Sage 99 Series Fly Rod Blank -CLOSEOUT-

Sage blanks are offered separately without guides, cork or reel seats for anglers who prefer to build their own rods or would rather select custom made fly rod parts and components from other manufacturers.

A day of multi-bug rigs, wind-resistant indicators and the requisite high-stick rod position can be enough to make your arm fall off before lunch. But the fact is, there simply isn’t a more reliable, effective technique for finding big fish. Which is why we created the 99.

Built with the same advanced G5 Technology as our Z-Axis rods, the most obvious nymph-specific feature of the 99 is its namesake 9-foot, 9-inch length, which makes short work of long, drag-free drifts. But that’s just the beginning. The 99’s unique taper loads lower on the blank to generate open loops, helping avoid tangles with multiple fly and indicator rigs. At the same time, a stiffer tip section handles heavy payload delivery but retains the sensitivity needed to detect subtle takes.

The 99s also feature slightly oversized guides specifically placed to make stack mending, shake-out and line feeding easier. Put it all together and you have a light, perfectly balanced rod that casts like a 9-footer but fishes like a 10. High-Stickers rejoice!

• Medium-fast action
• Proprietary taper design utilizing Generation 5 Technology Padded removable shoulder strap
• Forest green shaft color, Gold trim wraps / dark green primary wraps
• Hard chromed snake guides, and Hard alloy stripper guides
• #4 and #5 rods are outfitted with Cocobolo wood reel seat inserts and dark nickel-colored aluminum reel seat components, reversed half-wells grip
• 6wt, 7wt and 8wt rods are outfitted with dark nickel-colored aluminum reel seat with a full-wells cork grip