About Orvis Recon Saltwater Fly Fishing Rod

Punch through the wind to drop your fly on the nose of your quarry. This powerful rod is surprisingly light in hand and delicate enough to manage the spookiest of fish.

Recon puts a little muscle into the match, Tte fighting butt offers ideal leverage so you can win more of those sweat-breaking battles against coveted big game fish.

Our New Orvis Recon Saltwater Fly Rods are available in the length and weight combos you prefer, and each offers plenty of backbone to get the job done.

Stalk the flats with Recon’s easy-to-cast, pinpoint-accurate fly-fishing rods and outfits to add more fish stories to your repertoire.

Increased hoop strength, better tracking, improved damping, and ultimately, significantly improved accuracy are now incorporated into the Recon that is also stronger, more impact resistant, and offers the mid-price buyer access to the best technology Orvis fly rods have to offer.

Orvis Helios™ 3 is the benefactor behind the new Recon, utilizing its construction techniques and performance attributes to refine and improve the new series.

• Blanks are matte blue with charcoal and light blue accent.
• Quick rod identifier on the blank.
• Silver snake and stripping guide.
• Pewter type III anodized solid aluminum reel seat.
• 9'6" #6 - 1" "fighting butt.
• 9' #7; 10' #7; 9' #8; 10' #8; 9' #9; 9' #10 - 1.5" fighting butt.
• 9' 12 - 2.5" fighting butt.
• Nylon covered rod tube.
• 25-Year Guarantee.
• Made in USA.

Recon 6-Weight 9' 4-Piece SW Fly Rod

The Recon 6-Weight 9' 4-Piece SW Fly Rod offers impressive saltwater performance—and more.

Light saltwater is some of the most fun you can have with a fly rod, and the Recon 6-Weight 9' 4-Piece SW in the saltwater configuration is the weapon you want.

Whether schoolie stripers or bonefish on a calm flat, hooking into a saltwater game fish with a light rod is pure enjoyment. But make no mistake, the Recon 906-4 SW has the ability to handle the task, cut through the wind, and with its improved accuracy, provide you with the perfect fly rod at a price you'll love.

The best part is this is a great double- duty rod for freshwater as well, offering exactly the same performance as the freshwater Recon 906-4, only configured with a solid aluminum reel seat and a fighting butt.

Orvis Recon 6-Weight 9'6" 4-Piece Fly Rod

Extend your reach (and your buying power) with the Recon 6-Weight 9'6" 4-Piece Fly Rod. Whether you need the reach for light steelheading or the backcast height to avoid the beach behind you, the Recon 6-Weight 9'6" 4-Piece Fly Rod gives you that extended length.

This is a great heavy nymphing rod with the power to handle heavy rigs and the reach to control the drift for longer periods.

If you're looking for extended line control and mending ability, the Recon 966-4 is a superior option that, while extending your reach, is still close to standard rod length, making it a very versatile tool to have in your quiver.

In fly fishing, reach and power are good things. This rod has plenty of both at a price that will have you smiling all the way to the water.

Orvis Recon 7-Weight 9' 4-Piece Fly Rod

The hardworking Recon 7-Weight 9' 4-Piece Fly Rod is a versatile weapon at a great price. If fishing for you is about chasing most anything that swims, you need the Recon 7-Weight 9' 4-Piece Fly Rod.

Bonefish, bass, schoolie stripers, carp, pike, big trout, the target list is endless for the Recon 907-4.

With improved accuracy and strength, this is versatility at its best. Dead center in the middle of the line-weight spectrum, the 907-4 is a great rod for any quiver, giving you so many options for species. If there is a no-frills work truck in the fly rod world, the Recon 9' 7-weight is it.

Orvis Recon 7-Weight 10' 4-Piece Fly Rod

Steelheaders take heed: The Recon 7-Weight 10' 4-Piece Fly Rod offers performance and value.

