Hands down the best fly rod you can buy for the money, this well-appointed series includes rods to cover every angler.

Clearwater® Fly Rod
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
Comes with gray rod tube
25-Year Guarantee
Designed in Vermont
Imported

The Clearwater Rod Series is where exceptional performance meets great value. Each rod is designed with a purpose-built profile and action to handle a specific set of angling situations, from medium-action small stream rods to medium-fast freshwater rods and fast-action big game rods. There are even two-handed rods perfect for swinging flies for salmon and steelhead, as well as 6-piece models for travelers. Clearwater rods are not just for beginners; they are also excellent choices to fill out your fly rod quiver or to serve as backup rods. Designed in Vermont for anglers worldwide.

The Clearwater 102-4 is specifically designed to enhance European nymphing tactics. Its light sensitivity and reach offer the perfect rod for maintaining contact with a multiple-fly nymphing rig. Given the new popularity of this technique, the Clearwater 102-4 coupled with a Tactical Nymph line is an exceptional outfit offering reduced line sag and better contact for quicker reaction to subtle takes. Beyond Euro techniques, the rod can also be used to fish a single dry fly, dry/dropper rigs, or even nymphing with a strike indicator.

The Clearwater 3-Weight 7'6" Fly Rod is an exceptional small stream rod that provides the delicacy and precision of a higher priced premium rod. When high mountain streams or spring creeks call, the medium action Clearwater 763-4 answers with all the performance, casting pleasure, and feel you would expect from an Orvis designed rod.

The Clearwater 103-4 is specifically designed to enhance European nymphing tactics. Its light sensitivity and reach offer the perfect rod for maintaining contact with a multiple-fly nymphing rig. Given the new popularity of this technique, the Clearwater 103-4 coupled with a Tactical Nymph line is an exceptional outfit offering reduced line sag and better contact for quicker reaction to subtle takes. Beyond Euro techniques, the rod can also be used to fish a single dry fly, dry/dropper rigs, or even nymphing with a strike indicator.

When fishing small streams with big trout, the Clearwater 4-Weight 7'6" Fly Rod is the perfect companion. The shorter length offers precise control on delicate short casts in tight quarters and yet the 4-weight is strong enough to wrestle those big fish out of some tough spots. The flex and taper are specifically designed for small streams and soft presentations and you won't find a better rod for this purpose at a better price.

The Clearwater 4-Weight 8'6" Fly Rod is a versatile trout rod in the “sweet spot” of length and line weight. It has the ability to place a dry fly deftly on the surface, fire a small streamer at a cut bank, or even handle a light nymph rig close in. If trout or even light bass and panfish are the target, the Clearwater 864-4 is a clear choice for versatility and value.

The Clearwater 4-Weight 9' Fly Rod is the perfect light-line rod for bigger water with the reach and power for longer casts, more line control in mending and nymphing, but still with the touch and light feel to present dry flies to a rising fish at distance and control the line for longer drifts. Excellent reach and line control for fishing smaller streamers across and down larger streams and rivers. Long and powerful, yet light and responsive, the Clearwater 904-4 is a rod that will provide you with a remarkable fly rod return on investment.

The Clearwater 4-Weight 10' Fly Rod offers versatility and excellent reach for light trout whether nymphing, mending small streamers, or maintaining a longer dry-fly drift. A great rod for situations where line control and contact with the fly are important. Also an excellent panfish rod that enhances the fight with its light sensitivity and extended length.
The Clearwater 5-Weight 8'6" Fly Rod continues the legacy of this iconic length and line weight. Considered by many 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, a line weight that allows for the enjoyment of small trout and yet can handle large trout and light bass with ease. Whether you're looking for versatility, a daily driver that hangs rigged and ready on the wall, or the one and only fly rod you own, the Clearwater 865-4 fills the wallet-friendly bill.

The Clearwater 5-Weight 9' Fly Rod is a 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. Firing a big streamer up and across a big river and reaching out to mend the line and control the drift is right in this rod's wheelhouse. Throwing big attractors with droppers, or big hoppers in the early fall is the perfect task for this rod. If big water and big flies are called for, then the Clearwater 905-4 is the weapon of choice at a price that will keep a lot of travel money in your pocket.

