Manchester, VT, is something of a time capsule. It’s a two-stoplight town lined with marble sidewalks, manicured lawns, and immaculately restored colonial homes, many of which date back as far as the ...
I wanted to know, first-hand, the difference between the Orvis Helios D and F, so I tested both fly rods side by side in tough, real-world fly fishing conditions. Continued from "Are Orvis Helios D ...
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Fly fishing for trout & building rods at Orvis HQ

This visit combines fly fishing for trout with hands-on rod building at Orvis headquarters. Time on the water is paired with ...
Orvis isn’t holding back on great deals leading up to Black Friday and Cyber Monday. They have early Black Friday deals on fly rods, waders, apparel, dog beds, and upland hunting vests. It was tough ...
What is the "on the water, real-life" difference between the Orvis Helios D (D=Distance) and the Orvis Helios F (F=Finesse)? I studied all the specs and then read the reviews, which seem to focus on ...
Any angler who happened to see Matt Jordan on the Lester River on Tuesday afternoon might have wondered what he was doing. He appeared to be steelhead fishing. That much was true. But the way the ...
In 28 years at the company’s helm, he turned a small mail-order fishing tackle shop into a sporting brand with stores all over the country. By Brian Gallagher Leigh H. Perkins, who built Orvis from a ...
Traditional Spey fishing is closely associated with steelhead, salmon, and big rivers. It's a popular fly fishing technique in the Pacific Northwest that requires long rods, special lines, and ...