Fred re Sage Rods
I have a Sage: 7136, 7141, and European 10151-4.
I had several one handed rods that I sold after hurting my shoulder. I have their unique 4 weight, 4 piece 9' LL rod that is being saved for a grand child who wants to start fly fishing and will not use it as a stick to beat rocks.
Sage makes excellent rods and is usually easy to deal with. I had two reel seats torn off the 4 weight LL. The rod is old enough not to have any serial numbers. The first reel seat ended up in quite a hassle. Sage didn't want to repair it because there was no serial number even though I was the original owner and had sent in the warranty card. The local Sage rep got involved and it was repaired for $25. The second time, it was repaired there was no hassle.
Now I don't use that rod where fish can be over 4 pounds. The first time the reel seat broke was with a monster on the Fall river. The second time was a 26 incher over 7 pounds on Putah Creek. The fish was caught the next day with my trademark ugly fly in its lips. When the reel seat broke, I grabbed the line and snapped the tippet.