Well this and other fly fishing websites are a good place to start. Both Jed and FG offer good advice. Especially when it comes to sticking with the known brand manufacturers that FG mentions. I would also add St Croix to that list.

The other thing to keep in mind is that many comnpanies offer differnet rods to meet the demands and pocket books of the anglers that will fish with them.

I don't own any rods that have been manufactured off shore. That is not to say that I wouldn't buy one, if I liked the rod and thought it would meet my needs.

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Every fly fisherman has an unreasonable view of fly rods, and I am no different. Thomas McGuane from The Longest Silence.