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Agreed as above.  Although I love my Ross Colorado 3wt as well, it does nothing but hold line.  I overspent on it because it has sentimental and aesthetic value to me.  And it sounds really, really nifty.

If you're staying on a budget*, get a cheap reel and spend that money on good fly line, a lesson this board taught me.




* you're buying fly fishing gear, we all know we're just pretending to be on a budget and are going to buy cool shit because cool shit is cool and we love it.

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I don't always buy the gobble-dee-gook they advertize with but this is supposedly what makes those sage rods perform so well... 

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LIGHTER. SLIMMER. STRONGER. MORE ACCURATE RODS.

Improved accuracy is a result of smoother tracking and increased line speed and line control... all features of Sage’s revolutionary Konnetic Technology®. Creating an impossibly light blank with enhanced hand-to-fly sensitivity, Konnetic Technology utilizes advanced modulus positioning that places carbon fibers to exacting tolerances. This creates slimmer blank profiles with unparalleled strength and efficient energy transfer throughout the shaft. Konnetic Technology’s highly responsive and robust blanks feel connected, offering significantly enhanced torsional stability and minimal vibration for casts that track effortlessly and accurately.

I mean that sounds right to me. it's a great little rod.

1 minute ago, Damor said:

Agreed as above.  Although I love my Ross Colorado 3wt as well, it does nothing but hold line.  I overspent on it because it has sentimental and aesthetic value to me.  And it sounds really, really nifty.

If you're staying on a budget*, get a cheap reel and spend that money on good fly line, a lesson this board taught me.




* you're buying fly fishing gear, we all know we're just pretending to be on a budget and are going to buy cool shit because cool shit is cool and we love it.

the clicking sound when you pull some slack out is pretty bad ass.

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28 minutes ago, Damor said:

* you're buying fly fishing gear, we all know we're just pretending to be on a budget and are going to buy cool shit because cool shit is cool and we love it.

I have no idea what you're talking about!

I won $1,800 at poker on Saturday so I'm treating myself. Realistically I can buy whatever I want, but I'm trying to find the sweet spot between good gear that will last and paying way more just for a name (much like buying wine, IMO).

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44 minutes ago, Damor said:

Agreed as above.  Although I love my Ross Colorado 3wt as well, it does nothing but hold line.  I overspent on it because it has sentimental and aesthetic value to me.  And it sounds really, really nifty.

If you're staying on a budget*, get a cheap reel and spend that money on good fly line, a lesson this board taught me.




* you're buying fly fishing gear, we all know we're just pretending to be on a budget and are going to buy cool shit because cool shit is cool and we love it.

Spot on regarding smaller reels.  I can't even tell you what reel I have on my 3wt.

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So here's what I think I'm going to do.  Let me know if this is asking too much of my local fly shop (which is where I will purchase this gear).  Since I'm set on the reel and line (SA Amplitude Smooth Trout 3wt), I was thinking that I'd have them string up the reel and then try it out behind the shop with the 2-3 rods I am considering and see how they feel.  They carry the rods but don't have them in stock, so I'd be asking them to stock the other 2 that I don't buy.  But I've got to think they can sell a couple 3wt rods over the summer.

Is this a reasonable ask? I think I'm going to have them throw in a Scott G series as well for comparison and see how a $1k rod feels vs a $700 rod.

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It might be asking a lot in this economy, but I'd have to think with summer high country season coming up quick they should be able to sell the rods.

I wonder if the manufacturers have loners they can ship to them...

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20 minutes ago, Jerry Callo said:

Spot on regarding smaller reels.  I can't even tell you what reel I have on my 3wt.

in that way, a tenkara can even be better. and in really tight places I'd rather use that than any traditional set up.

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4 minutes ago, Pescado_Rojo said:

It might be asking a lot in this economy, but I'd have to think with summer high country season coming up quick they should be able to sell the rods.

That was my thought.  Even in a down economy, we get overrun with visitors in the summer.

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3 minutes ago, Chewbacca said:

That was my thought.  Even in a down economy, we get overrun with visitors in the summer.

sorry, not sorry.

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30 minutes ago, troph said:

Someone tell me about fiberglass v graphite or carbon… not sure I’ve tossed a fiberglass rod. 

I was talking to the guy at the store today about that.  I don't get it and neither does he.  Carbon is better in every way, IMO. I grew up using glass rods.  I didn't like them then and I don't like them now. But to each their own.

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IMO a lot depends on what you want to do with it.  I fish (poorly) mostly creeks here at home and a lot of smaller streams when in Colorado, and inasmuch as I've found a style, it's what I'd call "contemplative" and my boys would call "slow and boring."  Even my carbon fiber rod is a Scott G.  I'm not usually hucking a bunch of big streamers, and if I'm fishing from a boat I'm with a guide and probably using their gear.  I love the feel of how fiberglass rods load slowly and how they cast, but it fits my personality disorder.

It seems largely a special use case for dry flies on small water these days, and I love having it as a different "flavor."  That said, if that's not what you want it to do and try to fish it in the ways that carbon fiber excels, you're probably going to get frustrated and hate it.

And as far as the demo thing, if the shop has guides they might be able to check and see if any of them own what you're looking for and could let you demo it?

And yes, y'all got me all hot and bothered so I had to go out and scratch the itch with this monster:

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(ironically on the 5wt carbon fiber rod and a Brushy Creek streamer).

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niiiiiiice.  I've "caught" a tarpon - in as much as I hooked it and it jumped 4 feet in the air before telling me good bye but I've never landed one in the net.

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17 hours ago, troph said:

Someone tell me about fiberglass v graphite or carbon… not sure I’ve tossed a fiberglass rod. 

I've got two friends who bought glass rods the last few years. Both of them really seemed like they got it more for the novelty and/or to win the parking lot competition because they do look cool and are a conversation starter if nothing else. Neither one of them can cast them for shit though. It may just be that their casts are better suited and trained for a graphite rod or they were trying to throw heavier flies when I fished with them. But I don't really get it either.

I need all the help I can get so I don't think I'd buy a rod that needs even more skill to cast well.

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