You can’t say we didn’t come well-armed: In our flats skiff in the Bahamas, my buddy and I had five fly fishing rods . The rods came from three different manufacturers, in sizes designed to handle any ...

The Orvis Helios 3 is one of my favorite rods for throwing everything from bugs to giant streamers. I caught my first musky on an 11-weight 3D, so that signature white label and blue-highlighted 3D ...

The GearJunkie team has not been subtle about our love for the Orvis Helios rods. The Orvis Helios 3 Blackout took the top spot on our list of Best Fly Rods of 2022. It also got a glowing review as ...

What is the "on the water, real-life" difference between the Orvis Helios D (D=Distance) and the Orvis Helios F (F=Finesse)? I studied all the specs and then read the reviews, which seem to focus on ...

Continued from "Are Orvis Helios D and F Fly Rods Really That Different on the Water?". In June, I took the 8-weight Orvis Helios D and Helios F fly rods with me to fish the Brewster Flats of Cape Cod ...

With a new design scheme inside and out, the Orvis Helios 3 Blackout fly rod takes a special operations approach to the most challenging casts You can’t say we didn’t come well-armed: In our flats ...