The best advice is definitly go and try some.

I would suggest you to try to have a look at Redington CPS and St Croix Legend Ultra if you like fast action rods.

But in the 200-300$ range there are many good rods these days.

If you have no budget limit and like fast rods, I urge you to give a try to Sage Xi2 and Loomis CC-GLX.