Sage fly reels

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elrodphil
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Sage fly reels

Post by elrodphil » Thu Feb 22, 2007 5:20 pm

Anyone now where the sage reels are made?...I'm searching for a good reel...just asking...
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Re: Sage fly reels

Post by FK » Thu Feb 22, 2007 5:31 pm

I believe the present Sage reels are made by Waterworks-Lamson.

http://www.waterworks-lamson.com/index.html

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Re: Sage fly reels

Post by elrodphil » Thu Feb 22, 2007 5:34 pm

Have you actually seen it on one of the reels?...Seems like I saw they were made in China...Thanks
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Re: Sage fly reels

Post by FK » Sun Feb 25, 2007 4:58 pm

I have the 3100 and 3200 series reels on my Sage TXL 1wt and 2wt rods, they are stamped "Made in USA" on the spool inside surface.

The lower priced (under $100) Sage reels, I cannot say the country of manufacture.

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Re: Sage fly reels

Post by cocacolalight » Thu Apr 19, 2007 2:26 pm

FK wrote:I have the 3100 and 3200 series reels on my Sage TXL 1wt and 2wt rods, they are stamped "Made in USA" on the spool inside surface.

The lower priced (under $100) Sage reels, I cannot say the country of manufacture.

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Actually production of the high-end 3000-series has been outsourced to Korea. I have one of the first model 3200 reels from 1995 (made by Lamson-Waterworks) which as stated is stamped with "made in USA" inside the spool also features a serialnumber.
The korean made ones aren't serialized, but the quality appears to be as good as the early US made reels.
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Re: Sage fly reels

Post by FK » Sat Apr 21, 2007 8:14 pm

Thanks for the update on change to manuf. in Korea.

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Re: Sage fly reels

Post by KYAngler » Mon Aug 06, 2007 3:57 pm

FK wrote:I have the 3100 and 3200 series reels on my Sage TXL 1wt and 2wt rods, they are stamped "Made in USA" on the spool inside surface.
How do you like that 2wt rod?
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