I have made a half dozen Spey Rods, but they were all on Rodon Boron/Graphite blanks. I am looking to to a couple on current manufactured blanks and have no idea who makes a reasonably priced and still very good blank.
I know that Sage may make the best, but they are also the most expensive. Any suggestions will be appreciated. Randy

Check out Anglers Roost.

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Super Tight Lines......Don

R.B. Meiser, topshelf stuff. Extremely knowledgable on all aspects of his and many others products. Beulah also has good stuff, but not near a knowledgable on lines, etc. as Bob.
Another class act guru C.F. Berkheimer. Sage makes the best? Not by a longshot.



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X2 on discussing any of your current needs with Bob Meiser. He's got a great reputation in the spey world and was one of the first to introduce the "grain window" concept to 2-handed rods.

I build a lot of spey and switch rods on Rainshadow blanks. They have an excellent price point and solid performance. Roughly 1/3 the price of a Sage blank.

Terry

X10 on Bob's blanks! I have built and fished them and man I cannot say enough about the blanks, support and everything surounding them!

A close friend who is a highly regarded professional guide told me that whenever she fishers her Winston BXII 13'3" - 7/8
the other guides want to use it. She has fished just about every top Spey rod and says this one (and the 9/10 model)
really stand out. This Winston also gets rave reviews on forum of Speypages.com. This is a great resource for info on all things related to spey fishing.

The down side is the high price... about $330 for the blank.

Other than that I would go with one of Bob Meiser's blanks for sure.

Go with Meiser for sure. You just don't put a blank in the cart he talks to you and asks a lot of questions about where and how you intend to fish the blank he then recommends the right blank and line for your situation. Bob also stands behind what he sells best buy on spey gear just for the service.



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Many manufactuers out there make good spey rods. Kerry Berkheimer is one of the best though not sure he sells his blanks or not. Sage and Talon are two I have built on and both are very nice. Batson also makes nice stuff though I have only held them not built on the spey, I have built their float rods.

Thanks for all the good info. Checking out the different sites now. Randy

Kerry Burkheimer does sell blanks. He quoted me about $300 for an 11'6" switch blank a few months ago.

Check out the CTS Scandi blanks:
[hnlcustomflyrods.com]

herb
U.S Distrib. CTS Blanks.

Thanks for all the good info!! I bought two from Anglers Roost and one from Bob Meiser. Looking forward to making them up into tools.