Sage Dart 176-3 - ROD1416

The Sage Dart 176-3 brings pinpoint control and featherweight finesse to small creeks and overgrown mountain streams where space is tight and trout are watchful. Matched for 1-weight fly lines, this 7'6" rod provides the exact blend of delicacy and line speed needed when stalking wild brookies, cutthroats, and wary headwater trout. Rather than relying on a slow, floppy taper, it utilizes a short-range fast action that loads quickly with just a few feet of line outside the tip guide. This responsive profile enables you to throw tight, wind-cutting loops beneath overhanging rhododendrons and drop dry flies softly onto glassy pocket water without spooking selective fish.

Handcrafted on Bainbridge Island, Washington, the Dart series utilizes proprietary KonneticHD technology to extract maximum performance from an ultralight blank. By combining advanced modulus graphite with optimized resin distribution, Sage eliminates lateral rod movement and blank twist, delivering exceptional tracking accuracy and immediate energy transfer on short casting strokes. The blank is finished in an understated Sapling Green with bronze primary thread wraps and gold trim wraps. Premium components include a Fuji ceramic stripper guide, ultra-light hard-chromed snake guides, and a Super Plus snub-nose half-wells cork grip. A figured Vera wood insert with a bronze anodized aluminum up-locking reel seat locks small fly reels in place securely, keeping the setup balanced while offering the tippet protection required when fishing 6X and 7X leaders.

This preowned Sage Dart 176-3 arrives in Like New condition, showing clean blank surfaces, perfect guide wraps, and flawless cork with no signs of wear. Choosing preowned tackle through Recast Fly Fishing allows you to acquire elite American fly rod craftsmanship while saving substantial money compared to new retail pricing. Every item offered by Recast Fly Fishing undergoes a rigorous multi-point evaluation and is backed by a full money-back guarantee, giving you complete confidence from your very first cast. Investing in preowned equipment also keeps high-grade gear in active use and out of landfills, helping reduce environmental impact while leaving more funds in your travel budget for your next stream trip.

Ultralight Sage rods in Like New condition rarely stay available for long, so secure this Dart 176-3 today before it heads out to someone else's favorite headwater creek.

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All gear is carefully inspected and assigned a cosmetic condition rating prior to sale. We do not sell broken or inoperable gear.

For rods, the cosmetic condition ratings are as follows:

Like New

• No nicks or scratches on the rod blank
• No scratches or chipped paint on handle or reel seat
• Completely clean cork with no chips or gouges
• Reel fastener screws and unscrews smoothly
• All guides are intact and firmly attached
• Undamaged ferrule connections

Great

• Minor cosmetic damage including scuffing on rod blank, chipped paint or scratches on metal components
• Intact cork with no chips or gouges
• Reel fastener screws and unscrews smoothly
• All guides are intact and firmly attached
• Undamaged ferrule connections

Good

• Cosmetic only damage (superficial scratches, scuffs, paint chips) to rod blank, cork, metal components
• Reel fastener screws and unscrews smoothly
• All guides are intact and firmly attached
• Undamaged ferrule connections

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