I've recently been looking into buying an older Sage LL rod. I noticed a lot of different identifiers on the rods I was seeing specifically LLB, GFL LL, LL II and LL III.

There was a Sage LL for sale here on FAOL sometime ago and someone questioned whether or not the rod was a real LL because the seller had listed as a Sage GFL LL. Not sure what came of that thread but in my quest to purchase an LL I emailed Sage and I thought I'd share thier reply as it applies to thier other rods too.

"Hello Richard,

The LL series of rods was made for many years and bascially the only functional change that was made was from Graphite II to Graphite III. By placing a 'B' on our blanks then we can always identify them as blanks down the road and additionally the 'GFL' was an early way of saying 'graphite fly rod' which at the time needed to be distinguished from fiberglass.

Thanks for checking in and best regards,

Team Sage"

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