RIO Elite Permit 9 Weight Front strap zippered pocket with

Front strap zippered pocket with hide-behind forceps stash

and audible clicks help you take the guesswork out of setting your preferred control level

Long head (~46–49’)

And we specifically designed it to continue to impress you whether you’re still learning or many years in to your fly fishing career

Since the mid-1990_s

RIO Elite Permit 9 Weight Front strap zippered pocket withPermit are the most technically demanding fish on the flats. They inspect their food carefully, reject presentations that land wrong, change direction without warning, and disappear in an instant. The RIO Elite Permit was built around each of those specific challenges. The front taper is designed for soft fly entry enough front taper length to dissipate energy gradually at the leader junction so the fly lands without a splash that sends a fish down.