Fly Fishing is not only a fun sport for us. We at Vision also love developing fly tackle and promoting this great way of using your valuable free time. Being serious but having fun at the same time and not forgetting the main issues of fly fishing has taken us to the position we have today. There’s Vision in fly fishing in over 30 countries world wide.
VISION STAFF
People often ask who’s behind the Vision brand and what kind of people they are. This year we decided to pull the curtain aside a little and reveal this “secret”. We are the band who plays music on stage and behind the scenes. But just as in any good music, the band isn’t everything. It’s the tunes, the melodies and the feeling they put together. We are not posing as a world famous rock band. Our creations, Vision products, are the ones to make a splash, tell our story and create the Vision feeling. And just as in every band, we also need fans. To us fans are more like people who work with us, help us, and who dig us around the world. Without you we wouldn’t rock so hard live.
Vision Signature Rod and Reels
XO Fly Rod
Vision started the XO project in 2013. The goal was to make a rod that exceeds all the rods they have made so far in every aspect. In this time Vision have tried and tested a lot of different combinations of materials and actions. Good enough was not going to cut it – it had to be as close to perfect as possible. They also wanted to add something that tells about their origins in Finland.
Natural unsanded and unpainted blank for the best action
Novel silica nano resin combined with a mix of different carbon fibres
Finnish Curly Birch wooden insert
Up-locking precision machined aluminum reel seat
High density cork with rubber cork reinforcements
Patented single leg REC nickel titanium alloy snake guides
Titanium stripping guides from American Tackle Company
Supplied in a custom aluminium tube with engraved metal end caps together with a cloth bag
Designed and developed in Finland
XO Fly Reel
When you manage to launch a premium fly rod series which is received well by your fellow anglers, it is pretty obvious, that you want to do that also with your new fly reel. A premium reel requires a world-class brake, plenty of line capacity, a light but still solid construction and last but definitely not least a unique design to separate it clearly from all the other reels on the market. Those were Vision main objectives when they set out to do just that with their novel XO fly reels. Light large-arbour reel with a well tested brake design and super cool outlook is their new premium product to complement nicely for example their top of the line XO fly rods. 3-4 class reel is implemented with a adjustable click brake for the ultimate lightness, whereas 5/6 and 7/8 have sealed disc brake with stainless steel & carbon discs. All moving parts are greased with SKF’s water resistant bearing grease. 7/8 has full body rim for those who like to use thin monofilament running lines.
Lightweight
Precision machined
Plenty of space
#3-4 | #5-6 | #7-8
Perfect match for XO rods
Rubberized handle
Spare spools available.
Designed and developed in Finland
Merisuola Fly Rod
The backbone of the family consists of four piece lightweight fast action saltwater rods targeted to three classical shallow water species – bonefish, permit and tarpon. These rods incorporate everything Vision has learned during the 20 years of rod design and manufacturing – and then some.
A natural unsanded and unpainted blank for the best action
Unique silica nano resin combined with a mix of different carbon fibres
Patented REC nickel titanium stripping and snake guides
Full wells handles with AAAA Portuguese cork with rubber cork enforcement.
Fighting butt size varies with each rod weight and has a target species branded on the end cap of the FB
Supplied in a custom aluminum tube with engraved metal end caps together with a cloth bag
Tested all over the world by sailfish, tarpon, permit, jacks, bonefish etc…
Just recently Vision introduced three additional models to complement Merisuola family: one #6 for those ideal conditions when your favorite shallow flat is dead calm and you can see tails and backs everywhere, one #7 specially designed for coastal seatrout fishing and a generic #9 workhorse especially suitable for pike/barracuda fishing everywhere where you can find those aggressive toothy critters.
BLANKS: All carbon rods utilise carbon fibres that are bonded together by an adhesive resin. A resin material incorporating silica nano spheres provides several benefits. We spent a lot of time and money to get our hands on the latest silica nano resin, which we then combined with different carbon fibre mixes. The final secret sauce that makes our new Merisuola rods more durable and responsive than any other rod we’ve made so far is the one developed for our premium XO rods. It strenghtens the rod significantly by making it more resistant to compression. You’ll notice the advantages of it in the responsiveness and weight to strength ratio of the rod as well as in durability. We also tried a lot of different combinations of components from the rod guides to the reel seat. We tried sanded, un-sanded, painted and unpainted blanks. In the end we were left with a rod with a natural un-sanded and unpainted blank enforced with our new sauce of nano silica resin.
HANDLE AND REEL SEAT: A properly shaped high-quality handle is a crucial part of any fly rod and especially so in saltwater fly fishing where large and/or heavy flies are used in windy conditions on a regular basis. We selected proven Full wells handles with AAAA Portuguese cork with rubber cork enforcement for our flagship saltwater rods. A double nut up-locking precision machined aluminum reel seat for secure and easy locking of your reel. Fighting butt size varies with each rod weight and has a target species branded on the end cap. Collect the whole series: bonefish, permit, and tarpon.
LINE GUIDES: The two most useful properties of titanium are corrosion resistance and the highest strength-to-density ratio of any metallic element. Merisuola rods have patented two leg REC nickel titanium alloy snake guides and solid titanium stripping guides. Made in USA.
TUBE & CLOTH: A high-quality aluminum rod tube with machined bar-stock aluminum collar and caps. Bright blue with bright orange Merisuola logo. Inside the cap there is a cork layer working as a cushion with the Fishing Lion logo. Our premium aluminium Merisuola rod tube is finished with a bright orange rod cloth with individual sections for each rod parts. Easy to use and vital for the protection of your premium Merisuola fly rod.
