Orvis Helios Fly Blanks

Fish a new Helios. Leap ahead.

The new Helios is so innovative and, frankly, so far ahead of all other fly rods, it skips generations in how a fly rod should feel, cast, and fish. It is so light, responsive, accurate, and just plain easy and enjoyable to cast that to compare it to other graphite rods is like comparing graphite to bamboo. There is no comparison.

Simply pick up a Helios and you'll be stunned by just how light and balanced it is. That lightness is the result of using, for the first time ever, our exclusive patent-pending technology of using thermoplastic, thermoset resins from tip to butt to reduce the entire blank's weight.

Our new technology goes far beyond making the Helios just the world's lightest fly rod blank. It let us create the Precision Power Taper, a straight, steep taper that gives a superior, smoother transition of power all down the blank, for a rod that loads quickly, is fast, crisp, and light, and has a supremely-balanced feel right down close to the butt. You can actually feel the line load the rod blank and feel your entire casting stroke, so you control your cast better to generate the best casts of your life.