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Helios Saltwater

We set out on an adventure two years ago to make the world's lightest fly rod. Along the way, we also made the world's best.

The new Helios is so innovative and, frankly, 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 .

There is no comparison. The Helios is that good.

Simply pick up a Helios and wiggle it and you'll understand the praise.

  • greatest feel of action for more accurate and longer casts
  • superior sensitivity and responsiveness
  • the strongest fly rod on the market
  • loads quickly, crisply, but nimbly
  • supremely-balanced feel
  • unmatched fish-fighting power
  • better tracking for dry flies and nymphing
  • smoother transition of power
  • reduced casting fatigue

    Features
  • exclusive first-ever thermoplastic, thermoset resins from tip to butt
  • Precision Power Taper™
  • corrosion-resistant woven graphite & gold-anodized aluminum reel seat
  • flexible recoil guides
  • titanium frame stripping guide with NanoLite® ceramic insert
  • translucent-olive finish
  • highest grade cork handle
  • woven-graphite rod tube
  • made in Manchester, Vermont
    25 year guarantee to repair or replace fly rod
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    ZG Helios: 906-4

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    6 weight, 9 foot, 4 piece

    Specifications:

    • Line size: 6
    • Length: 9'
    • Sections: 4 piece
    • Flex Index: Tip 9.5
    • Reel Seat: Salt
    • Weight: 2 3/4 oz

    Quick-loading, that feels like a 4 weight. Perfect for light duty bonefish, bass, schoolie stripers and small steelhead.

    ZG Helios: 907-4

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    7 weight, 9 foot, 4 piece

    Specifications:

    • Line size: 7
    • Length: 9'
    • Sections: 4 piece
    • Flex Index: Tip 10
    • Reel Seat: Salt
    • Weight: 2 7/8 oz

    A great rod for bones, salmon, big trout, redfish and smallmouths.

    ZG Helios: 107-4

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    7 weight, 10 foot, 4 piece

    Specifications:

    • Line size: 7
    • Length: 10'
    • Sections: 4 piece
    • Flex Index: Tip 10
    • Reel Seat: Salt
    • Weight: 3 1/8 oz

    Extra length for improved line control and roll casting. Great Lakes' steelheader's dream

    ZG Helios: 908-4

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    8 weight, 9 foot, 4 piece

    Specifications:

    • Line size: 8
    • Length: 9'
    • Sections: 4 piece
    • Flex Index: Mid 6.5 or Tip 9.5 (please select one)
    • Reel Seat: Salt
    • Weight: 2 7/8 oz

    Best selling rod for bones, reds, stripers and larger freshwater species.

    ZG Helios: 909-4

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    9 weight, 9 foot, 4 piece

    Specifications:

    • Line size: 9
    • Length: 9'
    • Sections: 4 piece
    • Flex Index: Tip 9.5
    • Reel Seat: Salt
    • Weight: 3 1/2 oz

    Best travel rod for big bones and big stripers. Beats the wind with incredible butt strength.

    ZG Helios: 910-4

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    10 weight, 9 foot, 4 piece

    Specifications:

    • Line size: 10
    • Length: 9'
    • Sections: 4 piece
    • Flex Index: Tip 10.0
    • Reel Seat: Salt
    • Weight: 3 1/2 oz

    Powerful tip-flex generates high line speeds. Great travel rod for permit and baby tarpon.

    ZG Helios: 911-4

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    11 weight, 9 foot, 4 piece

    Specifications:

    • Line size: 11
    • Length: 9'
    • Sections: 4 piece
    • Flex Index: Tip 9.5
    • Reel Seat: Salt
    • Weight: 4 3/8

    Powerful Tip-Flex gets big flies to big fish. 12" Foregrip and brawn gets big fish landed. Weighs less then most 8 weights.

    ZG Helios: 912-4

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    12 weight, 9 foot, 4 piece

    Specifications:

    • Line size: 12
    • Length: 9'
    • Sections: 4 piece
    • Flex Index: Tip 9.5
    • Reel Seat: Salt
    • Weight: 5 1/4 oz

    Battle big fish all day with a 12-wt that weighs less than most 9 weight rods, but has power to spare. Comes with a 12" foregrip