Orvis Helios 3D (Distance) 911-4 Fly Rod
The Orvis Helios 3 are the most accurate fly rods ever built with remarkable strength and the ability to place a fly where you want it at distance. The Helios 3D 9 foot 11 weight is designed for light offshore and medium tarpon. When accuracy and distance are critical in putting a fly through a tight mangrove window to a laid-up tarpon, this Helios 3D 11-weight is the perfect weapon. Big permit on the flats, mahi and football tuna offshore, or gator blues and striper cows in nasty rips, this rod has what it takes. Don't ever go out there under-gunned.
Rod outfit includes:
- Helios 3D 11-Weight, 9' Fly Rod
- Mirage VI reel
- Hydros WF 11 Tarpon line
- 350 yds. of 30 lb. Dacron backing
- Rod Tube
“How are these rods different from Helios 2?”
- The only fly rod designed with the primary purpose of transferring casting energy into accuracy.
- They are more accurate because of new materials and new construction techniques that greatly reduce oscillations in the rod after the cast is made.
- They have a lower levered weight so they feel lighter in the hand.
- They are 17% stronger in tensile strength, 40% stronger in hoop strength, and 77% stronger in impact strength.
- They have a low-reflection matte finish to prevent spooking fish.
- They have an exclusive Orvis-designed reel seat made in the same US machine shop as the Mirage reels.
How did they make them so accurate?
- New graphite fiber is denser and has a quicker recovery rate.
- Increased hoop strength for improved tracking and quicker recovery rate.
- Each section of every rod is hand-tuned to maximize energy transfer.
- New progressive tapers that deliver improved energy transfer while increasing the tip sensitivity and offering reserve power in the butt section.
- Two new Helios rod families are available: Helios 3F for accuracy and finesse at short to mid-range distance; Helios 3D for accuracy at distance even in the wind.
Orvis Fly Rods
- With the exception of two price-point rods, all Orvis fly rods are made from start to finish in the Vermont rod shop.
- Orvis designs and produces graphite, bamboo, and fiberglass rods all under one roof.
- The Orvis rod shop employs over 50 craftspeople.
- Orvis has been making fly rods in Manchester, Vermont since 1856. “Ahead of their time since the beginning.”
