I fish mostly Loomis rods. I think over the last 5 years or so there has been a lot of improvment in the economy rods such as the Buzz Ramsey rods and the North river rods. In my opinion a good fisherman will catch fish with whatever you hand him/her. Where the the diference is made is the weight of the rod, I remember years ago I used to fish with an old Kunnan and caught a lot of fish with it, then bought my first loomis IM6. Was amazaed at how much lighter and more comfortable it was to fish with. you can get good deals on Loomis or Lami's whatever yor preference is you just have to look. I bulid all my own and have no real problem finding either discontinued Loomis blanks such as IM6 or whatever I want. Or finding someone who has conections to get me what I want for a decent price. I have no use for a $400 drift rod because I dont think it is going to make that big a diference. I can get just as light for between $100 and $200. That way I can get two

[ 12-26-2001: Message edited by: Firedog ]