Echo Boost FRESH 5wt 9'0"

Echo's freshwater Boost series has been updated after many years as the go-to fast, powerful rod series for your local lakes and streams.  The new Boost Fresh has been lightened up and had the actions refined to feel the rod load - making your casts faster, tighter, and lacking in those dreaded tailing loops!

A Rod for Maximum Line Speed

Built upon the original Boost series, The Boost Fresh is built for anglers with an aggressive casting stroke to achieve maximum line speed.  The rods have shed some weight and actions refined to help you feel the rod load.

Echo Ion XL 5wt 10'0" Fly Rod

MODEL	LENGTH	LINE	PCS	GRIP	WEIGHT	ACTION
ION-690XL	9'0"	6	4	A	4.7oz	Med Fast
ION-790XL	9'0"	7	4	A	4.9oz	Med Fast
ION-890XL	9'0"	8	4	A	5.1oz	Med Fast
ION-990XL	9'0"	9	4	A	5.4oz	Fast
ION-1090XL	9'0"	10	4	B	5.8oz	Fast
ION-5100XL	10'0"	5	4	A	5.5oz	Med Fast
ION-6100XL	10'0"	6	4	A	5.8oz	Med Fast
ION-7100XL	10'0"	7	4	A	6.2oz	Med Fast
ION-8100XL	10'0"	8	4	A	6.5oz	Med Fast

Echo Lago 5wt 10'0"

People who fish lakes rely on an acute awareness of what depth their fly is and how fast it is moving. Because you rarely sight fish when in a float tube or boat, successful anglers are often the ones who cover the most water and keep their fly in the zone as long as possible. Being able to cast far and cover the most water, using a sinking line, are the halmark of the expert lake angler. The ECHO LAGO rods are designed to help extend your reach and make casting long lines easier.

To optimize casting while sitting, you want a rod that is light in the hand and as long as possible. A longer rod helps you keep your back cast off the water and helps you roll cast your line to the surface prior to making your next cast. Long rods help you when fishing long leaders and tippets even when fishing a nymph and indicator. We chose to make the rods 10 feet long which is the perfect balance between easy casting and maximum line speed. Because a full day on the water can mean thousands of casts the weight of the rod is a factor. We selected a blend of intermediate modulus graphite for the LAGO rods to help make them tough a forgiving when landing big fish while still keeping them light in the hand. Their modest tip power and a firm lower half allow a rod to perform using a wide range casting styles.

ECHO LAGO rods are 10’0” long and are bathed in gloss flash cobalt finish and are four piece for easy travel. It features a low maintenance anodized reel seat and the full wells handle has a modest curve to allow different grips while casting. It comes in sizes to cover all trout lake fishing situations.

Echo Trout X 5wt 9'0"

A 9 foot #5-line rod is currently the best-selling size trout fly rod sold in the USA. It is the best seller because it is soft enough to be able to fish 5X and 6X tippet without breaking off every nice fish you set the hook on. It is also stiff enough to fish streamers, hopper dropper rigs, and indicators in all but the windiest conditions. It is the ½ ton pickup truck of fly rods.

If you want to do everything with a five-weight rod, it needs to have enough flex in the tip and enough stiffness in the butt. Not too much or too little. When designing a rod, we rate stiffness by what fictional line size “most” anglers would use on the rod. We call this the rods line stiffness rating (LSR).  For example, a standard five weight rod would have a LSR rating of 5.0. A soft five weight rod might balance well with a 4.7 weight line. A stiff five weight rod might need a 5.5 weight line to load it and cast well. That extra stiff / distance casting five weight rod you use to show off to your friends might need a 5.9 weight line to balance with it. The new TROUT X rod has a LSR of 5.4 which can put a trout fly anywhere you want over the largest range of fishing conditions.

TROUT X 590 rod has a line stiffness rating (LSR) of 5.4 and has our VSS (Variable Sweet Spot) action. What you ask is our VSS action….. it is a rod action where every inch of the rod gets progressively stiffer as you move from the tip to the butt. This action has no large, sweet spot optimized for a cast of a specific distance. We think the VSS action offers good to expert casters the ability to adjust their stroke to the line speed they need for success. It is an action entry level anglers and beginner casters will grow into but is optimized for more advanced casters.

If you have an aggressive casting stroke,you can use a lighter line on this rod and if you are a smooth long stroke caster you will like this rod with a heavier line.

To help the rod’s casting efficiency we did what we could to make the TROUT X rods light to help casting efficiency and to help protect light tippet. These rods are produced in a factory that has access to the latest and best carbon fiber material. We used lightweight guides and have done everything we can to shave weight from the rod to improve performance.

The rods are all four piece and a coated with mist green gloss finish. The matching tread color helps the rod blend into the environment and all the snake guides are chrome plated for less friction. SIC stripper guides help improve double haul efficiency and the extended half wells grip with a burl wood real seat so they are beautiful, light, and low maintenance.

