Sage LL sub

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"?

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

Larry L wrote:
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 cast a new rod recently and think you might want to give it a
cast or two before you decide. The Temple Fork Finesse line of rods are
just beginning to make it to the shops. I have cast a 7 foot 9 inch 3
weight four piece rod a couple of times in the past couple of weeks. It
is made in weights from 2 to 5 and it is slow enough that I like it a
lot.

Big Dale

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.

--
Ken Fortenberry

In article ,
"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"?

Larry,
I have the six weight version and while I don't use it much here in Md I
was reminded this summer on the Madison why I like it so much. I did
check when I came back and at that time there was a 4 weight on e-bay
for fairly cheap.

Allen

"Larry L" wrote in message
...
I recently had reason to remember a Sage LL 4wt I owned. it's lovely
action,

Dam Larry,

If I had one I'd give it to you.....

john

.. . . but then, I've always been rather gullible.

john


"asadi" wrote in message
.. .

"Larry L" wrote in message
...
I recently had reason to remember a Sage LL 4wt I owned. it's lovely
action,

Dam Larry,

If I had one I'd give it to you.....

john

Sage LL Sage LL alert!
http://www.flyfishingconnection.com/...d/30/1114/1114
-- Lionel


From: "Larry L"
Organization: AT&T Worldnet
Newsgroups: rec.outdoors.fishing.fly
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 20:18:04 GMT
Subject: Sage LL sub

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"?

"asadi" wrote

. . . but then, I've always been rather gullible.




ah, what rods DO you have, John? I'm pretty fickle, I could learn to love
one of them in time, I'm sure G



Larry ( who feels this gullible theory deserves testing )

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"?

Hey Larry,

You might just be in luck. As Wayne stated, the VPS(Light Series)was
supposed to replace the LL Series. I heard the hardware wasn't up to LL
standards, but the rod action was *supposed* to be same. The VPS and VPS
Light Series is now discontinued. They are on closeout at many shops.
Check your local shop(Sierra Anglers?), or go shopping on the net.

Good luck!

brians