![]() The action of this rod is hard to describe. The little 4 weight had no problem handling a ten pound rainbow for me. In the process the Helios 2 has put me on some very nice fish. It has gone from a rod I needed to fish in order to write a review, to a rod I wanted to fish because of how it performs. Having had the opportunity to fish it in a variety of conditions I have to say, I love it all the more. I’ve fished it extensively over the last couple of months. I would not have caught that fish with a lesser rod. The Helios 2 performed flawlessly, landing cast after cast with delicacy and accuracy. He was a picky fish but I worked him and he eventually ate. The only way to get him was to throw a backhanded curve cast, landing the fly downstream of the leader, giving me a good six feet of drift. A sixty foot backhand cast from the back of the boat to a trout sipping BWOs in the soft current on the far side of a seam. My first shot at a Delaware brown trout was not an easy one. I fished it with Chris Budro from Orvis and our guide put us on rising fish less than a hundred yards from the launch. Most readers will know the Delaware’s reputation as one of the best and most challenging dry fly rivers in the east. I had the chance to fish it for the first time on the Delaware and it proved itself on the first fish. ![]() My new Helios 2- 9′ 4 weight mid flex is, in my opinion, the best fly rod Orvis has produced recent memory. Some better than others, but it’s been a while since I had one I really loved. I always have, but I admit that when I picked up the new Helios 2, my expectations were limited. Orvis has seen its share and they get a lot of trash for it but when you look at their record there have been far more good years than bad. I think it’s fair to expect that in over a hundred and fifty years of making fly rods there will be ups and downs. Photo by Louis Cahill Every once in a while a rod surprises you. ![]()
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