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Fishing in British Columbia => Fly Fishing Cafe => Topic started by: BNF861 on July 11, 2009, 04:54:32 PM

Title: Sage FLi
Post by: BNF861 on July 11, 2009, 04:54:32 PM

Anyone throwing around a sage FLi?  What are your thoughts on it? I have been thinking about picking up a new, decent quality fly rod lately. Was originally looking at the launch. Was in a fred's today and for '09 sage replaced the FLi with the flight, so they had a sale on remaining FLi's. Originally $315 i think, down to $249. For the same price as the launch, i stepped up to 6wt Fli. I outfitted it with an okuma integrity reel, and some rio gold line.

Took it out today for a few casts, and do i ever enjoy it. I'm a pretty amature fly fisher at this point but compared to my old rod, my casting and acuracy got so much better. I really like the feel of it. Looks like a quality rod, as are all sages, but for a reasonable price.

They had a couple left, i think a 5wt, 7wt and 9 maybe? Seemed like a good deal.

Title: Re: Sage FLi
Post by: drivel on July 12, 2009, 01:27:36 PM

The Fli is a great, forgiving,  lower end Sage with great distance and feel without being a "stick".
I've been quite impressed with them overall.

Title: Re: Sage FLi
Post by: BladeKid on July 13, 2009, 04:56:55 PM

i love mine, very sensative without giving up power, you'll definately enjoy it!

Title: Re: Sage FLi
Post by: fishnjim on July 22, 2009, 06:54:53 AM

light but strong.

Title: Re: Sage FLi
Post by: silverslab on July 22, 2009, 12:26:21 PM

I didn't like the wider diameter blanks, in terms of the feel of the rod

Title: Re: Sage FLi
Post by: brood dude on July 25, 2009, 09:28:15 AM

it's a good stick, but i got rid of all my rods that don't have the "g5" technology. the "g5" is waaaaaaaaay stronger and lighter, so unless you nail your tip with a big pair of dumbbells you won't have to worry about breaking your tip as easily.