Old Sage rod?

[Paige]

I found an old Sage rod of my dad's.




I'm assuming it was his older steelhead rod before he got his G Loomis GL 2 which is substantially lighter and a thinner blank.

Anyone know the story on this rod?
286C SS4

2 ≈ power rating?
86= 8'6"
SS4 ?

 

[Josh]

SSH seems like it could just mean "Salmon/Steelhead"

 

[Paige]

I think your right, took a better pic and that is an H, though it was a 4 LOL

 

[brownheron]

Yes, "2" is the power rating which is medium/light. I have later GSH 296 that's my favorite spoon/spinner rod.

 

[Paige]

Think I'll have to put my Bantam on it!

 

[Russell]

S glass steelhead ssh
Gsh graphite steelhead
That’s my guess

 

[Jerry Daschofsky]

I found an old Sage rod of my dad's.

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I'm assuming it was his older steelhead rod before he got his G Loomis GL 2 which is substantially lighter and a thinner blank.

Anyone know the story on this rod?
286C SS4

2 ≈ power rating?
86= 8'6"
SS4 ?

I had that exact rod. That's when they were pretty thick blanks. The ones after that had more streamlined blanks.

 

[Paige]

I had that exact rod. That's when they were pretty thick blanks. The ones after that had more streamlined blanks.

Yeah it's a thick blank!

 

[Jerry Daschofsky]

Yeah it's a thick blank!

I found it at a garage sale. I thought it was a glass rod at first. I used a 201SG on mine. Almost put a 5001C on it to balance it out.

 

[Russell]

It is a glass rod. They are in the 82 83 catalogs. S glass high modulus.