I have around 20 vintage glass rods. You can find them at yard sales or online cheap if you're patient .
My first "good" fly rod was a Lamiglas that my father built for me in 1972 and I didn't get my first graphite trout rod until well into the '90s so glass rods have been what I fished pretty much all my life
Phillipsons are probably my favorite, but a Cortland built on a StCroix blank is the rod that's been getting the most use lately
The simpler the outfit, the more skill it takes to manage it, and the more pleasure one gets in his achievements.
--- Horace Kephart