The competition should feel a little uneasy about the Helios as this reel is definitely bringing the heat in the form of performance, refinement and overall value
South Bend, Shakespeare, Union Hardware, Winchester, Montague, Granger, Horrocks-Ibbotson, Phillipson, Heddon, and Wright & McGill were some of the makers of what are now considered blue collar bamboo fly rods
So you put these two rod, this rod and reel together, you get up around that $200 price point and you've got one heck of a combo to last you a very long time and actually to be really fun to fish with on the water
Never clamp the saddle in the bends of the saddle frame, but always in the straight section
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