Sage Flyrods?

[JACHARBO]

Worth the $$ ?

[Flyone73]

Depends on the model. I own a XP 9ft 5wt and it a rocket. Great rod but pricey. I know in the past their lower end rods weren't that great, from what i heard they revamped those lines and supposedely they have gotten much better.

[JACHARBO]

I have a 486 SP bought in 2000 or 2001 and really like it. Sage discontiinued the SP model at that time (I think replaced by XP) and I got it at a substantial discount (which never seems to happen with Sage). Admittedly, I have NOT cast many other rods so I don't have a solid comparative reference base - which is why I posed the question.

John

[steve]

I have a Sage 389-4 Light Line that I absolutely love! I understand the VPS light is basically the Light Line, and, having cast a 590 VPS Light I can say it felt very similar to the Light Line I have. Anyway, the VPS and VPS Light have been discontinued, a while back, but some are still available at fair discounts, just gotta search for them online.

I just (yesterday) bought a Sage 590-4 XP at 30% off, and fished it last night on the Housy, for smallmouth. Casting a heavily weighted wooly worm was a piece of cake for the XP, and later, I tied on a size 12 White Wulff, and the XP again cast like magic. Plenty of zip, as expected, but it also has a pretty sensitive tip. The XP is definitely not just a stiff rod, I love it, and this is from a guy who also has a 9' 5wt Winston WT, that I also love.

I picked up the XP at Housatonic Outfitters, they had a couple of other XP's on sale at 30% off, including a 9 foot 4 wt, but no other 5 wts, i did not notice what the other XP's were.

[Flyone73]

Are they discontinuing the XP?

[JACHARBO]

Sacrilege - I never saw a new model Sage on sale...

Off to H-O I go...

[steve]

Harold, at HRO, did not know if the XP was to be discontinued, just said the Sage rep told him he could discount them if he wanted to.

[Farmy Joe]

There was a similar post here:
http://outdoorsbest.zeroforum.com/zerothread?id=519298

[2Weight]

Are they discontinuing the XP?

Go to ebay and look at all the brand new XP's listed. That will tell you that they are discontinuing them.

http://sporting-goods.search.ebay.com/SAGE_Fly-Fishing_W0QQcatrefZC6QQfcclZ0QQfclZ3QQfgtpZQQfposZ 06076QQfromZR2QQfrppZ100QQfsooZ2QQfsopZ2QQftrtZ1QQ ftrvZ1QQlopgZQQsacatZ23810QQsadisZ200QQsaprchiZQQs aprcloZQQsargnZQ2d1QQsaslcZ2QQsbrftogZ1QQsofocusZb sQQsotrZ3

[JACHARBO]

Yep - I looked at Farmy's link to another forum and it surely suggests the XP replacement is right around the corner.... That would explain the discounting right now.

John