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Nei, vurderte å beholde de men jeg er åpen for bud. Sent from my E5823 using Tapatalk

Just so you know, the 13 and the 14 are very different rods. I would stay away from the 14. Sent from my D5803 using Tapatalk

I have a #8 intermediate body for sale. Has been my backup line and only been on the water once.

Hi, I would like to try something here. Maybe later I'll somehow offer this against a small fee but for now I'd just like to see if people are as interested in this as much as I am. To find out I'd like to offer my special "flyfishing service" to the first 10 people for free. I'm good with numbers and because the winter is long I started to collect all the data that I thought could in any way be related to salmon catches on Gaula. So that's of course catches per day, weight, type of redskap etc but also much more for instance water flow and temp, air temp, air pressure, wind direction, moon phase...you name it. I realized that this allows me to answer an incredible number of questions. Just some random examples: -On what day of the week do people catch most salmon? -How many fish did Matt Hayes catch in 2010? -Which is the best fly fishing beat on Gaula between July 1 and July 10? -What water level can I expect in the first week of August? -How many fish were caught each year since 2000? -Where does Jan Erik Granbo catch all his fish? (No worries Jan Erik, I won’t tell...! smile emoticon) -Are more fish caught in cloudy or sunny weather? -What is the best moon phase to catch storlaks on sluk? -Depending on the snow cover in the mountains right now, when should I book my vacation? -Who was the most successful fly fisherman in the 2010 season? What rank was I? -etc... So here is the deal. The first 10 people who write a comment below can send me a pm with their question and I'll answer for free. Please remember, all my data refers to Gaula! And I can't answer questions like "what's the best fly?" because there is no data for it. The picture attached is one of the very easy things that can be done.

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LTS Across 15. 4500kr Guideline Exceed 12,9 8/9. Gi bud. Guideline Exceed 14,8 10/11. Gi bud. Guideline Quadra 810. Gi bud. Guideline Haze V2 810. Gi bud. Nautilus NV 10/11. 3500kr. (Ny 9499 på skittfiske akkurat nå.) Kan byttes i 10' 7er stang.

Even though it's unlikely that I will convince you or that you will convince me it's still good to have the discussion here so other people can read it and make up their own mind (and theories). :-) The Across is quite a deep rod. Now to pull the line of out the water you have to bend it pretty much all the way into the cork. I'm really not sure if it makes sense to talk about the time difference here but you will certainly have to move the rod a longer distance to bend it that far compared to me and my Method with the faster action. Now this is much exaggerated but I felt a little like I had to drag the top 2/3 of the Across back without getting any help from it. Alright, I think that's enough from me and I really don't want to argue that the Across is not a good rod, because it certainly is. But if I'm going to get one for myself it will be the 14'6 Light and I'll fish it with floating lines. I haven't fished the 15' Cross S1 but I heard good things about it. (I had the 14' but I would not recommend that one to anybody.) Also the 15' Reaction I have never casted. I think I've never seen anybody having one actually...

Hi Ørjan! I don't mind that you disagree with me. And if you can help me to fish in Alta then I'll certainly come and we can discuss on the water! :-) As a wrote I casted the rods side by side with identical lines (1/3/5) for a long time and I'm surprised that somebody else who has both rods wouldn't feel the same way. Maybe it's technique... What I think is that it's not the tip of the rod that lifts the line out of the water but the lower 2/3. The tip would never be strong enough for that anyways. Same as with the casting. By the way, I still have my Across for sale if anybody starts thinking about the June fishing already.

Still available but trying to get rid of it so open for offers.

Only the Loomis line and the Cortland still available. The Cortland is a #7 I forgot to mention. But will cast well on a #6 rod.

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Selling my Across. Grey version. Great rod and like new! NEW PRICE. 4990kr Pickup in Bergen or buyer covers shipping.

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Just send another message. I see it right away on my phone!

still available

Since it's really the inside that you want/need to wash I always do it by hand. I don't think enough water would get inside to wash and rinse well enough in the machine. I dissolve powder detergent in a bucket with warm water and soak the waders properly. After 1 hr the water turns quite brown so I guess it's working.

Guideline Exceed 12,9 8/9 - 1500 Guideline Exceed 14,8 10/11 - 1700 Shipping not included. In very good condition and great rods for the money. Both come with rod sock and tube. Pick up in Bergen is an option.

