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Helix Series Rods
“The more I use the Helix, the more respect the rod commands. The 8 weight Helix is a dream to fish and gives me everything I need to land the famed Golden Dorado! What a rod and easy to pack with its four sections. It’s the lightest feeling eight weight I have ever used yet it has the power to punch a big fly into a heavy wind and handle the shooting and sinking heads required by today’s traveling fly fishers. A great all around rod for bones, steelhead, salmon and the golden Dorado of Argentina.”
– Jack Dennis
The Helix series rods incorporate T&T’s BAFT™ Graphite System, a new matrix of fiber orientation, which enables the design of rods with increased strength power and lightness. Built to achieve light swing weight and ultra-sure trajectories, they also meet today’s needs for portability. All Helix rods are of four-piece construction and fitted with appropriate reel seats to meet salt and freshwater situations. Line weights 3-6 are offered with a western grip and 7-10 feature the full wells grip. For species diversity and portability, Helix does it all.
Model |
Length |
Sections |
Line |
Price |
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| HE 864-4 |
8'6" |
4 |
4 |
$693.00 |
Purchase |
| HE 904-4 |
9' |
4 |
4 |
$698.00 |
Purchase |
| HE 905-4 |
9' |
4 |
5 |
$704.00 |
Purchase |
| HE 906-4 |
9' |
4 |
6 |
$709.00 |
Purchase |
BAFT™ - A Step Beyond
T&T introduces to the fly fishing industry, a superior rod construction of double helical graphite fibers known as BAFT (Bi-Angular Fiber Technology).
Figure 1
When conventional (non-helical) rods are subjected to heavy flex loads, they tend to become oval, losing rod action and strength. |
Figure 2
The single helical graphite structure keeps the rod blank round when it is heavily loaded during casting and while fighting a hooked fish. However, graphite fibers are more easily stretched than compressed. Ordinary helical rod designs utilize a single continuous fiber which spirals at an angle for the length of the part, similar to a coil spring. Therefore, torque or twisting is not inhibited equally in both directions of rotation or twist. Yet, torque loads from twisting rods can result in a less accurate line trajectory and reduced performance. |
Figure 3
Our new Bi-Angular Fiber Technology of left and right opposing rotational fibers inhibits torque or twisting in both directions of rotation. Combining superior taper designs with T&T’s BAFT construction and the strategic use of Aramid fiber enables the creation of a rod blank with increased strength, power and lightness and a heightened feel of the line beyond the rod tip. |
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