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How Our Rods Are Made
 So what makes All Star rods different from the others? It’s the things you can’t see that make these rods lighter, more balanced, stronger and easier to fish with. Let’s start with the people who make the rods...
The folks at All Star take pride in making the perfect graphite rod. Every stage of rod making is done by hand, from wrapping the graphite around mandrels that have been designed to give the exact actions you need, to sanding and coating them. We take pride in knowing that every rod that leaves the factory with the All Star name has been checked, flexed, tested and approved before it gets shipped to you.
Offices/Manufacturing Plant in Houston, Texas
Our Manufacturing
Process
Making a quality graphite rod is a lot like building a house. You have to make sure you have the right materials and you have to put them together in the right sequence – paying special attention to the details. We always use the highest quality graphite materials available and we combine that with our exclusive resins to create the perfect balance of sensitivity, flexibility, and stiffness. We use only the highest quality components, like Fuji® guides and reels seats, as well as top grade cork on most of our rods. Our design team works hard to make sure all the guides are spaced according to the action and power rating of the rod. All of the parts work together to create the ultimate fishing rod.
1. Qualifying the
Graphite
All Star factory
associates are qualifying the graphite before it gets cut into patterns
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2. Blank Tack Area
Tacking the graphite
pattern onto a mandrel where the pattern will be rolled on a rolling
table
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3. Applying Cellophane
Applying cellophane to
tacked and rolled pattern on mandrel in preparation for curing of blanks
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Expert
Design Combined With Diligent Quality Control...
Our design team has many years of experience and knows how to achieve the best action for a specific fishing situation. Our manufacturing team is
highly trained and experienced in blank and rod construction and is monitored by our diligent quality control team. Our rods are proudly and painstakingly built at our technologically advanced facility by a dedicated group of employees who love to fish and take pride in their
workmanship.
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4. Blank Quality Control Inspection for Strength
and Integrity
Here an associate is
flex testing a blank by hand checking for breakage or defects
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5. Blank Deflection
This is how we confirm and check for action & accuracy
All Star's famous
Flex-Board Test guarantees accurate Action & Power ratings
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6. Thread Wrap
7. Rod Building
Assembly
These rods have been tipped and their handles have been assembled |
8. Rod Straightening
We make sure all guides are alighned properly before adding an epoxy finish on the guides and
label
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9. Rod Finishing Area
Associate is applying
epoxy coating to thread wraps and label
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10. The Final Step
Rods coated with epoxy
finish turn on the drying drums
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Rod building... It’s really a simple concept, but it does take some work to get it right. All Star rods get it right. Every time. Try an All Star graphite rod and feel the difference.
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