Mike at Ted's recommended the Fenwick HMX T83ML-2 (a med 8'3" rod, so I bought 2 of them.

It's inexpensive ($99 or so) and Fenwick has a great policy on breakage. Send it back and get another for about $10. I had to use this when a friend of mine lost my rod tip in the Sky.

The rod's seem to work fine and we've caught a few steelhead and salmon on them. Plus it's real nice to have a matched set of plug rods and reels (complete with colored line, marked at 50') in the boat..