Sage Power R8 Fly Fishing Rod

Humankind was born to explore. Where do rivers lead? How far can the oceans carry us? What lies beyond the horizon when we cast our eyes - and flies - into the unknown? The same spirit drives innovation at Sage®. They push boundaries to find answers that deliver performance. Enter the Power R8™.

Made to make fast more finesse-able, designed to cruise at the line speeds necessary for into-the-backing-knot shots, and built with the kind of R8-exclusive reserve power that handles the heaviest heads and rigs, Power R8 gives you the keys to explore the inconceivable. It's your ticket to chase what others might call unreachable.

Power R8 expands on the series' trademark versatility with a surge of velocity - perfect for commanding control and distance in the most technical conditions. Like every rod in the R8 lineage, Power R8 is shaped by evolving challenges and real-world demands. But with its ultrafast action, Power R8 adds another gear - taking over where moderate, fast, and some salt-specific actions max out.

• 4-piece fly rod
• Revolution 8 technology
• Hot Rod Red blank color
• Burgundy base wraps with Grey and Black trim wraps
• Hard chrome snake guides and tip-top
• Fuji® K-Series tangle free stripping guides with SiC ring
• Black rod bag with quick-tie cord lock
• Aluminum rod tube with Sage medallion
• Rod length: 9' 0"

590-4 is Sage's most versatile trout rod with all the extra power you want for generating high line speed, hitting far-off targets, and fishing a wide variety of lines and flies. Whether the day turns into a gusty streamer melee or the float calls for long, accurate off-shoulder bank shots, reach for ultrafast Power R8 and proceed with speed.

• Extra-figured walnut insert with anodized aluminum up locking reel seat with indexed slide band
• Premium Flor grade snub-nose half-wells cork handle
• Line weight: 5 wt.

890-4 is the go-to model when conditions and quarry bring a mixed bag of questions in need of answers. Ideal for presenting long shots to bonefish in technical conditions and packed with ample reserve power for lifting and positioning sinking lines in both salt- and freshwater environments, Reach for ultrafast Power R8 and proceed with speed.

• Anodized aluminum reel seat with hidden hook keeper and
  indexed slide band
• Premium Flor grade full-wells cork handle
• EVA fighting butt
• Line weight: 8 wt.

990-4 is the right choice for the kind of calculated, precision presentations that successful sight-fishing requires. From making long shots to tailing permit to picking apart mangrove playgrounds to fishing heavy sinking lines for pike and musky, reach for ultrafast Power R8 and proceed with speed.

• Anodized aluminum reel seat with hidden hook keeper andindexed slide band
• Premium Flor grade full-wells cork handle
• EVA fighting butt
• Line weight: 9 wt.