thinking that you can't go fishing without using a Hook made in China???
So am I right in thinking that you can't go fishing without using a Hook made in China???
In reply to Post #47
Not sure, no doubt you could make your own, apparently mustad produce the wire and it is shipped to their factory in wuxi china which is the largest hook factory in the world and produces 80% of the world's hooks.
Not sure, no doubt you could make your own, apparently mustad produce the wire and it is shipped to their factory in wuxi china which is the largest hook factory in the world and produces 80% of the world's hooks.
In reply to Post #48
Our hooks are made with Swedish wire that is washed, treated, and pulled in Norway by our experts, just as they have been doing since we first started producing hooks (Check it out here). We pride ourselves in the quality of the wire we use and put care into the cleaning and treating of the material. This way we can be assured that our hooks are made with Scandinavian-quality wire like have since 1877. We then send the prepared wire to our Mustad factory in China to bend the hook into the desired form with the hook machines we've designed in Norway!
Just took this off the Mustad web site, seems they are into cheap Chinese labour only.
Our hooks are made with Swedish wire that is washed, treated, and pulled in Norway by our experts, just as they have been doing since we first started producing hooks (Check it out here). We pride ourselves in the quality of the wire we use and put care into the cleaning and treating of the material. This way we can be assured that our hooks are made with Scandinavian-quality wire like have since 1877. We then send the prepared wire to our Mustad factory in China to bend the hook into the desired form with the hook machines we've designed in Norway!
Just took this off the Mustad web site, seems they are into cheap Chinese labour only.
In reply to Post #49
I've E-mailed Partridge of Redditch (now based in Somerset) to ask them the same question.
I've E-mailed Partridge of Redditch (now based in Somerset) to ask them the same question.
In reply to Post #49
I have some daiichi hooks for tying sw flies. Think they are Japanese
Not sure about Gamakatsu
I have some daiichi hooks for tying sw flies. Think they are Japanese
Not sure about Gamakatsu
In reply to Post #50
Mustad bought Partridge in 1996.
Mustad bought Partridge in 1996.
This is the strategy that small businesses are using. I also knew a clothing shop listing different prices for their items on the website and in the shop.
In reply to Post #1
I use angling direct at sutton in ashfield and nothing is too much trouble for them. They employ local anglers and there stock range is massive and will try to get you anything they dont have. Stock levels everywhere are low at the moment due to covid and the supply route from China. These supermarket carp shops are brilliant we never had it so good.
I use angling direct at sutton in ashfield and nothing is too much trouble for them. They employ local anglers and there stock range is massive and will try to get you anything they dont have. Stock levels everywhere are low at the moment due to covid and the supply route from China. These supermarket carp shops are brilliant we never had it so good.
In reply to Post #54
When you take competition out and the other tackle shops either close or are bought out then angling direct can put there prices up sky high if They wish and we will have no choice but to pay it
as there will be no where else to buy it I said this 4 years ago it's a plan that there taking there time over looking for future years as they say nothing wrong with healthy competition keeps prices down
When you take competition out and the other tackle shops either close or are bought out then angling direct can put there prices up sky high if They wish and we will have no choice but to pay it
as there will be no where else to buy it I said this 4 years ago it's a plan that there taking there time over looking for future years as they say nothing wrong with healthy competition keeps prices down
In reply to Post #53
Some of the online Chinese supermarkets ramp up the online shrimp products as they are aware they are purchased from carp anglers and bait making companies.
Some of the online Chinese supermarkets ramp up the online shrimp products as they are aware they are purchased from carp anglers and bait making companies.
In reply to Post #55
Or you end up with loads of angling directs and then a load of businesses run out of cheap units with no shop fronts that undercut them on price due to lower overheads, etc.
You lose the personal touch but we've seen the above in just about every other type of market, only a matter of time before it happens in the angling world too.
Or you end up with loads of angling directs and then a load of businesses run out of cheap units with no shop fronts that undercut them on price due to lower overheads, etc.
You lose the personal touch but we've seen the above in just about every other type of market, only a matter of time before it happens in the angling world too.
In reply to Post #55
Just before Erics went I got AD to price match their Shimano LC Medium baitrunners. I paid about £122, and look at the price now
Just before Erics went I got AD to price match their Shimano LC Medium baitrunners. I paid about £122, and look at the price now
I used to work for AD, ( not in a shop )
Their main goal is to become #1 fishing retailer so they can control the market and dictate prices etc. It's a business after all.
Many years ago when the Daiwa castizm qda reels came out I wanted a set of three, as usual I worked out my staff price and went to my local tackle shop to see if I could get a deal on a set of three, I'd do this as the owner of the small shop was a friend of a friend so would prefer to purchase from him if he could get anywhere near my staff price....
Unfortunately he wasn't able to get close to the price and I couldn't afford to purchase said reels from him, he totally understood and was fine with that, especially when he asked how much I could purchase them for with my staff price. He said he couldn't even purchase two of them straight from Daiwa at trade price for what I was getting three for.
This was quite a few years ago now and from what I hear things aren't getting any easier from their "competition"
Their main goal is to become #1 fishing retailer so they can control the market and dictate prices etc. It's a business after all.
Many years ago when the Daiwa castizm qda reels came out I wanted a set of three, as usual I worked out my staff price and went to my local tackle shop to see if I could get a deal on a set of three, I'd do this as the owner of the small shop was a friend of a friend so would prefer to purchase from him if he could get anywhere near my staff price....
Unfortunately he wasn't able to get close to the price and I couldn't afford to purchase said reels from him, he totally understood and was fine with that, especially when he asked how much I could purchase them for with my staff price. He said he couldn't even purchase two of them straight from Daiwa at trade price for what I was getting three for.
This was quite a few years ago now and from what I hear things aren't getting any easier from their "competition"
Unless the manufacturers start backing them and no-one else I don't think AD have got the ability to completely kill off their competition, they are not good enough in a lot of departments...