Travel-ready, the Frequent Flyer™ fly rod packs right into your backpack, saddlebag, even your briefcase. This fly rod is so great to travel with. Carry the fly rod onto any plane to forever end any and all worry about your fly rod making it to your final fishing destination. Keep it right in your vehicle, out of the way, for quick fishing getaways at lunch, or pack it into the backcountry far easier than even a four-piece fly rod. Seven-piece rods for fresh and salt water, all in the most affordable, high-quality, high-performance travel rods on the market today. Built to our exact taper design, component, and production specifications, every step of the overseas production is supervised by Orvis. Take a Flyer!Fly rod details:9 foot, 7 piece, Tip Flex fly rod for 9 weight line, 4 5/8 oz.Packable seven-piece design, 16"-17¾" collapsed.Aluminum oxide stripping guides, chromesnake guides.Hard chrome tip-top.Fly rod has alignment dots for easy assembly.Reel seat: Freshwater--silver anodized aluminum with dark green woven graphite spacer. Saltwater--black, hard anodized aluminum.Protective Cordura®-covered hard case with sleeve dividers.Guaranteed only against defects in materials and workmanship. 30-day Risk Free TrialRod Flex indexThe most affordable, high-quality, high-performance travel fly rods on the market today. Our Frequent Flyer® fly rods are built to our exact taper designs, component, and production specifications. Saltwater configuration. Crisp Tip-Flex action to throw larger flies in any conditions. This fly rod is targeted for fishing saltwater species 6-30 lbs.
Average Customer Rating:
4.2 out of 5
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4 of 5 (80%) customers would recommend this product to a friend.
Customer Reviews for Frequent Flyer 909-7 Fly Rod
Review 1 for Frequent Flyer 909-7 Fly Rod
Overall Rating:
1
/ 5
Bad quality,
March 15, 2010
By:
CharlieK
"I got the frequent flyer rod 9wt about two years ago. I like the rod and the concept of the seven pieces making it super easy to pack and bring with you. However this fall I realized that the connections points (where one piece slides over the other) between the rod pieces had starting getting cracks, on several of the rod segments. I have always been very careful disassembling the rod. To be fair I’ve often used the rod cold weather casting big flies but this seems like something the rod should be able to handle. So I went and talked with the people at the Orvis store in central Boston, Quincy Market, to ask if they had any warranty for this. I was told that this was not the case and that they actually had no type of warranty for these rods. The guy in the store said he had a rod with a similar problem from another customer that he had tried to return to Orvis for replacement but that Orvis would not replace that either. This was another rod model that I would assume from this didn’t have such a great warranty either. The guy in the store said that other Orvis stores might be more generous with their warranties. So I can’t really say if this is the warranty policy of that store or Orvis, the store however is an official Orvis store. So the seven-piece concept just turned into extra weak points that could break in my experience, I’ve never seen this in any other rod that I have owned. So with this in mind I will give an otherwise nice rod a bad rating as a product in whole… Maybe the bad rating should just go to the Orvis store in Boston or the warranty policies of Orvis? Karl"
Review 2 for Frequent Flyer 909-7 Fly Rod
Overall Rating:
5
/ 5
Great for Airport Travel,
October 13, 2008
By:
PBTravelerfrom Salem, OR
"I purchase a 5 wt. Mid Flex 3 weeks ago. My work takes me to many places in CA, OR, WA, ID, MT, BC and AB CANADA. I never check my bags so I needed something small for trout on the Clark Fork or American River. The rod is very strong! I pulled in two steelhead on the North Umpqua outside of Glide, OR and the only thing I was worried about was my 5X tippet breaking. Great rod, if I had the money I would buy a 7 wt. or 9 wt. for the salmon fishing. Don't waste your money on any other rod if you are look for somthing small to put in your carry-on. I hate wasting money!!!!!!"
Review 3 for Frequent Flyer 909-7 Fly Rod
Top 250 Contributor
Overall Rating:
5
/ 5
Hidden Treasure by Orvis,
July 18, 2008
By:
Abdullahfrom Muscat, Oman
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"I got the Orvis 9 weight Frequent Flyer Rod and an Orvis Battenkill Mid Arbor reel. I took casting lessons and my instructor thought the rod was a joke till he tried it then he went crazy over it. Then I flew to Belize and my guide laughed at my rod and reel when I told him I wanted a nice Tarpon, Permit and Jack. I ended up getting 2 Tarpons (about 80lbs and 30 lbs) and a good number of large Jacks. These are great products by Orvis. Did I also mention that I used the 9 weight Orvis redfish floating line. With this combination, we could all cast further than any other setup the guide and lodge had. My guide put aside all the heavy gear he was bringing as backup by the end of the week."
Review 4 for Frequent Flyer 909-7 Fly Rod
Overall Rating:
5
/ 5
Small Package Big Backbone,
June 27, 2008
By:
CorbinaBlufrom SoCalif
"I purchased this rod for its portability going through airports and jamming into little rental cars around central Mexico. However, I was leery of seven pieces standing up to big fish. Was I ever impressed. I effortlessly threw 6 and 8 inch sardina patterns with 10 wt shooting tapers to hot Dorado and when the time came (which was often) the rod could put the muscle on the 25-30 pounders when they bulldogged for the bottom as well as any conventional boat rod can. Other rods (not Orvis) up to 13 wt. on the boat broke - not this one. I also have a TLS 2 pc. 9 wt. for surf and bays in SoCal and this 7 pc. is just as smooth."
Review 5 for Frequent Flyer 909-7 Fly Rod
Overall Rating:
5
/ 5
Great Stealth Package,
October 4, 2007
By:
hdfixerfrom San Jose CA
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Stripping a clouser near A'Bay.
"I recently took a family vacation (not an exclusive fishing vacation) to the Big Island of Hawaii. I have a 2 1/2 year old son, which means we would have our hands full at the aiports on our journey, so I purchased this combo, with the matching Mid Arbor reel. They easily packed into my suitcase, in fact they took up so little room that I took my 5wt Frequent Flier as well for smaller water.
The 9 weigh cast beautifully - you would never guess that it was 7 piece by feel. And the reel matched well. I could throw long casts all day for umulu, barracuda and bonefish.
This is the perfect setup to get in some fishing without hauling a ton of gear with you!"
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