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Sage X Action: Fast Length: 8 foot 6 inches, 9 foot, and 10-foot options Weight (86, 9, 10): (2 3/8, 2 7/16, 2 7/8) ounces Pros: Hand built in the USA, lifetime warranty to the original owner, lightweight Cons: Expensive The Sage X is Sages premium multi-application freshwater rod

I have used this reel while saltwater fishing the flats in my local bays on fluke and even bottom dropping for blackfish, to chasing striped bass and monster bluefish on the nearshore grounds just outside the inlets of New York

Years later, when I joined the military, that same rod traveled to my first duty station

A moment later, before the day is out, Aleo asks you about the reason for the journey to the capital

Fortunately, I was able to scoop this beast of a bass into the kayak by hand

Lawrence tournament, Bruce says he was fishing an identical open water pattern, catching big walleyes and smallmouth bass over deep featureless water