A close-up image of a Orvis Helios™ D Fly Rod - Big Game fly fishing rod with a black finish and a wooden grip.

Orvis Helios™ D Fly Rod - Big Game

8-Weight 9'
$ 1,198.00
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A close-up image of a Orvis Helios™ D Fly Rod - Big Game fly fishing rod with a black finish and a wooden grip.

Orvis Helios™ D Fly Rod - Big Game

Orvis’ ultimate big game weapon — fast power loading, efficient energy recovery, and a full wells grip with fighting butt engineered for tarpon, permit, and bonefish, backed by a 25-year guarantee and Made in USA.

$ 1,198.00
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Warranty & Repairs

Orvis 25-Year Guarantee

What that means is, we’ll fix your broken fly rod, and if we can’t fix it, we’ll replace it, no questions asked. Step on it, close the door on it, run over it with the car—it doesn’t matter, we’ll fix it. If we can’t repair it, we’ll choose a newer model rod of at least equal value to replace it. Your investment is assured for a nominal shipping and handling charge.

Description

Your fly-fishing best is now 4x better with the Helios F Fly Rod, a peerless finesse rod that delivers unprecedented accuracy following years of exhaustive field testing and relentless innovation. Built to satisfy those anglers chasing perfection through precision casts and performance that withstands the harshest conditions and hottest fish, the all-new Helios™ F series rods offer increased sensitivity, elevated tippet protection, and a design for game-of-inches feeding lane presentations and in-the-moment mends. With the world’s most accurate fly rod in your hands, anything is possible. Click here to learn how to select a fly-fishing rod.

Specifications

  • Dedicated saltwater big game fly rod

  • Generates power quickly for loading and shooting line

  • Excellent for floating and sinking line types

  • Efficient energy recovery

  • All aluminum anodized reel seat

  • Full wells grip with fighting butt

  • Matte midnight black finish with black thread wraps

  • Aluminum rod tube

  • Backed by 25-Year Guarantee

  • 25-Year Guarantee

  • Made in USA

HELIOS D FLY ROD SPECS

Use the following table to understand how sizes relate to different metrics.

LENGTH WT. GRIP CONFIGURATION  
9' 8 7" Full Wells w/1.25" fighting butt Image of the butt of a 7 inch Full Wells w/1.25 fighting butt on a 9 foot, 8 wt. Helios D
9' 9 7" Full Wells w/1.25" fighting butt Image of the butt of a 7 inch Full Wells w/1.25 fighting butt on a 9 foot, 9 wt. Helios D
8'5" 10 7" Full Wells w/1.25" fighting butt Image of the butt of a 7 inch Full Wells w/1.25 fighting butt on a 8.5 foot, 10 wt. Helios D
9' 10 7" Full Wells w/1.25" fighting butt Image of the butt of a 7 inch Full Wells w/1.25 fighting butt on a 9 foot, 10 wt. Helios D
9' 11 7" Full Wells w/2.25" fighting butt Image of the butt of a 7 inch Full Wells w/2.25 fighting butt on a 9 foot, 11 wt. Helios D
9' 12 7" Full Wells w/2.25" fighting butt Image of the butt of a 7 inch Full Wells w/2.25 fighting butt on a 9 foot, 12 wt. Helios D
8'5" 14 Extended Full Wells w/2.25" fighting butt Image of the butt of a 7 inch Full Wells w/2.25 fighting butt on a 8.5 foot, 14 wt. Helios D

*F Series shown, D Series in black.

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