The Recon 7-Weight 10' 4-Piece Fly Rod is the single-handed steelheader's best option for a mid-priced rod with premium performance.

All the length and line control you need for light to medium Midwest steelheading using subsurface nymphing or dead-drift presentations. This rod is also exceptional in the UK for use with multiple density lines on reservoirs and still waters.

Orvis Recon 8-Weight 9' 4-Piece Fly Rod

Saltwater fish, take heed: The Recon 8-Weight 9' 4-Piece is the fly rod that can do it all. The 8-Weight 9' 4-Piece Fly Rod is one of the two best-selling Recon length and line weight configurations. (The other one is the 905-4.) For the saltwater angler, the 908-4 is generally the first rod in the quiver based solely on its versatility in species.

From bonefish to bonito, stripers to bluefish, false albacore to redfish, the Recon 908-4 is a saltwater workhorse that can do it all. With improved accuracy and strength, this rod is a sight fishing gem.

If you like to drag big bass out of the weeds in freshwater, this rod can do it with ease, and at this price point, having one is easy and having two is even better.

Recon 8-Weight 10' 4-Piece Fly Rod

The Recon 8-Weight 10' 4-Piece Fly Rod earns props for its powerful performance and value. The Recon 8-Weight 10' 4-Piece Fly Rod is a steelheader's dream, with premium performance at an exceptional mid-price point.

The 108-4 is the answer for power and reach, and it's a rod built 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, and a price far below the performance, accuracy, and strength you will receive in return.

Orvis Recon 9-Weight 9' 4-Piece Fly Rod

The Recon 9-Weight 9' 4-Piece Fly Rod offers incredible versatility at an approachable price. The Recon 9-Weight 9' 4-Piece Fly Rod is perhaps the most versatile saltwater rod configuration there is.

In the Northeast, it is the standard for the four major fly-rod species, striped bass, bonito, false albacore, and bluefish, all of which range the Northeast Coast. The Recon 909-4 offers the strength to handle all of these fish and to power a line through often tough and windy conditions.

Go further south, and it is perfect for snook, permit, bull reds, and even juvenile tarpon. In freshwater, this rod is a good bet for lunker bass in the weeds, and carp as well.

If you spend a lot of time in salt, the Recon 909-4 will be the fly rod you use most often from beach or boat, and at this price will pay you back tenfold in the cost-to-fun ratio.

Orvis Recon 10-Weight 9' 4-Piece Fly Rod

Cast to feisty predator species and watch the Recon 10-Weight 9' 4-Piece Fly Rod perform. The Recon 10-Weight 9' 4-Piece Fly Rod knows there are times when you need more power.

Fishing for big saltwater game fish can involve heavy currents and tough winds, not to mention bigger and stronger fish.

For big stripers and blues in the Northeast rips and winter bull reds in Louisiana, the Recon 910-4 provides the power and the accuracy to put the fly where it needs to be, and then handle the result.

This is the perfect secondary rod to carry bonefishing in case you encounter permit, juvenile tarpon, and barracuda. In freshwater it is an excellent choice for throwing huge, bushy predator flies to big pike and Florida-strain largemouth in the weeds.

If big predators are your target, big flies are your ammo, and tough conditions are the norm, The Recon 910-4 is one rod you absolutely want in your hand.

Recon® 12-Weight 9' 4-Piece Fly Rod

Anglers choose the Recon 12-Weight 9' 4-Piece Fly Rod for exceptional performance and value. The Recon 12-Weight 9' 4-Piece Fly Rod is a premium performance tarpon rod, but at a price that will allow you to spend an extra day fishing.

With the latest in Orvis design and construction technology, the Recon 912-4 offers significantly improved accuracy and strength, both attributes being critical when targeting the silver king.

When the guide makes the call, you can cast with confidence, knowing this rod will track straight and true. For this price you will not find a better tarpon rod, period. Don't just take one. Take two.