While I couldn’t get my hands on an old Light Line to compare, from what I’ve gathered from the internet, talking to folks who have owned them, and my fly-shop-buddy's sage (pun intended) wisdom, the TROUT LL is a comparably better rod than its predecessor. In terms of quality of the product and performance on the water, the TROUT LL is a premium piece of kit. Having cast and fished many of the big-name trout rods in the game, I would certainly say that the TROUT LL deserves to be uttered in the same breath by nearly every metric. The rod also comes with a really nice cloth rod bag and brown powder-coated aluminum rod tube.īut most importantly, it performs like an $800 rod ought to. The grip features a walnut wood insert, a bronze up-locking reel seat, and a Super Plus snub-nose, half-wells cork handle. The Konnetic HD mahogany blank comes with Fuji ceramic stripper guides and chrome snake guides wrapped with bronze primary and gold trim thread wraps. Do I think they’re typically better? Of course.Ĭase in point: the Sage TROUT LL. And when we further narrow the topic of conversation to making perfect casts, mends, and drifts on tough, dry-fly-sipping trout, being armed with a rod from that premium tier can truly make a difference (I can hear the frantic typing of the keyboard warriors already). While more budget-friendly options may be capable of getting the job done, it's hard to argue with the level of quality, control, and flex recovery that premium rods offer over their less expensive counterparts. But ultimately, selecting a rod in this “class” will come down to individual preferences, as you’re unlikely to find rods that are objectively bad at that tier of the market. When you’re talking about high-end, premium fly rods, it's hard not to compare them.
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