I?m a Sage guy when it comes to rods though I have a Scott and an Elkhorn, local to Loveland. The Scott is a good rod but do not have a ton of experience with newer models, it?s 20+ yrs old. I like the Elkhorn, have built one for my brother and have a blank to build for the kiddos. My Elkhorn broke on me and they didn?t make the model anymore so I got a different model of blank to build. The last rod I bought was ~15 years ago but have looked at and cast the newer Sage models and they are pretty sweet. I really liked the R8 Core but have a hard time swallowing a 1k rod. As far as reels go, I like Ross, Lamson, Galvan, Orvis, etc. I have 7 different rods and do not have the same reel on any of them.
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