“….stiff enough to fish streamers, hopper dropper rigs, and indicators in all but the windiest conditions. It is the ½ ton pickup truck of fly rods.” – Tim Rajeff

Orvis Helios F 5wt | 9'0"

The Helios F 9' 5-Weight Fly Rod offers all-around freshwater trout fishing performance with various flies.

Your best is now 4x better with unprecedented accuracy following years of exhaustive field testing and relentless innovation. Built to satisfy those anglers chasing perfection through precision casts and performance that withstands the harshest conditions and hottest fish, the all-new Helios™ F series rods offer increased sensitivity, elevated tippet protection, and a design for game-of-inches feeding lane presentations and in-the-moment mends. With the world’s most accurate fly rod in your hands, anything is possible.

Specs

• All-around trout fishing performance
• Dries, nymphs, and streamers in freshwater rivers and lakes
• Smooth action for precision casting
• Responsive mending and line control
• Modified full wells grip
• Matte olive blank with olive thread wraps
• Aluminum rod tube
• Backed by 25-Year Guarantee
• Made in USA
  

LENGTH	WT.	GRIP CONFIGURATION
10'	4	7" Modified Full Wells*
9'	5	7" Modified Full Wells*
9'5"	5	7" Modified Full Wells*
10'	5	7" Modified Full Wells*
9'	6	7" Modified Full Wells downlocking seat w/.75" fighting butt
10'	6	7" Full Wells w/.75" fighting butt
8'5"	7	7" Full Wells w/.75" fighting butt
9'	7	7" Full Wells w/.75" fighting butt
10'	7	7" Full Wells w/.75" fighting butt
8'5"	8	7" Full Wells w/1.25" fighting butt
9'	8	7" Full Wells w/1.25" fighting butt
9'	9	7" Full Wells w/1.25" fighting butt
8'5"	10	7" Full Wells w/1.25" fighting butt
9'	10	7" Full Wells w/1.25" fighting butt
9'	11	7" Full Wells w/2.25" fighting butt
9'	12	7" Full Wells w/2.25" fighting butt
8'5"	14	Extended Full Wells w/2.25" fighting butt

*F Series shown, D Series in black.

Orvis Hydros Superfine 5wt

The Hydros Superfine is engineered to be a quick loading presentation trout fly line for scenarios when stealth and subtlety are key. Smooth coated line presents flies delicately and loads rods easily in close. Great line for spring creeks, small watersheds, and tight fishing conditions. Low-impact colors for a stealthy approach. Dual welded loops for easy, seamless connection to backing and leader. Orvis Line ID for quick and easy identification. Braided multifilament core for cold to moderate water temps. Color change at 30'. Dark olive tip. Willow line.

Made in USA.

Specs

• Presentation trout line for stealth and close quarters
• Smooth coating with AST slickness
• Two-color line with color change 30' from front tip of line
• Dual welded loops
• Braided multifilament core for cold to moderate water temps
• Orvis Line ID for quick and easy identification
• Line weights 1-5

Orvis Pro Power Taper Textured 5wt

PRO Textured Power Taper Fly Line boasts quick loading, improved handling, and enhanced feel. PRO Power Taper is designed for loading faster action rods at a half-size heavier than industry standard grain weight.

PRO Textured Power Taper Fly Lines offer increased surface area, allowing the line to sit higher in the water, offering less drag, easier mending, less water spray and easier pick-ups. The micro-textured surface traps air to provide increases in both shootability and floatation while decreasing friction.

The advanced compound taper design allows for easier turn-over of heavier rigs, including larger dries, dry-dropper rigs, nymphs, and streamers. The Power Taper will load a rod deeper and quicker than a traditionally weighted line, helping to enhance "feel" and improve timing during the cast. The 50' head adds length for better line control and loop stability and the longer head excels at on-water maintenance for mending on longer drifts.

• AST Plus treatment provides continuous slickness that incorporates completely, continuously migrates out, works longer, and is eight times slicker than any other slickness additive available for better shooting, improved floatation, and performance. Easily sheds dirt and oils allowing line to perform better longer
• Orvis Line ID quickly identifies the line with the taper, weight and functionality
• Enhanced welded loop makes leader attachment quick and easy while holding up to repeated use. Helps to transfer energy more efficiently to the leader allowing better turnover
• All PRO lines are 90' in length and incorporate three color sections at 8'(stealth tip), 30' (from the tip), and rear taper and running line

Orvis Superfine 5wt 8'0"

• Versatile fiberglass design
• 8' 5-wt.
• Rod tube
• Backed by our 25-year guarantee

Small canyon streams, quiet back eddies, and high mountain rivers ask for perfect presentation. This is not the place for the "big guns." This is the realm of accuracy, delicacy, finesse. The Superfine® Glass throws dry flies with a balanced touch and will even sling streamers when necessary. With classic fiberglass action—soft and forgiving— this is the rod for your small–stream adventures. No details were spared in the making of this soon–to–be classic. Manchester, Vermont, USA.

• Best in Class - Dry Fly Fishing Rod awarded by the Gear Institute's Fly Fishing Experts.
• Gray's Best is considered one of the most prestigious sporting product awards and is chosen by the editors and staff at Gray's Sporting Journal.