To the responders, thank you for your input.

I purchased a rod today which should arrive in the next week or so. I bought a Redington Classic Trout.

One of the reasons I asked the question in the first place is that I purchased a discontinued Orvis Silver Label rod from an Ebayer. I was casting the rod on the lawn and afterwards I held the flyline in my hand while slowly and gently creating an arc in the rod to simulate a fish on in order to see the flex of the rod. The tip section of the 4 piece snapped with little pressure having been applied. Enter sadface. Contacted Orvis and since it was not purchased from them or an actual dealer of the rod, Orvis did not have any options open to assist me. I could not hand them a $100 or whatever for even a Clearwater. I don't dislike Orvis I simply wanted another rod and since I had spent $200 already on the last rod I wanted to checkout the Redington line of rods. I made certain the rod I purchased today was from a dealer of Redington and it came with a Warranty Card. Lesson learned

Jeff