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"?

I have a Sage 490-4 LL and you're right, it is the sweetest
casting 4wt I've ever encountered. I don't know of any rod
that even comes close to its beautiful action in a 9' 4wt.

Winston WT (the renamed IM6) is nice enough and may be the
closest you can get nowadays.

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Ken Fortenberry