There are really a lot of choices for fly rods right now and many are excellent and you don't have to buy the newest-latest-greatest if you don't want to spend the money to be satisfied. But it would be nice to know what kind of money you are willing to spend and what catagory or rod you would prefer.
This is by no means the whole list, just what springs to mind.
0-200 budget but quality could be Redintington CT or something from Echo.
200-400 Orvis Superfine or Orvis H2
4-700 Loomis NRX-LP Orvis H2, Scott Flex, a few Hardy's, any number of top rods that were lasts years big bang model.
7-1100 Scott GS or Radian, Sage X, Loomis NRX or Asquith, Orvis H3, Winston BIII or AIR, Hardy.
This is just whats on the top of my head, I'm sure I'm pissing someone off because I am leaving out a rod they know to be a great one, but they can fill in the gaps if they like.
The main division or arguing points in Fly Fising Rods right now seems to be Feel vs. Distance vs. All Around Performance.
If you don't need to boom it out there, then an all-around rod might be the ticket. But then a guy thinks he wants an all-around rod, but then what he really fishes is creeks-mid sized rivers, so the Feel rods are all the sudden in the front of his mind.
So, Price and Catagory of of rod are a good place to start.