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<DESCRIPTION>CONSENT OF ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP
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                                                             Exhibit 23.1



             Consent of Independent Public Accountants



As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the incorporation
by reference in this registration statement of our report dated November
8, 2001, except for Notes 5 and 17, as to which the date is December 21,
2001, included in the Johnson Outdoors, Inc.'s Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended September 28, 2001 and to all references to our firm included
in this registration statement.

/s/ Arthur Andersen LLP

ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

March 11, 2002


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