![]() ![]() Performance at 100 feet: 18 points out of 20 The Sage X and Douglas Sky were slightly better here. Performance at 80 feet: 19 points out of 20 But the Helios 3D was significantly better. Impressive – nice tight loops that delivered excellent accuracy. Performance at 60 feet: 19.5 points out of 20 ![]() About equal to the Sage X and NRX at short range. Performance at 35 feet: 19 points out of 20ĭecent feel but the accuracy of the Helios 3F was far better. The Recon is built at the Orvis factory in Manchester, VT. A short fighting butt is used with a rubber cap. I found the rings, with their fine knurling, much harder to twist tight than the good ones we found on the Helios 3F. The brown anodized double uplocking reel seat is just OK. The stripping guides are the more standard SiC guides than the titanium ones found on the 3F, and the snake guides are the cheaper hard chrome ones rather than the much more expensive nickel/titanium snake guides found on the best rods. The blank is what Orvis calls shadow green, (a dark olive green), with slightly darker brown wraps. The Recon also uses lower grade components than the Helios 3F too, other than the cork handle, which is the same high quality stack of thin cork rings we found on the 3F. Sure, if you are an Orvis fan and can afford the new Helios 3F, it does provide a level of performance that’s a big step up from the Recon, both at short and long range. This makes for a very pleasant rod to fish hard all day long. It tied the Sage X and BVK for the lightest overall weight, and the swing weight is extremely light too, only a half a point behind the winners. Even though very light, the Recon has plenty of power, except at the very longest distance. It is a rifle in a world of muskets and it autocorrects the variables of the cast to the target with incomparable precision.Here is the mid-price winner in our Shootout! We’ve always been impressed with the Recon as it combines light overall weight and swing weight with exceptional performance – and all at a very reasonable price! The fast action seems to be about perfect, with a softer tip than most of the other mid-priced rods. ![]() No matter what happens behind you, the energy of the forward cast is crisply released through a tight window created by the most significant reduction in horizontal and vertical tip frequency ever conceived. Helios 3D was designed to significantly reduce the variables at the point of release, focusing the energy of the cast to the intended target. The variables of caster, rod, and conditions are too great. No cast ever thrown is identical to any other cast ever thrown. This Helios 3D version of the 10-weight takes dealing with the elements to an entirely new level of power, distance, and most importantly accuracy. Pulling big stripers out of a rip takes power and this Helios 3D 10 has that to spare. stripers, and permit when wind and current can be a factor. The Helios 3D 910-4 is a medium heavyweight rod that powers through the wind with incredible accuracy and is tailor made for targeting the larger versions of redfish. They are the most accurate fly rods ever built, but offer remarkable strength and the ability to place a fly where you want it at distance. Helios 3D 10-Weight, 9' Fly Rods are designed for exceptional accuracy but with enhanced power. ![]()
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