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    Default Xplorer Guide 2 and Stealth Deep Red

    Hey guys Selling 2 of my rods I hardly use anymore both are 5wt 9foot:

    Stealth Deep Red 5wt 9ft- This rod is in perfect condition and I think 1000 should be fair no idea how much they go for these days?

    Xplorer Guide 2 5wt 9ft- This is a awesome rod! Bought the same time as the deep red so I think 1300 should be a fair price.?

    Will gladly email pictures to who ever is interested.

    Xplorer is sold!
    Last edited by mattb-gubu; 11-03-16 at 04:40 PM.

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    I tell you what....Give me the Deep Red for free, and I will take the Explorer to the rubbish dump for you......:biggrin:
    Disclaimer.... none of my posts are intended to be "expert advice"..just opinions from someone who is willing to help where he can.

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    aaai Andre, wahahaha

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    Quote Originally Posted by Andre View Post
    I tell you what....Give me the Deep Red for free, and I will take the Explorer to the rubbish dump for you......:biggrin:
    And I was wondering why there are so few active members on this forum...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Andre View Post
    I tell you what....Give me the Deep Red for free, and I will take the Explorer to the rubbish dump for you......:biggrin:
    Andre you do know that the Xplorer Guide 2 came second in a blind 5wt shoot out under a Sage!

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    Quote Originally Posted by mattb-gubu View Post
    Andre you do know that the Xplorer Guide 2 came second in a blind 5wt shoot out under a Sage!

    Which shoot-out was this?
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    It was that shootout that was done at the dam in cloud cuckoo land. There was a blind cripple granny with the Sage and Lefty Kreh with the Explorer....It was very close.:biggrin:
    Quote Originally Posted by smallstreams.co.za View Post
    Which shoot-out was this?
    Disclaimer.... none of my posts are intended to be "expert advice"..just opinions from someone who is willing to help where he can.

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    Hi, no Im not aware of that, but just to put you in the picture, a shootout, depending on what is being evaluated, is in no way a reasonable comparison between these rods. Explorer are very good rods, and so are Sage, but they are targeted at a vastly different market. It would ve very interesting to see such an evaluation. If it was about casting alone, there would be very little in it, as both rods, in fact all fly rods , are capable of casting the same amount of line, the same distance, with the same number of false casts, all dependent on the person doing the casting, so casting a fly rod is in no way a definitive test of its application prowess. In fact some of Sages more specialised rods, are more difficult to cast in a conventional fly fishing way, hence Sages more "specialised rod " approach. Yes, Sage does have a few "all rounder" typee of rods, and they are all good rods, but they are no more difficult or easy to cast than an Explorer, which is a great rod for what it is... but it aint no Sage, and it aint even close, and never will be.
    Quote Originally Posted by mattb-gubu View Post
    Andre you do know that the Xplorer Guide 2 came second in a blind 5wt shoot out under a Sage!
    Disclaimer.... none of my posts are intended to be "expert advice"..just opinions from someone who is willing to help where he can.

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    Quote Originally Posted by allsorts View Post
    And I was wondering why there are so few active members on this forum...
    yip, i agree. someone puts his unused tackle up for sale, and 5 posts later its an sage advertorial.....after some snobbish ridicule of course.
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    Does anyone perhaps know of the Shoot-out in question? I assume it would have been a local one. I missed it, so any info/links would really be much appreciated - thanks.
    Mario Geldenhuys
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