Hi jason,
Not many spliced tip rods around now that I can think of.
Used to use (and still have, although now re-ringed from the original) a Bruce a Walker 13' John Dean rod which has a spliced tip and was, I think specifically designed for stick work. A excelent rod in its day and still gets used occasionally.
But my current rod for stick float and general trotting is a Greys berwick 14'-16' and can't fault it in actual use i.e. the actual blank. The only niggle is the Pac bay reel fittings don't allow my 5" Stanton centre pin to be fitted properly but otherwise an excellent piece of kit.(The ABU 507 I also use with it fits the reel fitting ok though)
While considering which rod to go for and "waggling" all kinds of rods in the tackle shop I was quite impressed with the shakespeare rods,( also much cheaper) can't remember the exact models but they all had the 2' extension like the Greys and were very similar.
What made me eventually go for the Greys was the handle. I found the Shakespeare a bit thick and it had that abonimation of a rod handle material "Duplon" incorporated in it.
Don't know about everyone elses view but IMO this stuff should not be allowed anywhere near a proper fishing rod.
Hope this is of some use
Eric