Sad but true.........Dave Whitlock worked with Jerry Siem and the rest of
the guys at Sage to develope the now discontinued "SPL" series and the Sage
"Quiet Taper" lines for these great little rods. Wayne hit it on the head.
It is hard to find a real true great 2 weight rod at the low end price
point.

Years ago for about two years Joe Fisher @ Fisher Rods in Carson City made
me some little graphite, 8' #2 line, 2 piece economy "shop rods" that were
about $100? We sold tons of them for a while.

Right now TFO has the "Professional" series rods starting with an 8' #2
line, 3 piece model @ $139US.

--
Bill Kiene

Kiene's Fly Shop
Sacramento, CA, USA
www.kiene.com








"Wayne Knight" wrote in message
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"Larry L" wrote in message
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I
Now, god forbid that I should discourage anyone from spending on a new
rod
... but, imho, a true 2wt tops out at a short cast with a #14 dry ....
if
you want to cast more you will be unhappy


Maybe this is one instance where a "quality" rod might make a difference.
I
use a now discontinued Sage SPL 2wt with the Sage quiet taper line made to
"match" the rod. Rod was purchased with late season Wisconsin Driftless
area
spring creek midge fishing in mind but conditions at times have required
that size 8-10 crickets, weighted nymphs, and weighted wolly buggers have
been used with little difficulty once i adjusted the stroke.