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Two New Sage Bass Fly Fishing Fly Rods and Fly Lines

In FLY FISHING FRESH WATER, GEAR & TACKLE on November 8, 2009 at 8:49 pm

Little rods, big power
Two New Sage Bass Fly Fishing Fly Rods and Fly Lines


Sage Smallmouth and Largemouth Bass Fly Fishing Rods

Specifications
Line Weight ratings:

-Smallmouth:  290 grains (Smallmouth floating line included)
-Largemouth: 330 grains (Largemouth floating line included)
-Rod Length: 7’11”
-Sections: 4 pieces
-Rod Weights:
-Smallmouth: 3 1/2 ounces
-Largemouth: 3 5/8 ounces
-Handle: Portuguese cork – full wells shaped grip
-Reel Seat: Matte black aluminum big game with double locking retainer
-Action: Very fast and very stiff

What’s the word…

Jerry Siem, head rod designing guru at Sage, was sitting in his office at the Sage factory on forested Bainbridge Island, WA.  His desk was surrounded by, literally, hundreds of fly rods leaning at precarious angles against walls and book cases. “Hmmm”,   I said to myself, “Just like my office at home, except he has more rods than me. A lot more!”  Out of the stack, Jerry plucked one of the shortest and brightest colored of the rods, and with a big smile, walked to the lily padded bass pond “test center” behind the factory building. “This is our latest project “, he said as he proceeded to tied on a huge deer hair popper.

Capt. Rick Grassett’s Fishing Report for 10/26 – 11/6/2009

In CAPT. RICK GRASSETT - SNOOK-FIN ADDICT GUIDE SERVICE on November 7, 2009 at 12:44 pm

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Kirk Grassett, caught this big Spanish mackerel on a fly while fishing off Longboat Key.

My brother Kirk Grassett, and a friend, Nick DelleDonne, visited and fished with me this week. Nick owns The Evening Rise fly shop in Lancaster, PA (www.theeveningrise.com). Nick, Kirk and I fished albies together in the fall with a group of guys at Harker’s Island, NC for several years. Since that area is much more prone to bad weather in November than we are here in Sarasota, this trip was planned as an alternative to fishing there and it didn’t disappoint!

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Nick DelleDonne, from Lancaster, PA, with a nice albie caught and released on a fly in the coastal gulf off Sarasota while fishing with Capt. Rick Grassett.

Mark Giacobba–Glades Outfitters–Joins Up With FFFM

In -PARTICIPATING GUIDES, FISHING REPORTS on October 31, 2009 at 5:05 pm

Multi-day fishing report his first; find more about Mark in our Hotlinks to Participating Guides

Flip Pallot with a cobia

Flip Pallot eyes his 17lb cobia

Fishing the backwaters of Everglades National Park with fly fishing personality Flip Pallot in his newly designed micro skiff, the “Ambush”. First of all let me just say this about Flip, “when you are both lucky and good such as Flip, strange yet cool things are sure to happen”. Flip’s mission was to baptize and ring out his new skiff for its inaugural glades splash, which he did in a style that is truly his own. Taking the bow for his first time Flip was working a streamer fly around a mangrove point in Oyster Bay and produced what can only be described as a very sporty and a once in a lifetime catch, a 17lb cobia taken on his 6wt fly rod fished with 10lb class tippet.