terry - there are always reasonably priced vintage rods available on ebay, assuming you're willing to do restoration work on the rod. restoration is a lotta fun and very rewarding. most of these old rods are quite heavy. you'll be hard pressed to find a 7-7 1/2 ft rod in the reasonable price range.

anyways, keep yer eyes open here...

http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_nkw=bamboo ... pg=&_sop=1