Hi. I built myself a 3/4 wt., 9', 2-piece rod. I paid $25 for the blank, and all total, about $75 for the entire rod. And, you know what, it's my favorite dry fly rod. It's a moderate flex blank, too slow for the fast action rod users of today I suppose, but it also allows me to fish nymphs on 6X tippet in skinny water. I just love the thing. I know, I would'nt have believed it either until I fished it.