<repeat> Who says anything about have to buy??
<new> And you know the good thing about this constant increase in technology?? A couple of years from now you will be able to buy a brand new rod from cabellas for $80 that has the same tech that todays $800 rod has. 10 years ago you bought a $70 rod ( we are talking lower price point than TFO) and it was CRAP!! Now you can pick up a rod for even $50 from say albright and it is darned good, especially compared to 10 years ago. You can buy a trout rod for $50 that is light, casts nicely at what you need for a small trout stream, and isnt a heavy club like a $50 rod would of been 10 years ago. Times are good, turn that frown upside down!! Just because G Loomis is coming out with 2 handed NRX's that cost $1200 doesnt mean you have to buy them. HECK, rumor has it that TFO is coming out with RODs that use the new resin that 3m just produced.