I wouldn't bet on it...
Hardy & Greys has a new major technical innovation in fly rods that is suppose to be as drastic and carbon fiber rods was when it came out against fiberglass...still in prototype production and testing but coming soon.
SINTRIX “silica nano matrix.” A full 60% lighter and 60% stronger than the current carbon fiber rods on the market today.
I don't imagine they will be to affordable by the masses for a long while yet and those who really like staying on top of the heap won't flinch at snapping them up.
ON THE OTHER HAND...
as the middle class keeps loosing ground...the fly fishing retailers and manufacturers will have to keep pace by offering more mid range and entry level priced product or loose the upcoming generation to the sport. We'll all loose if we can't keep the interest growing. Doing battle with computers and computer games and the new generation of potatoes isn't helping one bit either. Time to start encouraging more outdoor education opportunities into the regular school curriculum??
...and I keep my limit to under $300 for a rod...the closer to $200 the better. You can do wonders building your own or buying used.
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