Wednesday, October 5, 2016

The RED SAGE wannabe..

This is a 9' 5wt 4 section red blank. The color is quite similar to SAGE fly rod in red.



The components used are also similar to SAGE. Full wells Grade AAA cork grip and anodized black uplocking aluminum reel seat with a little fighting butt at the bottom.


Hybrid graphite arbors for the reel seat.



Testing fitting the handle.



ALPS titanium zirconium strip guides and REC snake guides.



A closer look at the titanium guide



I used RED nylon thread to give the similar looks as the SAGE rod. The epoxy finished thread will be slightly translucent and the guide foot will be seen after epoxy.



Rod decal was not available and as per request, hand cribble will do...



Completed product...






























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