I bought a Forecast 9 ft. 4 pc. 7 wt. rod blank abobut a year ago for cheap. Last weekend at the Detroit show I picked up a reel seat, handle, etc etc. to finnish this rod. I've been tinkering with it this week after work in the afternoon. Chose the blue woven graphite reel seat and titanium single foot guides and all titanium hardware. My buddy fishbum turned a nice aluminum plug to convert the fighting butt to detachable. I'm missing the sliding band portion of the reel seat, which is on fishbum's shop floor under a tool box or in a corner somewhere not to be seen for a decade. Alsohad to get a smaller tip top and one more #4 guide.