Where did you end up buying?
My father has a 10-15 year old top of the line graphite Orvis 9ft 9wt rod that he said I can "use" matched with a pretty nice (can't remember spelling) Mayatts? reel, but was purchased for freshwater originally. He's used it a few times in the Salt, but I think I'll spring for a large arbor reel in the mean time.
Does anyone have feedback on this cheap Sage reel? Suprisingly cheap to me.
http://www.reelflyrod.com/product.sc...&productId=619