My son, who has become an avid flyfisherman, would like to add a light line rod to his growing collection (I trained him well!) to use on the spring creeks of the Driftless area. Being that he is a starving college student who's shoulder surgery this summer cost him all but three weeks of employment, I'd like to find a blank in the sub $100 price range. He does have a Forecast 4wt that I built for him a few years ago and it is a remarkable rod for any price, but they only seem to offer the 2wt in a 6'6" configuration and for whatever reason he would like something longer.

Any recommendations?