Looks like both Cabelas and MRFC have the ZXL (and the vantage and flight) on mark downs..... http://www.mrfc.com/MadisonRiverShop...x?CategoryID=4

Good time to buy or will the next thing be even better?

There are a lot of nice rods out now, the BVK, the orvis Access, the St Croix rods, even Cabelas has a 3M matrix rod.... But wasnt the ZXL the ultimate dry fly rod once....