To be honest i'm disappointed with the angling trades departure from 3 piece 12ft float rods,as not every angler wants to tackle up at home,with the added hassle of having a 6ft 3in holdall to cope,Drennan make all manner of Acolytes in varying lengths but not a 12ft 3 piece,you can pick some up,Shakespeare have a couple,trouble is having not picked one up I for one would be loathe to take a chance.
Two piece, made up float rods don't float my boat either if I'm honest.
Ok I'm a bit prone to damaging things but I think they are too delicate to transport ready made up and even the most careful amongst us run the risk of damaging an eye or even worse imo and I don't like the hard case type of holdalls.
All different of course if you're just laying it in the back of the car and not strapped to a quiver in which case I can see the merit of it.
Hardy used to do a two piece Marksman at 11' 10" and I waggled one at Bobco, it was a gem of a rod in its own right but against the Acolyte I compared it with at the time it was runner up, iirc the line rating was 12oz to 5lb and they occasionally come up still on the bay of evil.
Don't Drennan do the Acolyte Ultra in a 12' two piece anymore, or did they ever?
I can't see any on their website but I feel sure I waggled one or something very similar at the same time I waggled the Marksman, there was also a nice feeling Tricast too if you didn't mind a bit of Duplon and a dolly section to the butt which allowed it to be broken down into equal lengths.
Which was the rod that you bought for your grayling trotting Chris, around 18 months ago?