I just talked to someone at tackle warehouse and they said they won't be carrying them. Wierd. 

Also Rich Dobyns was down there and I had a while to speak with him. He told me the blank for the sierra was different but close to the savy. I fished mine quite a bit yesterday "ss702" and for drop shot it performed great! 

On 6/30/2016 at 2:19 PM, Robert Riley said:

So according to Rich at Dobyns, it's the same blank as the savvy, just has the upgraded cork and new guides. It's eventually going to replace the savvy provided no backlash haha.

Not the same blank....said to be upgraded and adjusted slightly.

I was just at the dobyns warehouse and spoke to Rich personally. He said they are not the same. 

Fuji guides instead of kigen due to inconsistent product and aa Portugal cork is a nice touch

Hm. I'll stand corrected then, I must have misinterpreted him.

Potentially not gross. I might be in. 

12 minutes ago, Cgrinder said:

Potentially not gross. I might be in. 

94% chance these are gross relative to their "upgraded blank" expectation if people are thinking of buying these for a feel presentation. Wish they offered full grips in this line for rods 7'+. Savvy's are/were fantastic moving bait rods. The champion isn't a great blank as a standalone rod. More of a nice utility rod than anything. Doubt the new sierra exceeds the Champ blank which will again be an underwhelming "feel" blank. They do make some awesome chatterbait/spinnerbait/swim jig rods (Savvy). Hope they don't change the tapers. 

I was under the impression the blanks would have the same "actions/tapers" as the Savvys. Not the actual same blank. 

7 hours ago, iabass8 said:

94% chance these are gross relative to their "upgraded blank" expectation if people are thinking of buying these for a feel presentation. Wish they offered full grips in this line for rods 7'+. Savvy's are/were fantastic moving bait rods. The champion isn't a great blank as a standalone rod. More of a nice utility rod than anything. Doubt the new sierra exceeds the Champ blank which will again be an underwhelming "feel" blank. They do make some awesome chatterbait/spinnerbait/swim jig rods (Savvy). Hope they don't change the tapers. 

The Sierra is being offered with a few full cork models

Just now, Fish4bigfish said:

The Sierra is being offered with a few full cork models

Never mind you are looking at over 7

Sure wish they offered these in 6'8' and 7' full grip cb models