About what percentage of rod blanks sold in the U.S.A. were made in the U.S.A. - if anyone is keeping track? Is there any U.S. maker of what I believe is called pre-peg: the cloth that is used to make blanks?

NFC is, they will tell you where they just look at their videos and Facebook/blog pages.

Phil,
In my structural composite hay-day, there were a number of U.S. CF, FG and aramid weavers, some of which produced pre-preg as well. Hexcel was the dominate one in the U.S. and probably still is. Over the past 15 years or so, the Japanese company, Toray, has become a world-wide respected manufacturer of CF, possibly more dominate than Hexcel.
Soller Composites used to be a weaver and Jon Soller has expressed interest in taking it up again. He has been in the composite industry for quite some time and would be a valuable source to answer your question more thoroughly. Give him a call.

Mark Talmo
FISHING IS NOT AN ESCAPE FROM LIFE BUT RATHER A DEEPER IMMERSION INTO IT!!! BUILDING YOUR OWN SIMPLY ENHANCES THE EXPERIENCE.

Most, if not all have ties to foreign manufacturing, so made in America usually means assembled in America. There is usually a pretty good chance that the epoxy resins in the prepreg are made solely in America.

Thanks, Mark. In the absence of any factual information about rod blanks - "fast" "tough" "soulful" "smooth" "responsive" "light" "sensitive" "powerful" etc. are NOT physical properties - it's tough to find the "best" rod blank - the one you or your customer wants - assuming your goal is to catch fish rather than impress onlookers.