THE LATEST NEWS and advice on fly fishing, fly fishing gear, fly fishing trips, and fly fishing books and media.Temple Fork Outfitters' Rick Pope
TFO President and founder Rick Pope talks about the foreign manufacturing of fly rods, his experiences with Lefty Kreh and other fly-fishing celebrity consultants, and the technology in the pipeline for future TFO products. He also sets the record straight on a few popular misconceptions about the fly fishing industry.
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Interviewer: Zach Matthews | Itinerant Angler
Podcast Excerpt: "I'm not sure that many people have been displaced domestically because of fly rod outsourcing, because I don't think there are that many people employed in the industry to start with. Asia has made -- at least in my life time -- all of the affordable equipment, for the most part, whether it be general tackle or fly fishing. You know, we went to Asia not looking for the cheapest thing we could sell but looking for the best we could come up with."
