You could buy, strip and rewrap a CGR. I believe there is a 4/5wt 7'?

Some of the proof flyfishing blanks are nearly that cheap.

I have seen several members express happiness with rods built from moonlit lunar blanks.

Im sure someone who knows the ebay blanks better will chime in.

I've heard good things about the Aventik blanks, no direct experience though..

The Proof blanks would be my inclination though, keep Matt in business ;-)

I think if you don't like faster tapers you may not like the Moonlit blanks, though I have a 2wt (four piece layout is handy when hiking through brush), which I generally use with a 3wt line.

I have one of those Aventik 4wt's (completed rod) and despite the length being a little unusual it is pretty much true to weight. Not sure I would describe it as slow, but it's not as fast as my Superfine Glass 4wt. It's inexpensive, so I use it on my packraft; that way I won't have lost much if an accident occurs and the rod ends up at the bottom of the lake

Too bad Batson don't sell e-glass fly rod blanks..

Extremely pleased with Proofs fiberglass blanks , Matt is very accommodating and just a pleasure to deal with , even though not quite sub-$50 , might be worth some consideration with his options …

I just had an Aventik 6'3" 1/2wt fiberglass delivered yesterday after buying it on Amazon earlier in the week for less than $50, so it fits you criteria until they change the pricing algorithm or whatever they do to bounce the prices around.

I was out casting on the lawn today with a cheap Maxcast 2wt DT line and reel that I use for a CGR 2wt. I like this rod compared to the CGR, which to me is too noodly. I had a bit of a headwind and I was able to do pretty well with it. Looking forward to hitting the brook I have been having a blast with 7-9" brookies.

The reel seat, while secure, is a miss on this rod - they should have saved this seat for the higher weight offerings. That is my only complaint - packs down tiny, as it is a 4pc. and it is a very pleasant casting rod.







I am waiting for the 4wt to arrive from China as the company is offering them directly from their website. I have the 5wt and I hear a lot of good things (from searching this forum) so wanted to get the 4wt when the little one showed up on Amazon and I had a moment of weakness.

Does anyone have experience with the cheap no-name blanks from curlov-5 on e-bay?

[Note: Please do not re-post photos from eBay. If it isn't your photo, posting it without the owner's permission is a copyright violation. Tom]

There were a couple posts on a Florida forum from a guy who built on the NFC all purpose glass medium light blank. Positive comments, but more than the 30 from the rain shadow blanks. Probably will try one as a 1 piece spin/fly blank for the Misses

Pretty simple to me, seems like a good discussion of the cheaper blanks. All things considered, these blanks can be made into nice rods. A good value to someone that doesn't want to spend several hundred dollars to fish a glass fly rod.

This might help.
viewtopic.php?f=8&t=72965&hilit=proof+meadow#p401931

I have the Proof Meadow 8' 3/4wt that I built and I agree with the above post about its action.

+1 on Yea Old English they have glass blanks some are good and some are gutless. i think the 4wt was a good blank but i wanted it to have more power in the lower section. I still own the 6'6" 3wt for the $ its well worth it and fun to cast.

I know I'm late to the party on a resurrected thread but I would like to offer my opinion that might contradict a prior post on the general action of Moonlit rods for future readers. The 8'2" 6 wt. is a little faster than many glass rods but the 8' 5 wt. is much softer, slower and more full flexing. I feel the two blanks are very different in nature so an individual might easily like one blank but not the other.