Larry L wrote:
I recently had reason to remember a Sage LL 4wt I owned. It was one of the
nicest casting rods I've ever had and I was saddened when it died, to find
that Sage no longer made the LL series.

I have a birthday coming up very soon and have been thinking of getting a
4wt ..... anyone out there familiar with that old LL rod and know of one
that comes close to it's lovely action, in this age of broomsticks and
mislabeled, overweight, fly lines made too heavy for the line size to make
broomsticks cast while still having a small "number"?

You are correct Larry, the 389 LL fly rod may have been the sweetest
dry fly rod ever made, even more so than the heritage series by T&T.

Immediately after they dropped the LL series, I THINK their VPS series
was supposed to be the same blank, and you might be able to find one of
those in a shop near you even though they don't list them on the web
site anymore. The other rods that I find *comparable* in action to the
LL are the Winston Tom Morgan Favorite (only available in a two piece
4wt) or the T&T Light Presentation Series (LPS).
Wayne