![]() ![]() Mending is very smooth and overall the rod is effective and effortless. It just makes roll casting an absolute dream. It just makes roll casting, water loading, and fishing heavy gear, heavy rigs, heavy nymphs, really, really easy. With the Helios 3D, you have so much power in that bottom half of the rod. You just line up the dots, away you go, and you know everything’s perfectly lined up.Īs you’d expect with a rod of this caliber, it’s all nicely finished and looks great. You don’t have to look down the rod and line up the guides just using your eyes. It makes putting your rod together super simple and thoughtless. Then you have the white dots, which line up when you’re putting your rod together, which is so simple but is just genius. Lastly you have the tip ring at the end which is nicely seated and it’s build well so it doesn’t look like it’ll be snapping off any time soon. Nicely finished, they look good and do the job. Then you have the snake guides running up the rest of the rod. It’s a decent size, so it doesn’t restrict the casting at all, and on the 6 weight one, there are two stripping guides. It’s nice to have those options, and if you’re like me, I like a bit of color in my fishing gear, so I appreciate that Orvis gives us those to choose from.Īs far as the guides go, you have this nice big stripping guide on the 5 weight. You have the white, you have the blue, and you have the olive styles these days, which is handy for anglers who are picky about rod color or who want a selection while they’re on the water. ![]() There’s also an olive green one, which I don’t have, but I’ve seen them, and they look really sleek and kind of subtle. That blue really pops, especially on an overcast, dull day. There’s this really cool-looking blue one. If you like what you see in this Orvis Helios 3D fly rod review, you can order the rod on Orvis. Originally, the H3 was known for a white kind of look to it. It sits nicely in your hand, and it’s nicely molded, has a great shape that’s nice and smooth, it’s made with good quality cork, and overall it’s nice and ergonomic, and really easy and comfortable to fish with. I haven’t really fished many of them, but I much prefer this style. I know some of those rods these days have that kind of angular look to them. The cork handle is a nice smooth rounded style. There are no gaps, it lines up beautifully, it looks really, really nice. Once the reel’s sitting in there, it’s really snug. I don’t think I’ve had that trouble once yet. It is nice and snug and once it’s done up, you don’t seem to have that trouble of it loosening off while you’re fishing. The reel seat is just your plain black, run-of-the-mill reel seat. It is a rifle in a world of muskets and it autocorrects the variables of the cast to the target with incomparable precision.Below I’ll quickly break down the different components of the rod, keeping it pretty basic because the real techy stuff can be found on the Orvis listing for this rod. No matter what happens behind you, the energy of the forward cast is crisply released through a tight window created by the most significant reduction in horizontal and vertical tip frequency ever conceived. Helios 3F was designed to significantly reduce the variables at the point of release focusing the energy of the cast to the intended target. The variables of caster, rod, and conditions are too great. ![]() No cast ever thrown is identical to any other cast ever thrown. An extraordinarily good rod for tight line nymphing with multiple flies. The Helios 3F 1063-4 is an exceptional nymphing rod with the length you need to control your line during longer drifts and the 3F feel and responsiveness to allow you to detect subtle takes. Helios 3F 3-Weight, 10'6" Fly Rods offer enhanced accuracy and feel at mid-range distances. Reel seat is downlocking aluminum with Midnight black w/ Matte Storm carbon insert. ![]()
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