For those with champagne taste, an eye for exquisite beauty and investment quality, there is the Lacey Royal Series. Each rod is unique and is created 100% by master rod maker Gary Lacey. Royal blanks are made from the highest quality Chinese Tonkin bamboo that has been dried and hardened, split into strips, precision planed, and finally glued with URAC 185. Royal features include: Agate guides and optional agate tips Ferrule plugs of the same exotic wood as the reel seat Knurled nickel silver rings and butts nickel silver inlay Superb silk wraps that look like glass. All the fine details are customized to your specific tastes; each rod becoming a true one-of-a-kind creation. $2,800 and up