G Loomis has obviously been extremely successful with their line of bass fishing rods. When did they branch out from just fly rods and add the casting/spinning rod category to their portfolio? Any idea what percentage of their overall sales these non fly-rods represent? It has to be a significant chunk. A couple of years back I predicted that SAGE fly rods would see what was happening over at Loomis and jump into the premium bass rod fray. Like in the beer world, it seems all the industry growth is occuring in the high end segment. I'm still kind of suprised we haven't seen Sage at least test the waters. Don't get me wrong, I love my Loomis dropshot rod and certainly plan to add a few more Loomis rods to the arsenal. But when it comes to fly rods, I've owned them both and consider Sage to be the superior product. It just makes me wonder what they could bring to the bass world. It would certainly be the clash of the titans.

guess we will have to wait and see.  Untill that day tho its G-Loomis for me.

Sage has a line of spinning and casting rods. They are mostly for trout salmon and steelhead, but they are in the game. I disagree that Loomis can't compete in flyrods. I have 3 high end Orvis rods and a Sage, but if I could only keep one flyrod, it would be my Loomis GLX. JMHO

Ronnie

Alpster, I have a little custom made Loomis IMX 3wt that is one of my faves so I know where's you're coming from on your GLX flyrod. My post probably could have done without my own opinion on the Sage/Loomis flyrod comparison. I was looking for a way to demonstrate for the non flyrodders that may not know the Sage brand name that these two are at the top of the food chain in that rod category. They're both world class manufacturers. Their competition kind of reminds me of Benz/BMW in the automotive world. I guess that's why I find it kind of strange that Sage would not make the plunge into the obviously popular and profitable world of bass-specific spinning and casting rods. As you noted they are dabbling with rods for trout, bonefish, steelhead, barracuda and probably even permit. I think they're missing a great opportunity in the bass world and competition tends to drive innovation. I would consider them a welcome addition to the bass fishing fraternity.