Years ago… many years ago… I had the Helios 2 sent to me to bring on a trip (Cuba, maybe?).
I fell in love with the thing. It was my go-to rod for bones and I caught a lot of fish on it. I liked it so much I kept it… I traded some ad space on the blog for the rod. That was back when someone would actually give you someting of value for a banner ad on your niche fly fishing blog (oh, those were the days).
Recently, I was an idiot. It wasn’t the first time. It won’t be the last. My idiocy, in this case, manifested with my snapping the tip off the rod. The good folks at Orvis are going to take a crack at a repair. They don’t make the H2 anymore, so I’ll see what they say when they get it.
Today, it felt like Alexa was listening to me on the phone with Orvis Rod Repair and in my feed popped some posts about the newest Helios coming out.
I’m usually a bit skeptical about 90% of claims of products of any kind. That said… I loved that H2. It was magic.
Maybe you have a special relationship with a rod… something that just comes alive in your hands.
I’m looking forward to getting that H2 back, even if Christmas Island is a year away.
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