Fly Rod Orvis Clearwater Travel

MODEL BY MODEL BREAKDOWN

4-Weight 8'
The 6-piece Clearwater 4-Weight 8' Fly Rod packs small for all your backcountry bluelining adventures, or just for streamlined travel. A versatile rod length and line weight for any trout stream and short enough for casting in heavy tree cover. For backcountry casting and packability, the Clearwater 804-6 is a clear choice for versatility and value. The new Clearwater® Rod Series is not just a cosmetic face-lift, but a complete overhaul from the ground up by our Vermont rod designers.

5-Weight 8'6"
The Clearwater 865-6 continues the legacy of this iconic length and line weight in a travel-friendly, go-anywhere version. Considered by many to be the perfect trout rod, for many fly anglers this was the first model purchased. The legendary Superfine Orvis Henry’s Fork rod was an 8'6" 5-weight. It offers a versatile length that’s at home on large or small water and a line-weight that allows for the enjoyment of small trout and yet can handle large trout and light bass with ease. New convenient 6-piece easily breaks down into two equal sections for quick transport from spot to spot. With a rod tube at just 22½”L, it easily fits into a duffle, pack, or under the car seat—now there’s no reason ever to be without a fly rod when you find yourself at water’s edge.

5-Weight 9'
The Clearwater 905-6 is travel-friendly, go-anyhwere version of the standard for western rivers and bigger eastern water. Not only does it have the length to reach out and control drifts and the power to reach far banks, but the line weight to handle big trout and light bass. New convenient 6-piece easily breaks down into two equal section for quick transport from spot to spot. With a rod tube at just 22½"L, it easily fits into a duffle, pack, or under the car seat—now there's no reason to ever be without a fly rod when you find yourself at water's edge.

6-Weight 9'
The Clearwater 6-Weight 9' 6-Piece Fly Rod is a stout option for trout and light bass that can handle big heavy streamers, big hair poppers, dropper setups, and nymph rigs with ease. This is a great rod for pounding the banks from a drift boat or dropping poppers on the edge of lily pads. New convenient 6-piece easily breaks down into two equal sections for quick transport from spot to spot. With a rod tube at just 22½"L, it easily fits into a duffle, pack, or under the car seat. This is a great and easy-to-pack backup rod in Alaska for throwing mouse patterns and drifting egg patterns, and flesh flies to big rainbows. The Clearwater 906-6 has the backbone to do the job and then some.

8-Weight 9´
The Clearwater 908-6 joins the Orvis 908 arsenal as the most popular big game rod model for species from big freshwater bass to bonefish, stripers, and false albacore. New convenient 6-piece easily breaks down into two equal sections for quick transport from spot to spot. With a rod tube at just 22½"L, it easily fits into a duffle, pack, or under the car seat. Any traveling angler, whether headed to the tropics, Bristol Bay, or South America, needs a backup rod, and the Clearwater 908-6 is the perfect solution. If ever there was trip insurance, this rod is it, but never doubt the fact that it is built to be the primary rod, backed by a 25-year guarantee to prove it.

The Story

The new Clearwater® Rod Series is not just a cosmetic face-lift, but a complete overhaul from the ground up by our Vermont rod designers. Everything has changed except the value. It’s still the best fly rod you can buy for the money, but with a significant upgrade in performance and looks in a comprehensive series that covers every angler from small stream addicts to Skagit slinging two-handers. Each rod was designed with a purpose-built profile and action to handle the kind of fishing the rod model would be traditionally used for, from medium-action small stream rods to medium-fast freshwater rods and fast-action big game rods.

• Blanks are black chrome with white accents
• Quick rod identifier on the blank
• Chrome snake and stripping guide with a ceramic insert
• Full black nickel aluminum reel seats
• Rods with fighting butts have composite tips for durability
• Two-handed rods have composite on the tip of the foregrip
• Comes with gray rod tube
• 25-Year Guarantee
• Designed in Vermont
• Imported