Guys I went to the shakespere yard sale twice ,in one trip,first and last,It was the most crowded place I have been,mad house,folks just grabbing up whole arm fulls of rods,other folks tryimg out the actions of rods,I had to do more weeving and bobbing that a boxer to not get an eye put out.Yes they are a great deals,but I would suggest if you only need one rod or two,dont fight the crowd,it looked like a kickoff at a ball game,all the people running to get in.but if you need a whole lot of stuff I'm sure its worth it.On usa made stuff,I have one old ugly stick and penn 920 reel that was made here.Almost everything is china made.I told this young,just married guy at work the shoot,he was probally gonna have to go to china to make a baby ,since almost everything else was made there.