How many $600 -$700 rods do you own?

While thumbing through the MRFC 2007 catalog I was amazed at the number of rods that sell in the $6-700 range.
It started me thinking...do people actually buy several of these rods..ya'know a 3-5-7 wt or perhaps 2-4-6 wts in various lengths?
There are several reels that sell for about 1/2 of those rod prices...then you have to have a $60 line for each rod/reel. It wouldn't take long to invest some serious money in a 1/2 dz outfits

Bamboo does not count..

How many rods that sell for over $600 do you have.

Me...Zero

[grumps]

hi buzz

i am waiting for my first rod in the 600-700 dollar range. the sage i won in last months drawing was not available in 4 pc and i should receive it around the end of december. i have 3 orvis rods that ran over 300 dollars and some that are less expensive, but i like them all for different reasons.

i used to hunt and fish with an oldtimer in our club and he would always say, "i don't care how much money you guys spend on all that fancy equipment, if the fish don't cooperate it is going to be a long day."

mike

[MassStriper]

Lots,

bought them used for less than half the original sticker price

[Lucky489]

one of my twelve rods is a $700 rod, and I won it at our clubs annual banquet.

[fish4trout]

I have one but I never seem to use it. Go figure.

[LadyFisher]

Yikes, several - for each of us.

[Bear742]

How many rods that sell for over $600 do you have.

Me...Zero

Me, zero, too.

I seldom venture past the $100 mark. But I would like to know what combination of performance and warantee motivates a person to pay that price. I only want to hear from those who have made that lay out. Second hand, discount priced, and contest rods, though they may have the MSRP, do not count.

IMHO a rod that costs over $600 should include a trip or at least a weekend getaway.

[n2permit]

5wt, 6wt, 8wt. and 10wt. Geez it hurts to admit that. Then again, only one was at retail. Don't forget the reels that DO retail for the same $6-$700.

[Bear742]

How many rods that sell for over $600 do you have.

Me...Zero

Me, zero, too.

I seldom venture past the $100 mark. But I would like to know what combination of performance and warantee motivates a person to pay $600 or more. I only want to hear from those who have made that lay out. Second hand rods, discounted rods, raffel rods, and contest rods, though they may have once had the MSRP, do not count if you didn't actually pay over $600.

IMHO a rod that costs over $600 should include a trip or at least a weekend getaway.

I should modify my original post.

How many $6-700 rods do you have that you actually paid MSRP for...Rods bought at close out, sponsors freebies, bought with guide discount, found on the crick bank etc should not count.

I just wanna know to what extent these rediculous prices actually hold up in the real world.