3rd attempt
Any feedback on their new lines and lengths…?> just curiuos and too tired to write everything for third time.
This might be a good start! [url=http://www.sageflyfish.com/flash/home.shtml:69a84]http://www.sageflyfish.com/flash/home.shtml[/url:69a84]
Norm
A little effort on your end reaps just rewards.
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I’m sorry about that …I was having a hard time with the computer and really didn’t think that message would go through since the other two didn’t. Plus I was feeling the effects of the Seahawk debacle. JC your Q’s and A’s are always better then mine…and I always appreciate your input…and I know you use the 8 weight TCR for Salmon .
Any ways…yes they are a superb stiff rod…but I was wondering with the new length the 6 weight 9’6" and 7 10’ if they might have a softer tip…making it more suitable for closer fishing distances (and a tad bit softer)I mean in the 40-60 foot range by closer…I know this rod was designed for the 70’ plus distance fishing. Usually has a rod gets longer there is more flex thus easier to load…Just curious if anyone tried out one of these new TCR rods and if you found them to be a tad bit softer or what
My thinking might be wrong here but the TCR 10’ 7 weight might be comparable to the 9’ 7 weight XP…I find the 10 footer XP’s to soft (for me) but love the action of the 9 footers …but would like that extra foot.
I know I will have to try one out…but if off base here please let me know? Thanks
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Thanks JC
I’m looking at the 967-4 TCR (SW Grip) or 7’ 10 weight for some light saltwater use plus summer Steelhead on the PNW rivers including Oregon. Thinking about this seems perfect…fast but semi flex in tip. Don’t get me wrong… I really like the 691-4 TCR but believe maybe the extra 6" give it a little more loading and flexibilty at closer range or maybe the 7 weight is what I need. I will of course try out myself but would like pointers from any of you w/ experience.
As always it is a personal decision but there are several people who have input on this board …and I think I am within a page or two of them on their opinions…including JC.
Thanks
Hmmmmmmmm. A special line for the rod that most people can’t cast.
Benjo, nothing ‘new’ about that - there are a lot of rods out there that ‘someone’ can’t cast. I recall a specific situation a while back about a very nice 6 ft. one piece cane rod a person hated because he couldn’t cast it. I highly suspect the new Sage 00 is another rod which a lot of people will not be able to cast comfortably (or at all). Is that where different strokes for different folks comes from? 
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Sorry about the 7 weight 10’ footer …temporary dyslexia ).pS?( … I was curious if you had any input regarding longer length TCR rods after visiting Sage. And I’m glad to hear you will be around to see many green bananas turn yellow.
What you talkin bout’ Willis? I should have said that it’s funny that they need a special line so average Joe can actually get the sucker to load. It’d be interesting to put that TCR line on the good ol’ grain scale and see what weight line it really is. As far as the fact that it’s 110 feet long, by all means introduce me to someone who’s casting 110 with accuracy and consistency in real life fishing situations and I will call them “Master”.
Do I have to have one?
Don’t know what you’ve been smoking Benjo, but the question was about a line of rods…
not a flyline for rods. Opps.
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Jelly beans, I’ve been smoking assorted jelly beans. I crush them up and then leave them by a furnace to dry them out, then it’s into the hookah with them.
I’m glad to hear that the TCR line is being expanded yet again to cover a wider range of fishing. I’ve had my eye on the 6wt since it came out and I’m going to buy one soon.
hopped poter, you must be HeMan, defender of the universe for thinking that the XP is too soft.
Thanks JC for the contact info.
And Benjo…I guess it’s because I chew my Jelly Beans. And I think there is quite a bit of difference between a 9’ and 10’ XP in terms of action.
I suppose, I only have one, and it’s 9.5 feet long.
Hooped Porter,
I have the Sage TCR 697-4 and find it a little less stiff than the TCR 691-4 I tried.
However it will shoot a long belly 7 WF such as a Rio Accelerator, 444SL or SA XXD over a 100’ easily. I find it okay with a SA XXD WF6 but the same line in 7 wgt.loads the rod beautifully. It’s one excellent medium size river steelhead nymphing rod.
In fact for my own peronal casting style I find by up-lining the TCR rods (I own the 890 and the 590 as well) one line size makes them a much more user friendly fishing propersition.
The TCR 590 in particular is very stiff and it will throw a 7 wgt. well. It fishes an SA XXD 6 and Rio Accelerator 6 perfectly.
Why not just buy a rod one size larger you might ask? Well I like the snappiness of the TCR’s tip and their backbone for quick strikes and their ability (even when up-lined) to throw heavy nymphs etc. a long way especially when the wind blows.
A lot of people make comments about these rods and they have never tried them or have only tried one line size or type on them
for a few minutes at the back of some store.
i have casted/fished the TCR 10’ #7Wt as well and found that the SA XXD Line works extremely well with it. The rod seems to prefer to have about 50-60’ of line out out before it becomes “alive” casting wise.
I used this rod for Steelhead here in Ont. Can on Lake Ontario’s Steelhead Tributaries this past Spring (briefly on/off for a day) , and found it to be too stiff for our North Shore Systems, the XP 10’ #7Wt was more suited to this application IMO. Mending capabilities are a mere quick flick of the wrist and line control is good (almost too good). As for fighting ability ie: leverage it does have some serios backbone to it. If it was available in an 11’ model it would be a good “Switch Rod” for Steelhead applications