I have a bunch of rods, but only use a few of them I have primarily Sages as I used to have a "deal" with a Sage rep and got rods for "good prices".
I preferred a Sage 490 LL graphite 2 for dry fly fishing. It was more limber than a 389LL I have in a graphite 3. The graphite 2 was broken last year and was replaced with a newer generation (graphite 3) rod. It's still fun to lake fish dry flies with. I use a 590 SP for my general floating line/sinking line lake fishing. I also use a 590 LL graphite 3 for my floating line chironimid fishing. The LL casts a wider loop which makes fishing chronies just a little easier. Bill W > ---------- > From: Kent Lufkin[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 8:43 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: The Ultimate Rod Assortment > > Great discussion topic! > > I like the golf club analogy. My regular 'bag' contains: > > 3 wt > 8 foot Loomis GL3 and 9 foot St. Croix Legend Ultra. Both are 2-piece > and share a Loomis Adventure 3-4 reel with a Wulff triangle taper 3 > wt WF floater. (Great line!) The fast action on both rods leaves me > wanting to try a much slower 1 or 2 wt graphite or a bamboo for small > stream or beaver pond fishing. > > 4 wt > 10 foot Sage XP 4-piece. This is my primary trout rod and is used for > everything from backpacking into mountain lakes for feisty cutts to > Eastern WA triploids. It's paired with a Redington AS34 and a 5 wt > Sage floater or a 5 wt Orvis Sly Line clear intermediate. > > 5 wt > 9 foot Thomas & Thomas Horizon 2-piece. This was the first rod I > bought after re-entering the sport after a 20-year hiatus. It's a > real rocket, easy to cast and accurate, especially in the wind. I've > got smaller hands and its grip fits me better than any other rod I > own or have tried. It's paired with two Marryat reels with floating, > sink-tip, clear intermediate and type 5 full sinking lines. > > 7 wt > 10 foot Loomis Trilogy 3-piece. It's paired with a Redington AL78 > with floating, clear intermediate, type 5 sinking and Airflo > multi-tip lines. Not having fished much for steelhead or salmon in my > second flyfishing incarnation, this rod hasn't seen much use, but > it's beautiful sea-green tube cries out for me to take it out more > often. It's booked for a trip to Alaska's Prince of Wales island for > some serious salt water coho fishing next July. > > > Kent Lufkin >
