Well.....after long and careful thought.....I have just placed my order with Auburn Sports and Marine for 4 new rods.
I have always been kind of a Cheap "O" but this will be a little different as I went with the Shimano Compre line and am mulling over ordering the Curados as baitcasters and the Shimano Compre's in Spinning with the Sedona Reels.
All are 7ft-mediums with fast tips and are Im- 8 graphite with the limited lifetime warranty so look out Fish!!!

Oh...p.s.........Auburn has added all kinds of new stuff to the Bass Bait section and assigned someone to that area full time so more Yamamoto selections...more Robo selections and alot of the Gulp stuff from Berkley so get on down there!! see ya on the water!!

Hey Larry if those rods are good enough for Al Linder then I guess they are good enough for most anyone, -even you & me.  I have several.  If you ever want to demo some, let me know.