Fenwick HMG Fly Rods
To bad....I think it was end of 2009 Cabela's was clearing them out for $99 bucks a pop. I wanted to buy one or two or three real bad. I was drooling but resisted because I have to many rods as it is. There has to be surplus rods out there somewhere.
Jim Green would have had a smile on his face seeing your interest in the rods. The action had some muscle in it's day, a real workhorse, but the spilt-cane guys put the thumbs down on it and it took a while for the fast action rod to catch on.
If you want to buy a new Fenwick, looks like it's going to be an HMX. The X standing for Xining, China. 
boo hoo.
BTW I think the Fenwick grip is a plus.
"As far down the river as he could see, the trout were rising, making circles on the surface of the water, as though it were starting to rain."- E.H., The Big Two Hearted River
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