Looking for a Sage 5120-4

[Jcolin]

Hello,
Ive had my eye out the past year for a used sage 5120-4, 12’ 5 weight, this discontinued series of rods were called “brownie” due to the finish, from what i heard and read there were also some later ones in green. If anyone knows of any that are for sell please let me know. I know the new sage X series has something very similar, but at 1200 new and with the expired classified postings for the 5120 around 3-400, the new sage rod is unfortunately not in my budget. My 12’6 6 weight was just a bit too much rod for most of the fish i hooked on the klamath in the fall, so looking for something for smaller summer runs. Thanks

[PV_Premier]

Great rod. They come up sometimes on Spey Pages. Another one to consider is the Beulah 11’7” trout spey or 12’4” onyx. I might get one before summer season starts.

[Brian Clemens]

You might want to consider the 1205 ACR Nova 2. If you need one to demo let me know. Sweet stick, brand new is 495 and comes with a scandi line.

[Jcolin]

Thanks very much PV and brian clemens. I actually found one last night for sale in a fly shoo in santa fe and ordered it. Price was $300, dont know if thats a good deal or not or what they really go for, but looked like it was in good condition. Will check out those other rods too, ive heard really good things about the ones both of you mentioned.
Looking forward to having something to use for shad and klamath steelhead

[Jcolin]

Also wondering about lining it, I’ve only fished skagit heads but will be getting a scandi line for it for my Klamath trip in the fall, but hoping I can use my 400 grain commando head on this rod next month for shad...I realize this is over lining it but would that be dangerous to the rod? I saw a 300-330 recommended grain window for the 5120, mostly it’s just that money is tight and would rather not have to get another skagit head just for shad. However, don’t want to damage the rod as I’m sure it’d be hard to get replacement tips and repair work done on a discontinued model...a guy on speypages was talking about using a 450 grain head with the 5120, that seems way too heavy as I use a 425 skagit on my 12’6 6 weight.
Thanks again, any insight into lining it would be very helpful

[PV_Premier]

400 grain commando is going to be an awful lot of line for that rod, I use a 350gr on my 7wt 11' switch rod and it's a good match for throwing 8-10' of T-8 or T-11.