4/8/2023 0 Comments Sage fly rods![]() A comfortable, short fighting butt is used that has a good wide rubber end similar to what we found on the Salt HD. I did like the line size designation on the sliding band of the reel seat. The rings on the Salt HD are bigger but still not that easy to grip. The black anodized double uplocking seat works well enough but the rings are smaller and much harder for me to grip than the ones on say the Asquith or Helios 3F. The cork handle is Sage’s version of a full wells, with a smaller swell in the middle than found on most other full wells grips. This is a bad ass looking rod, almost black at first glance, finished in deep dark green they call “Black Spruce.” Similar colored wraps are used that are trimmed with a little silver on the butt section. ![]() The craftsmanship is the typical Sage excellence we have seen in the past. Only at long range did the X seem to run out of gas. At these middle distances I found that I was getting very nice tight loops and good accuracy. At 60 and 80 feet though, it hung in there with the best rods. But a glance at our top rods deflection board will show you that the X has a much stiffer tip than the Orvis Helios 3F and even the Asquith, and this is the main reason it didn’t perform as well at 35 feet. This is a fast action rod, built with Sage’s latest KonneticHD technology. To me, the Sage X is a much more pleasant rod to cast and fish all day than the Salt HD. It didn’t have quite the power of the new Salt HD, but the only distance where it faltered was at 100 feet. The X was in a tie with the Recon and BVK for the lightest overall weight and only a half point from matching the winners in swing weight. ![]() For one thing, they are very light rods and far, far lighter than Sage’s new Salt HD. The more I cast these X rods, the more I like them.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |