I have always had the Bionic Blade rods and liked them.
But, I would also suggest shaking one of these over at Bass Pro:
http://www.tforods.com/garys-signature-series.html
http://www.tforods.com/limited-lifet.../warranty.html
Gary Loomis helped design them and they have great feel. My uncle just bought 4 or 5 of them after looking at the BPro rods.