I been fishing a Sage Graphite II 8'6" 5 wt flyrod since I bought it in 1982- its been my go to trout rod for a lot of years. I had a problem with the reel seat so I sent it back to Sage. Thinking that I would not have the rod for a whole season, I bought a Sage Graphite 3 same length and wt. I fished it for about a week when I get a call guess what your rod is back. Never fished the 3 again. I still have it. I just like the 2 better. Good rod for the trout fishing and even light bass and pan fish too. I don't need another rod. My other favorite is a Scot 8'6" for 5wt. My last fish I caught was a brown on a wooly bugger on Friday. Its Spring and the fishing while slow is picking up, water is cold do to snow melt, you work for them.
