The best fly rod ever???

[Utectok]

So a heads up I went to John Norris the other day and asked for there best price on a douglas sky g 9’ 5 weight… priced at £899
They offered it me at…. £670 and yes it is as good as they say it is!!!

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[Mungo]

I’ll wait til Maxcatch run them in 18 months time for £55 a pop

 

[tozzybum]

Will it stop me hooking myself everytime I go fishing

 

[enfieldspares]

I can't cast with any fast action rod! Hardy Marquis model from the late 1990s is as fast as I can manage. Best rod I ever had was a two piece Hardy Deluxe Classic 9' rated 5/6. Caught a trout on the very first cast made with it.

 

[HonestJohn]

Can’t beat an RL Winston Tom Morgan Favourite! Uplocker with zebranowood insert of course

 

[Hambone]

Been using a Loomis GLX 10' #7 for 20 years or so. had it rebuilt twice and see no reason to change.

 

[Rasputin]

Had a sage xp. Was my favourite rod. Regretting selling it but needed to as was moving abroad.

 

[Utectok]

Had a sage xp. Was my favourite rod. Regretting selling it but needed to as was moving abroad.

Regarded as one of the best to this day

 

[Utectok]

I’ve got lots of old rods btw my salmon rod is a 1990s sage brownie in annoyingly 3 pieces cast line a dream mind you.

 

[Hambone]

Sage XP is my spare rod, also about 20 years old.

 

[Utectok]

Sage XP is my spare rod, also about 20 years old.

Loomis nrx are lovely rods I’ve a few

 

[VSS]

Will it stop me hooking myself everytime I go fishing

No.

 

[Plummer]

Bruce & Walker, all of them except the Hexagraph Range, tooooo damn heavy!!

 

[pete evans]

I build 5 rods on sage RPL and LL blanks and still using them over 25 years later. Sure there are better rods but I like these well enough. I lived in Seattle and you could get cosmetic blem blanks for peanuts.

 

[biffo]

Hardy Smuggler 8 ft

 

[Scuffy]

Sage XP

 

[75]

I picked up a Sage XP at a gamefair demo many years ago, when I was young and poor. I did three or four false casts to get a feel for it and the next thing I knew was the backing rattling out through the rings. It was the most beautiful rod I ever cast with and seemed perfectly suited to my casting style.

I don't fish enough these days to even think about spending that sort of money on a rod, even though I could probably afford it these days!

 

[75]

So a heads up I went to John Norris the other day and asked for there best price on a douglas sky g 9’ 5 weight… priced at £899
They offered it me at…. £670

Looks like only 8, 9 or 10 weight left now.

 

[devon deer stalker]

Sage XP, as far as i'm aware it's the only rod Sage ever re-manufactured again after stopping production.
I have a 5 and a 6 weight, i will never sell them.
I'm had some memorable fish on them, and last night i had my first Sea Trout of '24 on the 6 wt

 

[hw101]

A new rod won’t correct poor technique and won’t make anyone a great caster. Better to spend some money on a lesson and practice. A fast action rod might be a great casting tool but not a dry fly river rod because they are too stiff to protect light tippet. A medium fast rod - like the SLT or LL is the best compromise.