albright fly rod

just received my new albright a-5 fly rod , 7'6" 4wt , all i have to say is what a beauty , totally awesome , if someone would have gave it to me as a gift i woulda thought they spent 3 times what it costs , 10 days to try it out with a full refund if i don't like it .

Fine Korean craftmanship.

ORIGINAL: razmatazz05

i have 3wt 7'6" 5 piece.  like it so far.  Fine Korean craftmanship.

Quaritee Craffsmanship Gar-a-Teed

troutslammer, there ain't no way you're sending it back, you probably already got saliva on it from drooling over it!
stay out of the fish bowl, you can wait till spring to try it out...~dt

Cool man! Be sure to thank Sanka, er, Santa...

http://www.albrightflyfish.com/faqs

ya, figure with their low prices wash out a chances for a warranty.
 
i got mine from an online classified section on another forum for fiddy, so wouldnt be getting a warranty anyhow.
 
*havent broke it yet*

Be cautious with Albright. It's all smoke and mirrors. They import all of their rods and reels from Asia. They advertise "sales" of 80% off msrp. Everything seems to be "on sale" all the time...so msrp is just a ploy. I have just had a horrible experience with the company. Very slow shipping, not willing to work with me to find solutions. The CEO made excuses, argued, and refused to answer any questions about the status of the product. Rod and reel were turned around enroute and returned to Albright before they even arrived. Still waiting for refund. Missed a weeks fishing in the Keys due to POOR customer service and all the CEO could say was get over it and call me names. If their customer service is this bad before the product is even in my hands, God only knows how it would be if I actually had a problem with the rod or reel! Buyer beware!

I call 'em like I see 'em. Judge for yourself.

ORIGINAL: brookdaddy

Be cautious with Albright. It's all smoke and mirrors. They import all of their rods and reels from Asia. They advertise "sales" of 80% off msrp. Everything seems to be "on sale" all the time...so msrp is just a ploy. I have just had a horrible experience with the company. Very slow shipping, not willing to work with me to find solutions. The CEO made excuses, argued, and refused to answer any questions about the status of the product. Rod and reel were turned around enroute and returned to Albright before they even arrived. Still waiting for refund. Missed a weeks fishing in the Keys due to POOR customer service and all the CEO could say was get over it and call me names. If their customer service is this bad before the product is even in my hands, God only knows how it would be if I actually had a problem with the rod or reel! Buyer beware!

I did not have any problems with this company. I received my product in a reasonable amount of time, and the CEO also called me once my order was processed to let me know he was including a free spool with the reel I purchased because it was a new promotional thing. I have yet to use the rod/reel that I purchased but for a newby fly-fisherman just starting out, you can't beat the price.

glad to help you out with that, Troutslammer, just lemme know.

For Oil Creek, it's hard to beat, for the money
the St. Croix Avid 5 weight 4-peice model A905.4
$270 Fish USA This is one of my favorite rods I own.
http://www.fishusa.com/St-Croix-Avid-Series-Fly-Rods_p.html

You will have to join us for the FishUSA Annual Oil Creek Outing.
This year I vote to have it on a Sunday, possibly May 2, like two years ago:

http://forums.fishusa.com/m_9515/mpage_1/key_oil%252Ccreek%252Couting/tm.htm#9515

ORIGINAL: troutslammer

was gonna have a 7' 4 wt made , but since my wife made a good point " buy a cheaper small rod since u won't use it as much and have a 8'6" rod made since thats the rod u fish most " mad perfectly good sense to me so she got me the albright , now i will try to set up a time to have loomis build me a 8'6 for the long dry casts with DT at oil !

gees, getting your butt section tattooed with your name on it!

ORIGINAL: brookdaddy

Be cautious with Albright. It's all smoke and mirrors. They import all of their rods and reels from Asia. They advertise "sales" of 80% off msrp. Everything seems to be "on sale" all the time...so msrp is just a ploy. I have just had a horrible experience with the company. Very slow shipping, not willing to work with me to find solutions. The CEO made excuses, argued, and refused to answer any questions about the status of the product. Rod and reel were turned around enroute and returned to Albright before they even arrived. Still waiting for refund. Missed a weeks fishing in the Keys due to POOR customer service and all the CEO could say was get over it and call me names. If their customer service is this bad before the product is even in my hands, God only knows how it would be if I actually had a problem with the rod or reel! Buyer beware!

 
I'll back this 100%.  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!