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fastsled		#61	[url]	[-]
Posts: 26 03/23/2008 20:08	Orvis, Far and Fine 5wt 7'9"
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docbluedevil		#62	[url]	[-]
Posts: 2 04/16/2008 23:40	1) Sage LL 7'9" 3 wt, 3 pc 2) Orivs F&F 7'9" 5 wt, 2 pc 3) Winston IM6 8'6" 5 wt, 3 pc Last Edited By: docbluedevil 04/16/2008 23:43. Edited 3 times.
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Southbranch		#63	[url]	[-]
Posts: 324 04/17/2008 11:56	My best and favorite is an early 7'6" Fenwick HMG for 5 wt. that I bought in 1976. It was my only fly rod for 6 or 7 years until I bought a 8' 9" Orvis Western Series for 5 wt. Both rods are a pleasure to fish.
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bulldog1935		#64	[url]	[-]
Posts: 5512 04/17/2008 12:15 Bulldog1935	Powell Silver Creek IM6 4/5-wt. Fisher, Emerald 3/4; Sterling Combo 5/6; Ultimate Combo 3/4/5/6; Original 8 Sage RPLX7
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tiethefly		#65	[url]	[-]
Posts: 980 04/17/2008 22:26	My Favorite: Winston IM6 8.5 3pc 5wt Sage LL 9' 4wt Sage LL 7'11" 4wt Powell 7' 4/5 wt Dry Fly Sage SLT 9' 6wt 5pc Travel rod I recently fished a Sage 9' 6wt 3pc Z Axis, Large Native Lahontan Cutthroat Trout at Pyramid Lake near Reno. Great rod for tossing streamers, indicator fishing and turning big fish... Here's one of about 15 I caught, a 30.5 inch fish 10 plus pounds caught on a size 14 flashback PT nymph. The average size was 20-24 inches 4-6 pounds with a few beauties 28.5 in the 9 pound class. The lake looks like Cabo San Lucas due to the green water and 27 miles in length. Robert "So I will arise and go now, to meet you there early and I hope , often." Arnold Gingrich "The Joys of Trout" Last Edited By: tiethefly 04/17/2008 22:46. Edited 4 times.
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retrotrout	How about the Sage LL's?	#66	[url]	[-]
Posts: 46 04/18/2008 00:38	I own and fish Sage 279LL, 379LL, 389LL, 4711LL, 486LL, 490LL, 581LL, 586LL, 590LL, and 690LL in addition to my bamboo rods. If I were to keep only two of the graphites, they would be the 389LL and 4711LL. For airplane travel, I also have a Sage RPL 790-4 for saltwater, and a TXL 3710-3 for Spring creeks. I think the Sage LL's were the best fly rods for trout that that company has produced so far.
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caneseeker		#67	[url]	[-]
Posts: 382 04/19/2008 07:35	Retro, I am also partial to early Sage LL's. I have a 590 (graphite II) and a 590-4, as well as a 379-3. All LL's. Just for fun I have a first gen Orvis Ultrafine 7'9" for a 2wt (it casts a 3 or 4 very nicely). No plans to add any more carbon at this time. Marc
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bswild	what graphite rod did you keep?	#68	[url]	[-]
Posts: 296 04/21/2008 08:39	I have an 8-foot, 4-weight Superfine, a four-piece. It's a great all-rounder for trout fishing. I see that a lot of you have held onto your Sage LLs. They were wonderful. I suppose it's marketing, but I've never been able to figure out why Sage quite making them. They were the best looking graphites, as well.
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PennsCreek		#69	[url]	[-]
Posts: 51 04/21/2008 11:06	Go to for most trout fishing situations --- Winston [IM6] 8' 2/1 4wt. 2 1/8oz.
