Description Using Thermoplastic technology found nowhere else in the sporting goods industry, the T3 will not only change the way all fly rods are made, it will change the way a fly rod performs for you. Unconditional 25-year guarantee. Each rod comes in a painted aluminum tube (olive for freshwater, blue for salt) with specially vented cap.
(price ranges from $550 to $650 depending on model)
Summary: I broke my T3 three times before it was one year old...very fragile rod...when it broke the last time, I asked Orvis for another version and they sent me a new Hydros..Orvis does stand by their warrantee!
Customer Service: Excellent all three time the rod was sent back.
Similar Products Used: varios
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Summary: The T3 is a fine fly rod is you are careful with it. The performance is about as good as there is.
I have broken two of these rods in the last 5 months. I will not have another one because I demand better durability in my equipment.
Similar Products Used: Orvis TLS, Winston Ibis, St. Croix various
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Summary: This is an excellent rod. I happened to visit the retail store the day before they had a big sale and the salesperson told me they had these rods half off for one day only, first-come first served. He let me go out back with one to the casting pool and cast around. I instantly fell in love. The next day, I was waiting in the parking lot 45 minutes before they opened to make sure I had one. I use it for everything. It has plenty of power and can really get the line out as well as send a tiny dry through a 2 foot window between trees and lay it out with bairly a ripple. I would definitely recommend this for anyone looking for versatility. I have an 8'6" 5 weight 8.0 mid-flex.
Customer Service: I have never had to use it but I hear it is top-notch.
Similar Products Used: Custom, St. Croix, Temple Fork
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Summary: Awesome! I've had a multitude of Flyrods throughout my years of Flyfishing (20+yrs). I started out with a fibreglass rod I bought at Dunhams. It finally broke while I was wrestling a foul hooked carp on the Clinton River in Rochester Hills, MI. I then moved on to graphite rods, and now the T3.
I've purchased the 8'6" 4wt 4 pc model. In fact, I did it today. Got a great deal too! At Bass Pro Shops, it's selling for $595 minus 25% if you trade in an older rod for it. That was a no brainer for a habitual fly fisherman like myself.
Performance???? Incredible (Period). I consider myself a pretty darn good fly fisherman already (I'm trying to be sincere here), and this rod just makes it a whole lot easier. I can cast accuratley with minimal effort.
For example, I immediatly put the rod to the test, and took it to my favorite trout stream....Paint Creek in Rochester Hills, MI.
Standing on along the bank that was about 4-5 ft high above the water, and I had this tiny tree that I had to cast over. The stream is about 10-12 ft wide, and it was shaded by the canopy of taller trees.
There was section of riffles above me, a good feeding lane on the otherside, and the beginnings of a pool directly below.
I made an initial false cast into the water just to get my line out and my nymph in. I stretched out my casting arm (right arm) over the tiny tree directly below me, following the drift of the nymph, and with a deep breath I made a cast across the stream shooting the line inbetween two branches with a window of 3 ft. This was a size 16 beadhead Pheasant Tail with a number 4 split shot 1-1/2 ft up the leader. It took just a flick of my wrist, and very little effort. The rod had incredible feel to it, and I could sense without even seeing the fly where it was going....across the stream, slightly above my position, and directly along the edge of that run.
After 3 casts, I hooked into a fiesty 14 16" rainbow. What fun!
Then my cellphone rang, and I had to call it quites. The wife was starting to give me her list of ultimatums if I didn't get my ass home within the hour......I'll be back....
Catching fish was never so easy. The hard part is telling the wife why it cost $500...(I just need to remind her how much her last purse cost)
Customer Service: No experience yet with Orvis Customer service.
Similar Products Used: Nothing similar, but I've flyfished many rods.
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Review Date January 7, 2004
Overall Rating 5 of 5
Value Rating 5 of 5
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Reviewed by: James Moore(Unregistered User)
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Day Hiker
Summary: I started flyfishing with an Orvis Trident 2pc 5wt. The rod was great for a beginner like myself and very forgiving. When the time came for an upgrade I checked out Sage and Winston along with the new T3 as it had just come out. Due to my experience with the quality of other Orvis products I have purchased I went with the T3 865 Mid Flex. I must say that I am extremely pleased with the rod. Probably my favorite feature is it's all around capability. Long power casts or short delicate presentations are no problem for this rod. I fish in the mountains of Western North Carolina and fishing can vary from having the opportunity for 40'-60' casts to being in very close quarters having to make short flips on small streams with lots of over hang. I fish everything from #20-#12 drys, tiny midges, double nymphs, and streamers and the rod works beautifully with them all. I would have to say that the ability of the rod certainly maximizes my skill and fishing abilities. I think you would be hard pressed to find a rod with any better quality, fit, finish, and just plain beauty.
Customer Service: Over the last few years I have bought vests, waders, boots, tools, and other trinkets from Orvis and have never had a problem with any of it. It has all been great quality. This past fall I broke the tip off of my T3 trying to get my line untangled from a tree! I called Orvis and, of course, their warranty covers any product defect and even covers when you do something dumb like I did to break your rod. They told me to send the rod in for repair and that I would receive it back in 3 to 6 weeks. Two weeks later I was very pleasantly suprised to receive my rod back. The really nice thing is that it wasn't my rod at all. They had sent me a brand new T3. Only the tip section of my rod was broken so I expected that they would just fit on a new second section and I would have been completely satisfied with that. Instead, I get back a brand new rod. You can't beat that!
Similar Products Used: Orvis Trident 5wt, Casting with Sage and Winston.
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