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Backwoods Master Rod Builders Shoppe

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Wasaga Beach, Ontario · Online shop · anglersadvantage.ca

Daniel Sturges and his rod builders have hand-wrapped custom freshwater rods in Wasaga Beach since 1996, from bass and walleye sticks to musky casters, centrepin float rods and tournament fly rods.

HTS 9507.10.00Fishing rods and parts and accessories thereof50% since Aug 22, 2026HTS 9507.10.0040Fishing rods50% from Sep 15, 2026
Fishing rods crossed into the United States duty-free until August 22, 2026, when HTS 9507.10.00 picked up the 50% Section 338 duty; on September 15 the White House narrowed the line to the statistical breakout 9507.10.0040, fishing rods, still at 50%. Backwoods ships by FedEx across North America, so a $400 custom rod now lands on an American doorstep with roughly $200 of duty on top.Source: whitehouse.gov, Sep 8, 2026
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Made in Canada

The shop builds every rod to order in its Wasaga Beach, Ontario workshop and sells only through its own site, describing the work as "Handcrafted Canadian Performance Multi-Species Fishing Rods".

On the tariff list

  • HTS 9507.10.00 · Fishing rods and parts and accessories thereof · 50% since Aug 22, 2026

    The catalogue is finished fishing rods, listed as "BACKWOODS Performance Bass Rods", "BACKWOODS WALLEYE SIGNATURE RODS" and "BACKWOODS Legacy Centerpin Rods". This line covered them from August 22, 2026 until it was replaced on September 15, 2026 by the narrower statistical line 9507.10.0040.

  • HTS 9507.10.0040 · Fishing rods · 50% from Sep 15, 2026

    "BACKWOODS Custom Pike Enforcers" and "BACKWOODS Musky Casting & Spinning Rods" are finished fishing rods, the exact goods this statistical line names.

Rates are the additional US duty under Section 338. About the tariffs

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