I've got one of those Maxcatch rods inbound, supposedly they used a Blue Halo blank to build it, at least that's what the description on the website says. I got the 6 wt, which I'm gonna overline with a 7 wt line. I'm gonna use it for a light saltwater rod.
I'm more interested in reels right now. I've got a slew of rods without reels. I'm hoping, hoping mind you, that Aspen has some kind of Black Friday sale. If they do, I might jump for two of their reels. If not, I'll see if anybody else runs any BF sales on fly reels. If not, then I'll prolly go for a Kraken.