saw the rods at ICast, they are a gloss black finish, they have spinning and casting models, i looked at all the models and i think they are all extra fast, or at least rated extra fast... they are st.croix blanks but lucky craft isn't aloud to say that or not since they don't have the permission of st.croix. rumored to be around $400, but there is not price on them yet since the rods were in the hands of co-owners of lucky craft the day before ICast, so they were brand new.