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Big fish, big fly. While not always the case, this rule does ring true for many warmwater and saltwater fisheries with anglers casting larger flies than ever before. With a powerful but comfortable casting action, the new PAYLOAD series of rods are designed to help anglers cast those heavy lines and big flies more effectively. Whether launching a double-articulated streamer to the far bank with the 689-4 or dredging the Sacramento Delta with the 989-4, anglers will notice how easy it is to hurl a heavy line and big fly with the PAYLOAD.

PAYLOAD 989-4 - All Models

ModelLine SizeRod LengthHandleColorPiecesPhysical WeightSKU
PAYLOAD 689-46WT+8'9"Fighting Butt HandleTannin43 7/8oz2041-689-4
PAYLOAD 789-47WT+8'9"Fighting Butt HandleTannin44 13/16oz2041-789-4
PAYLOAD 889-48WT+8'9"Fighting Butt HandleTannin44 1/2oz2041-889-4
PAYLOAD 989-49WT+8'9"Fighting Butt HandleTannin44 13/16oz2041-989-4
PAYLOAD 1090-410WT+9'0"Fighting Butt HandleTannin45 11/16oz2041-1090-4
PAYLOAD 1193-411WT+9'3"Fighting Butt w/ Extended HandleTannin45 15/16oz2041-1193-4

PAYLOAD

FEATURES

DETAILS

KonneticHD Technology

Black Ice blank color

Garnet primary thread wraps with Metallic Charcoal trim wraps

Fuji ceramic stripper guides with hard chromed single-foot snake guides and tip-top

Stealth Black anodized aluminum down-locking reel seat

Flor grade snub-nose, half-wells cork handle

Black rod bag with Titanium logo and Garnet model tag

Black powder coated aluminum rod tube with Sage Medallion

Konnetic

Improved accuracy is a result of smoother tracking and increased line speed and line control... all features of Sage’s revolutionary Konnetic Technology®. Creating an impossibly light blank with enhanced hand-to-fly sensitivity, Konnetic Technology utilizes advanced modulus positioning that places carbon fibers to exacting tolerances. This creates slimmer blank profiles with unparalleled strength and efficient energy transfer throughout the shaft. Konnetic Technology’s highly responsive and robust blanks feel connected, offering significantly enhanced torsional stability and minimal vibration for casts that track effortlessly and accurately.

MADE IN USA

At Sage, craftsmanship is our people. We’re not a big faceless factory, but rather a workplace of craftspeople who design and build the world’s best fly rods and reels using our hands and hearts. We do it by sharing ideas and always asking the next question to find what can be done to make this better. Our rods are built one at time right here on Bainbridge Island, WA, following hundreds of meticulous steps and passing through 23 sets of hands. Our reels are also designed right here, and then precision-crafted with exclusive USA carbon to tolerance only Sage can deliver. We’re out there fishing the same places in the same unforgiving conditions that you are. Craftsmanship is applied experience. Lifetimes of it.