[Rt17]

I just found and bought a sage 389ll to give to my dad. It's a graphite ii model so I know it's the older version. My question is regarding the reel seat, it doesn't have the screw portion to tighten the reel on. Is this normal? It's all wood with 2 metal pieces that seems to wedge the reel on. Thanks for any help!

 

[zen leecher aka bill w]

sounds like a build that someone did.

 

[Rt17]

 

[Paul Potter]

 

[Paul Potter]

Sorry about my reply error
Congratulations on getting a 389LL! Your dad is going to love it.
Mine is exactly the same. It's a slip ring reel seat and works fine with my reels.

 

[Rt17]

Awesome! Thanks guys. I'm beyond excited to give it to him, it'll be his first nice rod. Thanks again


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[para_adams]

I bet those rings will clean up very nicely and gleam with some polishing. Very cool.

 

[generic]

LL's are still the best rod Sage ever made, in my humble opinion.

 

[Steve Saville]

LL's are still the best rod Sage ever made, in my humble opinion.

+one. I love my 490LL.

 

[Preston]

I don't think that Sage built any LL rods with a slip ring reel seat, so you probably have a custom-built rod on a 389LL blank. The rings appear to be nickel silver which should brighten up nicely with a little metal polish. As noted above, the LL is one of the most highly-regarded rods Sage has ever built and my 490LL is one of my absolute favorite rods.

 

[creekx]

I don't think that Sage built any LL rods with a slip ring reel seat, so you probably have a custom-built rod on a 389LL blank. The rings appear to be nickel silver which should brighten up nicely with a little metal polish. As noted above, the LL is one of the most highly-regarded rods Sage has ever built and my 490LL is one of my absolute favorite rods.

Actually, the 2-weight, 3-weights and the 473 came standard with the Struble D-2 nickel silver slide ring seats.

 

[Rt17]

 

[Rt17]

I'm going to work on polishing the rings tonight. Hopefully they clean up well. Thanks for the help guys

 

[Preston]

My mistake, then. I had a 389LL but I don't remember it having a slip ring seat. Ah, well, that was long ago...

 

[generic]

+one. I love my 490LL.

That's the same rod I have Steve.

 

[zen leecher aka bill w]

My mistake, then. I had a 389LL but I don't remember it having a slip ring seat. Ah, well, that was long ago...

My 389LL has the screw ring seat.

 

[creekx]

My 389LL has the screw ring seat.

Is yours Graphite III? They may have switched over to screws then.

 

[erniemx5]

I wonder if the choice of slip ring seat was due to reducing weight as much as possible? Anyway a great rod, one of sages best IMHO, and your dad should love it


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[Shopkeeper]

That's the real factory deal...Blank would've read "389 LLB" or something like that with a "B" in it and been block lettering and not a script type.

 

[generic]

+one. I love my 490LL.

By the way Steve, try a triangle taper line with that rod.

More than any of the 15 rods or so that I've owned, that line, with that rod, is simply a match made for perfection.

I had one of the original Lee Wulff TT lines, bright orange (hated the color) but could throw almost the whole line, and had short distance control, as well as roll casting, which is kinda rare with that line.

Something about that rod, just made casting utterly effortless.