I had to warranty a Sage X at the beginning of the guide season last year and didn't get it back until 4 months later. At least they went back on their new pricing model
Curious how their new Helios will stack up. I guess a big selling point of an Orvis is you can get a new rod section within days if you break something. However, I haven't found anything i'd rather cast than a Winston.
Not an answer but I have a funny story I heard from a guide on the orvis fly fishing podcast.
Well this guy was going up on horseback on this backcountry trip and on the first day they stopped early for the day cause this guys rear end was hurting real bad. Got up the next day and it was even...
10 Spartans, most need refletched. 6 have inserts and 75 grain weights. The other 4 have nothing just bare shafts. 2 are missing nocks. 300 spine .001 tolerance 27.5” throat of nock to end of carbon. 27.25 carbon to carbon. $70
Update: got a size 20 president and a bass pro microlite 4 piece rod..
https://www.basspro.com/shop/en/bass-pro-shops-micro-lite-graphite-spinning-pack-rod