![]() ![]() I guess the thinking at Orvis is that this would help the rod jump off the rack when people walked into a fly shop, but I think all this white is a mistake, especially for a company that has given us such great looking rods in the past. Nearly every person that has seen this rod has made the same comment. The six inches of white on the butt, above the cork grip is just plain UGLY. The only gripe I have is about the cosmetics. We’ve always been impressed with the Orvis craftsmanship and this rod is no exception. In our performance scores, you’ll see that the 3F came in a close third, just behind the Meridian. This is a fast action rod but with a very flexible tip that gives it such great feel and accuracy in close. I thought that the Meridian and the Exocett were also better at 100 feet. At long range the 3F still gets it done, but not with the authority of the Loomis Asquith or NRX. We tried the Helios 3D but decided that the 3F was the better rod based on how much better it was at short and mid-range distances. A lot of credit for this goes to the softer tip Orvis uses on this model. I loved the feel it gave me, combined with terrific accuracy. There is no question that this is a marvelous rod at short to medium distances where it took perfect scores. Once again a Helios was the lightest rod in swing weight, but now there are three other rods that match it – the Asquith, Meridian, and Exocett. We were all impressed with how Orvis has improved the way this rod performs compared to the Helios 2. ![]()
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