This was true whether I was doing a straight-up overhand cast, or trying roll-casts or Snake rolls. At short distances, with a small dry, the rod was pin-point precise. I matched the rod with a Mirage 1 reel and an Hydros 3 wt line. (Note: The Helios 2 rod tube, judged by weight and function, is one great tube, graphics aside.) The 3 wt truly is featherweight. You hardly need to cast the rod to know the latter is true: the Helios 2 in the tube is lighter than many rods I’ve cast before. The Orvis Helios 2 is touted as being 20% stronger and 20% lighter. I entered into this review a bit of a cynic. I’m not a religious man and so I can’t speak for the Second Coming, but I can say this is a great rod. Some H2 reviews referred to it as “The Second Coming.” Others, like Gink & Gasoline, said it heralded the return of “The Big O” after Orvis had some down years. Other reviewers have been rendered speechless, or hyperbolic, in their reviews. Let me sum it up by saying this: the Orvis Helios 2 is a great rod. I fished it in a variety of conditions - early fall cold, with frost on the ground and snow on the mountain peaks, and warm, windy early fall - and using a variety of flies, including dries, streamers and nymphs. This fall, I took the rod to the Upper Pemigewasset and some of its tributaries, and to the upper Deerfield. And so, I thought I’d try out an H2 3 wt - a rod with less power to mask finesse - on some of New England’s smaller sections of water. (Spoiled, I know.) All the reviews talk about how the H2 is precise and powerful, and yet it doesn’t compromise on feel. But when I want a 5 wt, I fish the bamboo rod my dad made for me. I tried the H2 a few years ago in the 5 weight that so many people have reviewed, and so many have loved. The Orvis Helios 2 - a rod that has won so many awards that it hardly needs an introduction.
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