Well like everything else in this country i would guess there is some company
in Japan waiting to take over the entire fly fishing sport like they are trying
to do with Bass fishing.But we can hope not the prices of a crankbait from
Japan is around 16.00 now what a deal.Can you see the price of thread going to
15.00 a spool?
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From: Neville Gosling
To: [email protected]
Sent: Friday, August 06, 2010 7:49 PM
Subject: RE: [VFB] Gudebrod
The report I received said the entire workforce - my take is that the are
totally closed down and unless they can find some capital, the company is
likely finished.
Neville (Nev) Gosling
Greater Vancouver,
B.C. Canada
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Joyce Westphal
Sent: August 6, 2010 4:20 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [VFB] Gudebrod
Is this true for sewing thread as well? I sew with Gudebrod thread from the
fabric store. Joyce
I was on the Gudebrod Pro Staff for 6 or 7 years. They closed down
the program because it was not financially productive. I guess that is the
reason for shutting down the tying thread production too. Personally I think it
was the best tying thread made. Yes, that is my opinion. Now it looks like all
thread production is shut down.
Tony
--- On Thu, 8/5/10, Neville Gosling <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Neville Gosling <[email protected]>
Subject: [VFB] Gudebrod
To: [email protected]
Date: Thursday, August 5, 2010, 11:36 AM
This is not good!
Neville (Nev) Gosling
Greater Vancouver,
B.C. Canada
Courtesy of Singlebarbed:
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Rod making legend lays off entire workforce
Posted: 05 Aug 2010 12:02 AM PDT
The Gudebrod thread company appears to be another casualty
of recent economic upheaval, with banks unwilling to lend and small businesses
caught without capital.
Gudebrod has been synonymous with silk and rod winding
threads for decades, yet has been forced to lay off its entire workforce.
W.E. "Nat" LeGrande Jr., company president, said he is
hopeful the layoffs, which occurred Friday, will be temporary. He said about 60
to 65 union and non-union workers have been temporarily laid off from the 274
Shoemaker Road facility while the financially troubled, family-owned company
seeks new capital.
- via The Mercury
The company has been struggling since the loss of the Glide
dental floss contract in 2007, which represented 63% of their net business,
proving yet again how little angling dollars contribute to a company's bottom
line.
Us hoarders have learned to snatch up whatever stocks
remain, as too often published reports of "temporary" setbacks are found to be
permanent closures.
It's likely someone will fill the gap, but if you're an
aficionado of their products I would lay in a goodly supply of the colors used
most. They can use the bucks, and you'd be covered for the foreseeable future.
Gudebrod makes a wide variety of silk, nylon, and Kevlar
threads for both rods and flytying. Their "NCP" (no color preservative) thread
was quite the rage in the day as it remained opaque with no loss of color when
a rod finish was applied.
Thread making must be a hellish business as we've lost both
Danville's Monocord and (perhaps) the entire Gudebrod line in the same year.
Gudebrod thread, rod wrapping thread, Danville Monocord,
NCP thread,
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