David these tubes are new this year and I really liked them. We have been carrying the Sage rod tubes in the shop for the past few years and though they serve their purpose well they are quite expensive. The thing I really liked about the Simms tubes were their openings and the fact they could take on 9’6″ rod.
We will have ours in stock here in the next couple of weeks so if you are interested get in touch with Ron or I and we will get you hooked up.