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Sage LL
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Re: Sage LL
by WanderingBlues » April 1st, 2012, 12:08 pm
So, when you coming back up to break it in?
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Re: Sage LL
by mike.s » April 1st, 2012, 7:01 pm
you didnt do good.. you did great!! those go for well over $300 these days 
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Re: Sage LL
by Waterborne » April 2nd, 2012, 4:42 pm
Flatsix wrote:A lot of interest in the price of the LL.
I paid $160.00 at a local pawn shop.
I think I did alright, I checked ebay and they looked to be going for $300+
A USED 389-3 LL recently sold on eBay for $587.
These rods seem to have a cult following.-
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Re: Sage LL
by Flatsix » April 2nd, 2012, 6:24 pm
WanderingBlues wrote:So, when you coming back up to break it in?
Hopefully soon, I can't wait to break it in.
Picking up a reel tomorrow, need to pick a decent line.
Then spend some time in a local park getting a feel for it.
Going skiing this weekend, swim meet in Palm Springs the next week after.
May need to do a mid week call in sick day.
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Re: Sage LL
by Jimbo Roberts » April 6th, 2012, 5:48 pm
I have 2 LLs.
The first is a 389LL graphite II. It was the first rod I ever built, that was 1990. It's great at fishing small flys. It is mainly a rod from casting distances from 10-40', but casts out to 70' pretty easily. It is an older style rod and has a parabolic taper that many consider slow compared to modern graphite rods. I built it to fish midges on the Bighorn and used it for many years. It's now semi-retired.
The second is a 486 LL graphite III. This is one of my alltime favorite dryfly rods. This is still one of my go-to rods when fishing smaller creeks high in the mountains. I used it last year on the Florida Creek in Colorado, it was perfect for the Browns there which are about 12-13" on average with a few to 18". It is very precise at casting anywhere from 15' to 50' and will lay out almost all the line if you try.
Neither of these rods are very good at fishing larger nymphs under indicators, but dryfly fishing is what I bought them for and they work well for that. I wouldn't sell either of them.
The rods that replaced these rods were SPLs and later SLTs. Both of these rods have faster actions despite their supposed nitch in the Sage line.
Jimbo
The first is a 389LL graphite II. It was the first rod I ever built, that was 1990. It's great at fishing small flys. It is mainly a rod from casting distances from 10-40', but casts out to 70' pretty easily. It is an older style rod and has a parabolic taper that many consider slow compared to modern graphite rods. I built it to fish midges on the Bighorn and used it for many years. It's now semi-retired.
The second is a 486 LL graphite III. This is one of my alltime favorite dryfly rods. This is still one of my go-to rods when fishing smaller creeks high in the mountains. I used it last year on the Florida Creek in Colorado, it was perfect for the Browns there which are about 12-13" on average with a few to 18". It is very precise at casting anywhere from 15' to 50' and will lay out almost all the line if you try.
Neither of these rods are very good at fishing larger nymphs under indicators, but dryfly fishing is what I bought them for and they work well for that. I wouldn't sell either of them.
The rods that replaced these rods were SPLs and later SLTs. Both of these rods have faster actions despite their supposed nitch in the Sage line.
Jimbo
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Re: Sage LL
by meb » April 6th, 2012, 6:18 pm
Jimbo,
We have similar tastes in rods. I fish both a 3 and 4 wt LL, and if I move up in wt I use a 5 or 6 wt SLT. The slower action works for me.
We have similar tastes in rods. I fish both a 3 and 4 wt LL, and if I move up in wt I use a 5 or 6 wt SLT. The slower action works for me.
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