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trtStalker	original sage graphite?	#70	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1 05/25/2009 00:20	perhaps someone here can help me. I have an old sage rod of my father's that I know nothing about and can't seem to get info on it and curious as to whether anyone here can tell me a little more about it and when it was made, etc... It's a 2 piece sage that is grey. All it says is: Sage Graphite #6 line 7'9" Did this precede the Graphite II? Anyway, any insight would be greatly appreciated
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Eric Peper		#71	[url]	[-]
Posts: 262 05/25/2009 14:06	Got a bunch, but they mostly for use as loaners for visitors at the cabin, but there are four that are always in the truck. First, a Burkheimer 8'9" 2-pc "Trouthunter" model specced as 3-4-5, and #2, a Sage Graphite III RPL 9' 4-pc for a 6. The other two keepers are both Hardy Ultralites (ca. 1998); both 3-pc and 8'6"; one for a 4 (my wife's choice) and the other for a 5. EP
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Golfswithwolves		#72	[url]	[-]
Posts: 5 05/25/2009 14:31	I own about a dozen graphite rods; just donated a Sage 590 RPL to our annual Black Hills Flyfishers auction and may donate additional rods in years to come. But they don't take up much room in the racks (and would for the most part be more trouble to try to sell than it would be worth), so I'm likely to have them around for the foreseeable future. The stand-outs: 1) my all-time favorite general trout rod, which is a 5 piece 8'4" Scott G Model for 5 weight line 2) a new and wonderful 2 piece 8' Winston WT Tom Morgan Favorite for 4 weight line, which is proving to be a real delight and which may be the best-casting rod of any type I've ever run across. I enjoy cane and fiberglass rods also, and I think that the material of construction is not really important so much as the way the rod was designed. It does seem that there is more appreciation these days for trout rods with more moderate action qualities (including graphites such as the old superfine Orvis rods, the Scott G rods, and IM6/WT Winston rods) as well as cane and good fiberglass rods. Last Edited By: Golfswithwolves 05/25/2009 14:33. Edited 1 time.
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bobbeegee		#73	[url]	[-]
Posts: 2715 05/25/2009 14:44	Hey Golfswithwolves, Who has the lower handicap............you or El Lobo? bobbyg Go Heels!!!
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Duff.fiberglassflyro...		#74	[url]	[-]
Posts: 12 05/25/2009 15:20	This is a very interesting thread for someone like me who really likes the "classic" graphites. Although most of my fly rods are fiberglass, I have kept my G-series Scotts - G1004, G904, G904/4, G908B, and G855. I have also kept a late 70's Orvis Allrounder, a Pre-IM6 907 Winston, a Winston IM6 904, a Fenwick HMG 908 and a Russ Peak 8' 3-4-5. All of these rods tend to be on the slow side of graphite, which I think makes them appealing to both the glass and bamboo folks. I think it would be difficult for even the most dedicated bamboo fly fisherman to dislike a San Francisco G-series Scott.
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Golfswithwolves		#75	[url]	[-]
Posts: 6 05/25/2009 15:47	bobbeegee wrote: Hey Golfswithwolves, Who has the lower handicap............you or El Lobo? bobbyg Almost anybody or maybe even a wolf is a better golfer than me! Still fun though and the walk is good exercise. I fished on the creek through the local public course last week and got three brown trout and eight golf balls.
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bobbeegee		#76	[url]	[-]
Posts: 2716 05/25/2009 16:38	Golfswithwolves wrote: bobbeegee wrote: Hey Golfswithwolves, Who has the lower handicap............you or El Lobo? bobbyg Almost anybody or maybe even a wolf is a better golfer than me! Still fun though and the walk is good exercise. I fished on the creek through the local public course last week and got three brown trout and eight golf balls. A full creel! Bob Go Heels!!!
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HERMES2069	graphite	#77	[url]	[-]
Posts: 542 05/25/2009 22:25	I keep and use my Winston BIIx 9' 4 pc. 5wt, Orvis 9' 9wt. 4 pc.
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lstshkr		#78	[url]	[-]
Posts: 249 05/25/2009 23:22	I kept a Scott A2 6'6" 3wt for use as a utility pole and for teaching my grandkids how to cast a fly rod. Dean D "I used to be clueless, but I've turned that situation around 360 degrees."
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gearboy.fiberglassflyro...		#79	[url]	[-]
Posts: 68 05/26/2009 06:51	Fisher 9' 4/5 and 8'6" 6/7 Winston pre-IM6 9' 6wt Peak 8' 7" 5-6-7 four piece Peak 6'6" 4/5 w/ns ferrules Peak 9'1" 4-5-6 Peak 8'7" 6-7 Powell Signature Series 8034 The Fisher's are very underrated. The longer Peak's have not been getting fished much, not wild about their tip heaviness (all have cork reel seats except the four piece). I would say my current favorite is the Powell, Chico built, that I like to fish with a WF4.
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Mainiac		#80	[url]	[-]
Posts: 731 05/26/2009 08:07	About 15 years ago I got an Orvis Power Matrix 805 (8' 5 wt) from an ex-girl as a gift. Absolutely horrible trout rod in my opinion but will cast a WF8 with Bass Bugs. It is just starting to flex with the WF8. I think a WF10 may be the ticket (not really joking) . I have kept it because of the warranty and will let my son use it as he is learning to fly fish.
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