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Highland Rod Company

Highland Stealth

Highland Stealth

$795.00 USD
$795.00 USD
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30-Day Performance Guarantee · Lifetime Warranty · Ships in about two weeks

Guarantee and warranty

Fish your Highland rod for 30 days. If it does not perform the way we say it will, send it back for a full refund. Every Highland rod is warranted against manufacturing defects for life.

Build time and shipping

Highland rods are built to order in our shop. Please allow about two weeks from your order date for your rod to ship.

The competition nymphing rod fished to individual and team gold at the 2026 World Fly Fishing Championship.

The Stealth was designed for one thing: telling you what your flies are doing. A sensitive tip reads the soft stops that most rods never report. A balanced blank keeps your arm fresh through a long session. And there is enough backbone to turn a good fish on light tippet.

It is the rod our competition anglers chose for the biggest stage in the sport. It is also the rod that will make an ordinary Saturday on your home water feel different.

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Proven at the World Championship.

Michael Bradley, Austin Shoemaker and Mike Komara fished Highland rods to team gold at the 2026 World Fly Fishing Championship, and Michael took individual gold as well. Lawson Braun fished the Stealth to individual and team gold at the 2025 Youth World Fly Fishing Championship.

Highland Stealth reel seat

Built for any situation.

The Stealth was designed to handle whatever the river throws at you. A soft tip that protects tippet down to 10X, a lower half with the backbone to land big fish, and casting accuracy that puts your flies exactly where you aim.

It is the same rod our Pro Staff fish in competition. Nothing is held back for the team.

Built by hand in Tennessee.

Every Stealth is built to order in our shop. Allow about two weeks from order to shipping. We would rather build it right than build it fast.

Rods being built in the Highland Rod Company shop

30-Day Performance Guarantee

Fish it for 30 days. If it does not perform for you, send it back for your money back.

Lifetime Warranty

Covered for life against manufacturing defects.

Broke a section? Order Stealth replacement pieces →

Built to Order

Hand built in Tennessee and shipped in about two weeks.

See it on the water.

Austin Shoemaker tests the Highland Stealth

Austin Shoemaker tests the Stealth: 2wt vs 3wt vs Brand X

Highland Stealth 10'6 3wt first impressions

Michael Bradley's first impressions of the 10'6" 3wt

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Todd Milner

I fished my new Highland Stealth 10 ft 2 weight rod from Highland Rods today. They hit it out of the park with this rod. It’s effortless to cast and pinpoint accuracy is easy with a great recovery speed. Even though the rod feels very lightweight in hand, it’s got plenty of backbone and handled fat 17 and 18 inch wild rainbows with ease. Thanks to Highland Rods for making my new favorite rod and thanks to Team USA angler and current World Championship bronze medalist Michael Bradley for letting me fish his rod and introducing me to Highland rods.

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Samuel Rhodes
Stealth rod is great

I really enjoy my stealth 2 wt rod . It is accurate and flexible. I have landed good sized fish with no trouble . I am not a great fisherman but have had nymphing rods for many years . This is the best. Thanks

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Dale Sheehan

I was familiar with Highland Stealth rods and initially was just curious. I watched a couple of videos with Michael Bradley and Austin Shoemaker fishing the Stealth and what initially caught my attention was the protection of very fine tippet 8X in this case. Already having a few 10′ 2wts I was still open to trying something new. At the Lancaster Fly Fishing Show I got to spend time talking with Roger Wilson ,Michael Bradley and Austin Shoemaker about the rods. I ordered the 10′ 2wt with the Katana grip, the rod came with a super secure rod tube. My first day out with the rod I setup with 8X tippet. The rod performed great. The fish weren’t all that big but I never felt overmatched even in the swift currents. The recovery and accuracy were awesome I was getting into some very tight spots. This my first impression looking forward to get out more with it.

Really appreciate this—especially the note on 8X protection. That’s exactly what we built the rod to do!

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Gary
Great Contact Nymphing Rod

I used the 10' #2 rod for two days and bought it with the matching reel. Greta feel and very soft tip, very accurate. the # 2 rod is very good if you set hard, as I do.

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Chris Trovato

Phenomenal handle!