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  • Mar 29, 2011 at 4:01 pm #5428
    seth dunn
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    Hi-

    Anyone out there use one of these rods?

    Mar 29, 2011 at 5:34 pm #47611
    Anonymous
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    if you have the opportunity to get your hands on one, I would. I passed one up 8 or so years ago and regret it.

    Mar 29, 2011 at 6:25 pm #47612
    bene
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    I have a 398LL that I have probably fished more than any other rod.

    Mar 29, 2011 at 11:31 pm #47613
    Avatar photoTim Angeli
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    The LL rods are sweet, and the 389 in particular.

    Mar 29, 2011 at 11:37 pm #47614
    seth dunn
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    Thanks for the input on the rod series – sounds like a “must have” rod.

    Mar 29, 2011 at 11:44 pm #47615
    Avatar photoTim Angeli
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    I have only fished the 389, but have heard that the whole LL series is great.

    Mar 30, 2011 at 1:32 am #47616
    anonymous
    Member

    I just inventoried the closet.

    279-LL (2 of em) (sulpher spinner fall rod)
    463-LL (truck beater)
    470-LL (great mountani stream rod)
    4711-LL (fantastic frying pan rod)
    486-LL

    Mar 30, 2011 at 2:18 am #47617
    seth dunn
    Member

    Got quite the collection there.

    Mar 30, 2011 at 3:42 am #47618
    Adam McDowell
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    seth, i built a 379 LL years ago and i love it for small streams. I use a DT3 on medium water and a DT4 for brookies with 10′ or less casts. Im not trying to plug my stuff but i really like the spl’s better in the 4 & 5 wts. I have owned a 4711 graphite II and a 586 graphite II and they were great rods. My favorite sages are 279 & 379 LL for brookies, 389 LL or 489 SPL for spring creeks (i swear they both cast a 4wt line identical!) and the 490 LL is a killer dry fly rod that from boats. If i were in your shoes and were to by only one LL it would be a 2 piece 389. they were a mere 2.5 oz and cast like butter. you wont care if you are not catching fish they are so much fun to cast!

    Bill hall bought my 586 gen II LL years ago and I wish he would sell it back to me. It was my favorite of the LLs

    Mar 30, 2011 at 1:12 pm #47619
    Anonymous
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    Holy cow Dave.

    Mar 30, 2011 at 2:28 pm #47620
    anonymous
    Member

    Holy cow Dave.  You have more LL’s than I have rods.

    Back in the early 90s when “fast action” was all the rage…

    I didnt know the fly fishing world had moved out of this stage…

    Can’t wait until it does.

    Amen brother.

    Mar 30, 2011 at 2:49 pm #47621
    Rich Kovars
    Member

    They can pry my 590 from my cold dead fingers.

    Mar 30, 2011 at 4:17 pm #47622
    bene
    Member

    One note on the LL’s.

    Mar 30, 2011 at 5:02 pm #47623
    Adam McDowell
    Member

    One note on the LL’s.  I’m pretty sure replacement sections for the series are unavailable from Sage.  If you break one you are pretty much out of luck on a replacement.
    I quit using mine for boat or canoe fishing and reserve it for special occasions.  Boats are pretty tough on rods.

    Graphite II cannot be replaced
    Graphite III can!

    you can tell rods that have been replaced because the logo says SAGE LL in large letters vs. SAGE then 389LL with no Large LL behind the sage. FYI if you are looking on ebay for one that says “new” its probably been replaced under warranty

    Mar 30, 2011 at 7:31 pm #47624
    Avatar photonone
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    490LL-4 here too.
    I never got the hang of the 389LL either.
    I prefer the Orvis Tippet as a much better 3 weight rod, a tad shorter than the 389LL.

    Mar 31, 2011 at 2:14 pm #47625
    Scott P.
    Member

    I’ve got a LL 490-2 that I love, but bringing it on a plane is problematic and I will not check rods so it stays behind when I go out west (built a 9′ 4wt 4pc on a Forecast blank and I like that almost as much).

    Mar 31, 2011 at 5:07 pm #47626
    Adam McDowell
    Member

    I’ve got a LL 490-2 that I love, but bringing it on a plane is problematic and I will not check rods so it stays behind when I go out west (built a 9′ 4wt 4pc on a Forecast blank and I like that almost as much).  Once we get moved out to Montana, the Sage will come out again.

    Regards,
    Scott

    Which forecast blank was it?

    Aug 7, 2015 at 7:20 am #88933
    fillemon
    Member

    Hello,

    Does anyone know a sage graphite II 389 for sale. Or where I can find it. I found already several on ebay

    Thanks

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