The Clearwater 5-Weight 10' Fly Rod is a versatile all-around trout rod that offers the power to handle large trout and the reach to control the fly, whether mending a streamer across the stream, nymphing with a heavier nymph rig, or even extending the drift of a dry fly over conflicting currents. Anywhere extended reach is beneficial, the Clearwater 105-4 is the perfect answer in cold water or warm, for trout, bass, and panfish.

The Clearwater 6-Weight 9' Fly Rod is a stout trout and light bass fly rod 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. This is a must-have rod in Alaska for throwing mouse patterns and drifting egg patterns and flesh flies to big rainbows. The Clearwater 906-4 has the backbone to do the job and then some. There are times when conditions call for big flies to catch big fish and this rod is designed for just that.

The Clearwater 6-Weight 9'6" Fly Rod is a superior boat or beach rod for both fresh and saltwater. In the front of a drift boat, the extra length allows for extended reach and superior mending capability to cover more water and keep dry-fly and dropper rig drifts going for extended periods of time. On the beach for schoolie stripers or sitting in a kayak for smallies, the extra length helps in keeping backcasts out of the water or off the beach. With a medium-fast action and an exceptional price, the Clearwater 966-4 is a versatile addition to any quiver.

The Clearwater 7-Weight 9' Fly Rod is at home in a number of situations, from throwing heavy streamers and nymph rigs to trout, to dropping big poppers in the lily pads for big bass. With plenty of backbone to fight big fish, this rod is at home in any situation where strength is needed, but larger big game rods would be overkill. With a medium-fast action this rod is at home on the flats for smaller bones and might be the perfect rod for schoolie stripers and blues. Incredibly versatile and remarkably affordable, the Clearwater 907-4 fly rod is an easy add to anyone's quiver.

The Clearwater 7-Weight 10' Fly Rod is the single-handed steelheader's go-to rod with all the length and line control necessary for light to medium Midwest steelheading using subsurface nymphing or dead-drift presentations. This rod is also the rod of choice in the UK for use with multiple density lines on reservoirs and still waters.

The Clearwater 8-Weight 9' Fly Rod joins the Orvis 908-4 arsenal as the most popular big game rod model for species from big freshwater bass to bonefish, stripers, and false albacore. Any traveling angler, whether headed to the tropics, Bristol Bay, or South America, needs a 908-4 and the Clearwater is not only a great choice in the quiver, but is also a spectacular backup given the remarkable price point. If ever there was trip insurance, this rod is it, but never doubt the fact it is built to be the primary backed by a 25-year guarantee to prove it.

If you love steelheading with a single-hand rod but don't want to spend a fortune, the Clearwater 8-Weight 10' Fly Rod is the perfect solution. Power, reach, and a rod designed in Vermont by Orvis rod designers with just the action you need. Perfect for saltwater shore anglers as well, with the length to keep that backcast up off the beach. Big flies, big reach, big fish at a price that will make you smile.

If ever there was a rod that identified with a particular fishery, it's the Clearwater 9-Weight 9' Fly Rod and the Northeast. Four major species, striped bass, bonito, false albacore, and bluefish, all range the Northeast Coast, and the 9-foot, 9-weight reigns supreme. The Clearwater 909-4 offers the strength to handle all of these fish and to power a line through often tough and windy conditions. But anyone traveling south would be wise to bring this rod as well for snook, permit, bull reds, and even juvenile tarpon. In freshwater, this rod is the perfect pick for big bass in the weeds and carp. The Clearwater 909-4 checks off a lot of boxes in your arsenal and barely scratches the budget.

For big stripers and blues in the Northeast rips and winter bull reds in Louisiana, the Clearwater 10-Weight 9' Fly Rod offers just the power you need to throw big flies in the wind and handle the broad-shouldered strength of these great gamefish. Permit, juvenile tarpon, barracuda, and even big freshwater predators like pike and big Florida-strain largemouth in the weeds are perfect targets for this versatile rod. Whatever you're dealing with, be it size, strength, or wind, or all three. The Clearwater 910-4 is the rod and at this price, you should have a couple.

For all you predator anglers out there who love pike and musky, who want to throw big flies and figure-eight Skagit heads for deep presentations, this Clearwater 11-Weight 9'4" Fly Rod was built for you. With a 4" fighting butt added to a powerful 11-weight Clearwater with Orvis-designed fast action, the Clearwater 9411-4 gives you the edge when going after northern predators. Big fun, small price, and designed specifically to address your fly rod needs.

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