If you are within reasonable commuting distance of Greenfield MA, I would suggest giving Thomas & Thomas a call and perhaps visiting their small showroom. I had to replace a tip section from a 9 wgt rod I built (my dumb move busted the tip) with a T&T blank, and I visited their shop last fall. Long story short, they had some very reasonably priced rods in their showroom.. in the $250 - $350 range as I recall.
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