Orvis Helios F 8’4″ 3-weight

$1,098.00

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Product Description

Orvis Helios F 8’4″ 3-weight, 4-piece fly rod  (4th generation)

comes with partitioned cloth liner and aluminum rod case

  • Small-stream performance for trout and panfish
  • Ideal for technical dries and nymphs
  • Sensitive tip for tippet protection
  • Smooth action for precision casting
  • Half wells grip
  • Matte olive blank with olive thread wraps
  • Aluminum rod tube
  • Backed by 25-Year Guarantee
  • Made in USA

Reviews

  1. This is a great rod for fishing small dries, long leaders, and technical water. It doesn’t quite have the feel of a rod like the Scott G Series, but it has a little more backbone and will handle the wind better. It feels lighter than most other mid-length 3wt dry fly rods and has a very low swing weight. This rod is very smooth and an easy caster. I played around with the SA Amplitude Trout WF3F and the Rio Elite Technical Trout WF3F and both of them feel good.

    Parker Thompson (Telluride Angler)
  2. I had a hard time keeping the rod and line working together. I cast it with an SA Trout and a Rio Technical Trout and both lines left me with the feeling of willing the line through the guides. I couldn’t make the rod come to life and cast outside of the soft and delicate unrolling of the line where the leader flutters down. At around 30 feet you could flutter down the softest little casts that almost fought their way to the ground, they landed so softly. This rod requires precision and possibly another fly line to bring out its best. I really like the length and line weight and it is a rod that I will revisit.

    Richard Post (Telluride Angler)
  3. This is a useful dry fly rod that turns over long leaders with touch and sensitivity but doesn’t play well with light-headed lines such as the SA Trout Taper, which don’t load the rod sufficiently and cast as if the line has lots of memory, even when completely stretched and smooth. The Rio Technical Trout casts more smoothly for small dry flies, but still reveals imperfections in the rod taper, while the Rio Gold XP WF3 casts best of all, a line that lends to fishing modest sized terrestrials (size #12-16) and light dry-dropper rigs rather than the smallest technical dry flies. I’m still searching for the ideal line on this rod, one that I can cast 25-45 feet with excellent loop control and the feeling of connectedness I crave in a long, fine, lightline fly rod.

    John Duncan (Telluride Angler)
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