On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:53:16 -0500, Ken Fortenberry
wrote:

Wayne Harrison wrote:
appropos of nothing, i have long held the opinion that nearly every sage rod
i have cast would have made a fine broomhandle...


The Sage LL (Light Line) series is a classic. I have a 9' 4 wt
that is the finest 4 wt I've ever cast. I'm fond of the original
RPL's too.

Getting back to the big sticks, I don't have an 8 wt but when I
went shopping for a 9 wt I tried several different rods, including
Sage, and ended up with the Winston Boron II-MX. I would imagine
I'd make the same choice among the available 8 wts.

Two words - fiber glass...OK, so it's probably one word, but still...

HTH,
R
....or, for the Frankish amongst the few, the happy (proud) few, "fibre
glass"...and for the Stevish amongst few, be he n'er so vile, "get yer head out
of yer ass glass"...oh, yea, oh, boil and bubble, toil and trouble...