Albright fly rods

i  dont know many guys that fish albright rods but i checked out there site and it seems like  what ud want. i have a orvis 7' 4wt super fine rod.. its imo one of the best small stream rods is only 1oz and with the reel i have its around 5 0z very light...     if i could tell u one thing to do is cast the rod befor u buy it if you can.  every rod is differnt...    ps not sure where ur buyn it at but when i went to there site the rod was on sale http://www.albrightflyfish.com/fly-rods/a-5-fly-rods.html      

i have the 3wt 5 piece A5. it's a decent little rod. best feature is that it fits easily in the wader bag. casts nicely as well for the price.

i got mine from an online classified, so wattanty was not going to be an option. i was looking at their reels, shipping was way over priced.

It might be a good rod, but if the company won't stand behind their product they must not have much confidence in the quality of it. IMO there are way to many quality rod manufacturers on the market that will stand behind their products to even consider purchasing an Albright.

Got the rod in hand... Thanks for the info guys.....

I got into fly fishing about 4 months ago, and ordered the GP 9' 5-6 wt. 2-piece, GP 5-6 reel, and set of Trinity waders.  It took forever for them to ship, and when I called to inquire about it the CEO was very condenscending and promised I would recieve a shipping notification right away viaemail.  I recieved it three days later, the day before the shipment arrived.  I shook this off and found that I was satisfied with the equipment that I had purchased, although the reel has developed some wobble after only moderate use. 

In early May I placed an order for a GP 9'6" 7-8 wt. 2-piece, and a week later I recieved the rod.  The next weekend I finally got out on the water with it to chase stripers.  I hooked up within a few minutes and landed a nice 9 lb. female, no problems.  Until an hour later, when  I made a roll cast and the rod snapped in half just above the third snake guide above the ferrule.  This was the first time I had used the rod!  Well, I figured no big deal.  Albright has a "10 day, no hassle return policy", and being that this is the 7th day that the rod had been in my possession(let alone the first time I had used it) surely it would be covered under this policy and they would send me a new tip section.  I was saddly mistaken.  After a few emails and phone calls, during all of which I was given the run around and plenty of excuses, I was told by the CEO that I would have to send in a digital pic of the broken rod in order for them to sell me a new one at a discounted price of $44.99.  This was the best that they could do.  Discounted price????  If I had wanted to pay that much I would have just ordered another one off of the website!  Not only that, but he informed me that I needed to order a different 8-9 wt. to handle the stripers, that the 7-8 wt. wouldn't handle them.  I know for a fact that my fishing partner has been catching stripers for 4 years on a 7 wt. TFO with no problems, so this tells me that Albright products are of lesser quality and construction.  I will not be purchasing any more products from them, and will be telling everyone I know not to buy from Albright unless they want inferior equipment and non-existant customer service.  I have no respect for a company that won't back their products, and treats their customers like disposable napkins!  DO NOT BUY FROM ALBRIGHT!

Sorry for bad experience  "ckrich".
So far I have no complaints about the rod.
It easily surpasses my casting abilities..
Let's hope that I don't have to test the warranty or customer service....