[Chig]

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I will be heading up to the Toccoa River on May 12 for a weeks stay with a couple of fly fishing buddies of mine. Two of us are from extreme Southern Alabama and the other from Tampa, so we are all very excited. We dont have but 2 or 3 opportunities per year to trout fish. My sister has a cabin on the Upper Toccoa River, so we are very blessed to have this place all to ourselves.
I plan on starting out with a olive bead head woolie booger trailed by a rainbow warrior. This will make my 5 th trout fishing trip. I have an abundance of opportunities to fish in the Gulf of Mexico and its bays along with unlimited fresh water opportunities to catch bass,bream and crappie.
We all have brand new creek company ? pontoons, so we are wondering how this is going to work out.
I just bought a new Sage Launch 5 weight and a Lanson reel spooled with Rio Gold Trout Weight Forward line. Anybody know much about this Sage rod, it is there lower end rod. It feels really nice though. I was considering a Temple Forks rod that a local store had in this area. The Temple Fork felt really nice as well. I originally bought a package deal when I started fly fishing out of Cabella, I figured it was time to have a back up.
By the way, we are planning on trying the Hiwassee River in Tennessee and Tellico River in Tennessee. We are within a hour of these places.
Please give this old peanut farming redneck some advice..I need it..I need some secrets so that I can "out do" my buddies..Any flies or tricks anyone could share?

[jimw]

Hey Chig
I have launch in a 9' 9wt it cast really well not as fast as a lot of rods but it is very easy to feel the rod load and cast very well. This was my back up rod until i snapped the tip on my sage fli for the price it is very high quality. Sage repair and warrany service are truely great to deal with if you ever need repair. If you can test cast before you buy i would, just cause i like this rod doesn't mean you will.
good luck fishing
Jim

[Chig]

Thanks Jim,
Unfortunately in the area that I live, I dont get to test many rods because there are not alot fly fishermen in the area thus not many fishing shops with fly gear. Thanks for you encouragement on the SAge Launch. I appreciate the input.
chig