Thread: New rod spam

New Helios 2 rod series that is coming in November. Lots of personal work has gone into this one and it has been a blast.

Nice work! I'll have to give it a whirl when it comes out!

Time for a new "Maria" maybe...Eloise the Helios?

Hutch told me to tell you to press some skis to include in my first preseason order

Originally Posted by snapt

Hutch told me to tell you to press some skis to include in my first preseason order

Act now and get a pair of basement made pow boards with your preseason order of 30 rods or more. Ha.

Are you going to OR?

Originally Posted by L8APX

Are you going to OR?

Let me know if you wanna get your float on again.
greens fishin great
If snapt's in town and wants to go I'll leave the furkid home

Unfortunately (yah right) I'll be tarpon fishing during OR. I will be in Reno though. I'll be at OR for sure next year, we should take skifishbum up on a float or at least grab a beer.

What changed on this rod vs the first Helios? Drum up some excitement!

Supposed to be something like 20% lighter and 30% stronger, can't remember the exact percentages. It feels stupid light in the hand.
I suggested "2" as the name for it to mess with Sage, glad it was incorporated Although if it turns out to be a POS then at least it's aptly named!

At what point do we hit too light? There needs to be some weight there for it to balance right. I guess maybe a rod like this will push people to make lighter reels.

I don't want to give away too much but across the series the rods have ~ 20% lighter swing weight, they are ~ 20% stronger, the tip sections are 100% more impact resistant, they are around the same weight on the scale compared to helios, they have more backbone and at the same time have a smoother casting stroke (I know that's hard to believe, just wait until you cast one) Oh and they track very well. As one field tester put it, "the damn thing is like casting with a laser pointer"
more to come, stand by...