You are right chef.
Basically not even a few dollars difference, exchange or not, between here and across the ditch. There is a Gander Mountain in Tonawanda just off the 290 at Colvin. That's my neck of the woods, basically grew up there until kindergarten and every summer through high school. My mom,s from N.T. I've been to Gander many times and unless there is a sale on there is no difference in price. Sometimes they are higher. I bought my new Hummingbird HD combo with chip for 300 beans less than Gander wants. Proctor in Simcoe had them on sale this month for even less than I paid the last time they were on sale in July. 5 series combo with Navionics Gold card for less than $600.00 all in. The entry level Okuma reel and rod spooled with leadcore I bought in town here is $50.00 more there without leadcore. Canadian store or not the money usually ends up down there but we can help the employees here as well as all the ancillary work here that goes along with shopping this side of the border. I see nothing really down there now that even the independent guys like Bill's Bait and Tackle or Fishing World in Hamilton have other than a wider selection. But these little guys here will order you whatever they have for the same price and like I said sometimes for less!!!!
This goes for other sports like golf, not sure about hunting. Apparently something that has been worked out the last few years on the free trade front was the US dropping duty on US made sporting goods and vise versa. Things like Rappala, a Finnish company are the same or more today down Buffalo way.
Off topic someone is booting by right now in a fishing rig, they just stopped on the shoal 1 KM out, go guys, and or gals go. There's big Bass there now. If I wasn't frying up perch today for the crew and watching the Kitty Cat game, I'd be there myself. A good enough excuse not to fish is to eat em.
