How would you describe the action of these early 1980s Sages?Anyway I like it , I like full flexing rods I also have an older Orvis silver label 7-1/2 ft 5 wt full flex and am currently getting back into fiberglass rods , I don’t know but it just seems these newer carbon rods don’t have much personality, stiff as a board etc etc , fast they are but I’m not in that big of a hurry I even bought a new Cheeky reel for my old Fenwick glass rod purchased an older Battenkill off Wbranch for my new superfine Maybe I’m just old fashioned
Sorry for being being pendantic, but that does not sound right. did you mean 7-1/2 ft 4 wt or maybe 3 wt or maybe 7-3/4 (7' 9") 5 wt? Or maybe your rod had the tip broken?... I like full flexing rods I also have an older Orvis silver label 7-1/2 ft 5 wt full flex ...
There was certainly a period when I would say this was true, but some the new rods I have tried seemed to have fixed that. You just have to use at least one line size greater than what is marked on the rod. Or even more insane, use a line that claimes to be the size marked on the rod but is really a line size greater in weight.I don’t know but it just seems these newer carbon rods don’t have much personality, stiff as a board etc etc ...