New rod choice
Like you said, it is a bit confusing. I've been a Sage rod person myself for a number of years, but I've only been doing the two-handed rods for about four and a half years. I started with a brownie 9140-4. Since then I've bought a number of the Sage rods. I like them all. The 9141-4 has a lot more backbone than the 9140. I use it on medium sized rivers with sink tips most of the time with tips up to 300 gr. Rio Big Boys. It's a nice smooth casting rod. The T & T rods are also very nice. They are a bit faster, but very nice casting. I much prefer the T & T with long bellied floating lines as opposed to the Sage, but prefer the Sage with short bellied sink tips.
I've tried a CND's and found it a little slow to what I'm used to. Still, they're very nice casting. The best advise is still to try as many different rods as you can and then buy. Good Luck.
Jimsand