Orvis set out on an adventure to make the world’s lightest fly rod. Along the way, they also made one of the world’s best.

The new Helios saltwater fly rod is so far ahead of all other fly rods it skips generations in how a fly rod should feel, cast, and fish. It is so sublimely light, incredibly responsive, deadly 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. The Helios is that good. And everyone is noticing. * This is what is says in their catalog at least