I always try and stop by the little shops around KYL and Barkley when I visit but otherwise nothing within 50 miles of me but the Cincy BPS.

Have you noticed how bad the BPS selection of nice rods is??? Maybe 15 loomis in the store, maybe 5 LTB, maybe 3 Steez, maybe 2 quantums. Basically, all they carry is house brand rods. In fact, they don't seem to want to carry the latest rods (Kistler, Powell, Dobyn's)

In the last 4 years, I've bought just about all my gear from tacklewarehouse, cabelas and ebay. Tacklewarehouse does rock!