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Alright, like I promised here my report on the 15' LTS Across vs 15' SAGE Method. I casted both rods with the LTS 3-S lines H/1/3 and 1/3/5, and the LTS Speedline in F/S1, all in 48g and around 13m I think. That should be about the ideal casting weight for the Across according to the guys at LTS (46-48) and quite heavy for the SAGE according to what they told me (42g!). I casted the rods two days about 1,5hrs, maybe 2 each time and switched back and forth with the lines many times. I think that's also pretty much how long it takes to get to know the rods well enough to be able to compare. People say rods have different tempos and I believe in that. And it takes a while to pick up the rod's tempo instead of trying to force your own onto the rod. Well anyways, the Method is the better rod. And shoot me for that if you have to... I could add “…in my opinion” but I honestly feel I’m being totally objective. And I really wanted to like the Across better because I already have the 14' Method and rather wanted a different rod, partly because I still don't like the red color. And the Across in grey is just gorgeous! But apart from that there is just no point where the Across performs better. That's not saying that it isn't a close race. Distance-wise for me the performance was almost identical and I guess 1m up or down won't make a difference in real life fishing (although that meter would also go to the Method). Especially since both rods cast far. The big points in my book were that the Across feels heavier during the fishing and that the Method has in fact more lifting power. I think both is actually connected and the reason is the strong and heavy tip and softer butt of the Across. Trond explains himself why that's a good thing for casting even if it feels a bit heavier. I agree that if you tend to use a bit more upper hand in your casting then the Across works a lot better for you. In fact I felt that it actually wants it for long casts. (While it gets you nowhere with the Method.) But the downside is that you really start to feel the weight in the tip after a short while. And then secondly, because the butt section is softer (=rod loads deeper) on the Across it’s more struggle to lift sinking lines out of the water. The Method has a softer tip and all the power at the butt section which makes lifting heavy lines a breeze. Here is probably where you immediately feel the biggest difference between the rods. The same reason also makes the Method feel more powerful. Each of the lines, no matter which one, felt lighter on the Method than on the Across. The complete opposite to what I expected! There aren’t too many reasons but if you ever feel like casting a 50+g Scandi shooting head I’d pick the Method before the Across. Correct me if I’m wrong but the Across was designed to deliver huge distance for everybody. No doubt LTS has achieved that! But it comes at a cost when it comes to actual fishing. With clean technique in place the Method fishes more effortless while at the same time outperforms (if slightly) on all levels as well. On top of that, the smooth, clean cut tracking that Sage attributes to their Konnetic technology is a whole other story. Both the 14’ and 15’ Methods feel more accurate than any other rod I ever casted. Btw, if you live in Bergen just drop me a line and you can try both rods. I hope many people will now come in and tell me why the Across is really the better rod because I actually have one for sale… ;-)

Where do you buy the hatch backing?

Fish cat pontoon, single seater, almost exatly like photo with extra equipment, hardly ever used, pick up in Bergen only! - 1500kr hbo

-Guideline Coastal Slow Int. #5 - SOLD -G.Loomis Streamdance #7 Sink1 (olive) - big fly taper, braided core - 250kr hbo -Guideline 4-cast #6 Float (ebony/green) - bought used and has some memory - 100kr -SA Mastery GPX #5 Float (orange) - SOLD -SA Mastery GPX #6 Float (2 color green) - SOLD -Cortland 444 Clear Camo Intermediate - transparent line - 200kr -Guideline Coastal Fast Int. #6 - SOLD

-Rio Scandi Short Versitip Intermediate Body #8 - back-up line, never used, braided core - 500kr hbo -Guideline Triple D 8/9 F/H/I, cut to 32g - perfect condition - 300kr hbo -Rio Skagit Max 525 grains - only test cast, like new - 400kr hbo -Zpey Fusion 0/0/1 9/10 34g - only test cast, too light for #9 rod - 250kr

I just bought a Sage Method and a LTS Across. Will cast and compare both in the weekend. I'll let you know. I hope at least one of them will be the best 15' rod in the world ;-)

Hi, I'm in Bergen and I'm looking for another chance to fish a weekend in Gaula this year. Anybody want to join and share a rental car from Trondheim airport?