I recently built a rod on one of these blanks and was very impressed with the quality. Their prices are also good. I have not ordered from Clemens for several years, but this is an interesting contact if you want to learn rod building. He also has his own line of blanks which I have not tried since they are pretty expensive. His prices are higher than those of Angler's Workshop or Cabela's.
Midland is an interesting company run out of a totally disorganized storefront.
Their prices also run usually a little higher. Building the Rod Components needed to build a rod include blanks, grips, reel seats, guides, tips, butt caps, thread, rod finish, epoxy, and masking tape. I always plan to use at least 7 high frame Fuji guides. The catalog will tell you the tip size to order. Thread colors also are in the catalog.