Artisan Encompassed
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Alliston, Ontario · Own site · artisanencompassed.ca
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Artisan Encompassed builds custom fishing rods in small batches out of Alliston, Ontario, and sells the parts to build your own: blanks, guides and tip tops, reel seats, grips, gimbals and trim.
Finished fishing rods have carried a 50% Section 338 duty into the United States since August 22, 2026, and the September 15 scope change kept them on the list as HTS 9507.10.0040. The same change went the other way for the components half of the business: rod parts and accessories, statistical line 9507.10.0080, moved to Part B, Products No Longer Covered, so blanks and guides came off the list on September 15 while the rods themselves stayed on it.Source: whitehouse.gov, Sep 8, 2026
Made in Canada
The shop works from a single Alliston address at 16 Cauthers Cres and says every rod is "Hand-built in Ontario for anglers who demand precision and performance."
On the tariff list
- HTS 9507.10.00 · Fishing rods, fish hooks and other line fishing tackle; fish landing nets, butterfly nets and similar nets; decoy "birds" (other than those of heading 9208 or 9705) and similar hunting or shooting equipment; parts and accessories thereof, Fishing rods and parts and accessories thereof · was 50%, Aug 22, 2026 to Sep 15, 2026 (retired)
The shop sells "Custom fishing rods" alongside "Rod blanks", "Guides & Tip Tops" and "Reel seats". From August 22 to September 14, 2026 this line covered both the finished rods and the components; it was replaced on September 15, 2026 by 9507.10.0040, which covers rods only.
- HTS 9507.10.0040 · Fishing rods, fish hooks and other line fishing tackle; fish landing nets, butterfly nets and similar nets; decoy "birds" (other than those of heading 9208 or 9705) and similar hunting or shooting equipment; parts and accessories thereof, Fishing rods and parts and accessories thereof, Fishing rods · 50% since Sep 15, 2026
"Custom fishing rods" is the first product category in the shop's own navigation, and the site says "Each rod is crafted in small batches" in Ontario. Finished rods are exactly what this statistical line names.
Rates are the additional US duty under Section 338. About the tariffs
Sources
- artisanencompassed.ca · accessed 2026-09-09
Hand-built in Ontario for anglers who demand precision and performance.
- artisanencompassed.ca · accessed 2026-09-09
16 Cauthers Cres, Alliston, ON, L9R 0L5
- artisanencompassed.ca · accessed 2026-09-09
Each rod is crafted in small batches with precision wrapping, balanced sensitivity, and a finish designed to perform.
- whitehouse.gov · accessed 2026-09-09
9507.10.0040
- artisanencompassed.ca · accessed 2026-09-09
Every message and build request that comes through here matters to me.
- artisanencompassed.ca · accessed 2026-09-09
16 Cauthers cres. Alliston Ontario, Canada (visits by appointment only)
- artisanencompassed.ca · accessed 2026-09-09
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