These amazing hooks made it at last!!

The 2210 is a special Curved Shank pattern that is available from #14 to #30, yes that is #30.  As far as I know, we are now offering the finest curved shank hook in the business.

Not to be outdone, the Straight-eyed Streamer 2500V-SE is a must for those big streamers that have lots of swimming action.  If you are having difficulty finding these hooks, do let us know so that we can put you in touch with our stockists.

We will be getting our stock of these fantastic powerhouse rods next week.  For those of you interested to read up about them the best we can do, while we get the site ready with product sheets, is put the forthcoming ads (plenty of data in them) in the gallery so, please check them out.

All XL Rods are build using our unique mixed modulus combination so are light in the hand with the power to throw big jerkbait and work it back across the lake (and are kind to your back!!). Last weekend at the Sportfish weekend in Reading a lot of you tried them out and gave us the thumbs up … brilliant was the usual comment and that smile was priceless. The range includes a Casting / Spinning / Jerk and Fly rods so there is something for everyone.  Coming soon to Fly Fishing Tackle / Glasgow Angling / Walkers of Trowell and a few other famous names we hope.  Tight Lines!

Thanks to those of you that we met in Scotland, new faces and old.  So, what have the show, magazine and the rod got in common - well its about the rod.  The Marryat Tactical 9ft #5 made a great debut in T&S May issue’s recent review.  Great write up because it really is a great rod!  progressive action but smooth power reserves to load a lot of line and as always Tactical rods are made to fish and are not just the casting machines that some of our competitors produce.

We have new retailers with product so do check them out (see the stockists list)

We have got lots to show you in Newark … the new BROMANoDELL range of rods - World Traveller Series of fly and spinning rods, Esox Lucius Pike fly and spinning rods, Marryat Tactical Rods and of course VARIVAS hook, tippet, leaders and fly lines.  Look us up, try a rod, join us for the first show of the season, meet our guest - Johan Broman, joining us from Sweden for the event.

See you there!!

We have received our first shipment of Varivas 2200BL Barbless Curved Shank hooks - available in all sizes between #10 and #22; We have stocked them in matt bronze, but let us know if you would like them in black as we can probably arrange that too. These hooks are amazing !!  Go to one of our stockists or come and see the at the Spring Fly Fishing Show in Newark to see for yourself

We have introduced two new rods to the existing range. They are both amazing performers and a little different. They are the Marryat Tactical 8ft #3 and Marryat Tactical 9ft #8. The 8 footer is perfect for fishing small streams, great for flicking little CDC duns under overhanging trees for brownies. The #8 is a classic! Great for either sea trout or saltwater fishing for bones!! Great action and a specially black anodised reel seat to protect your assets for the longterm. Outstanding performance at an affordable price. (P.S. check out Phil Holding’s tying of the CDC Dun in the fly gallery on Varivas 2200 hooks with Marryat CDC. You can order online from www.spidersplus.co.uk)

We met up with some of the world’s finest fly tyers at the BFFI 2007 last weekend at Trenham Gardens, England. We got some good feedback from realistic fly tyer, Peter Smith. He, like many there were using various Varivas patterns “I have been using Varivas hooks for a few years now but they were hard to get hold of and the sources dried up in the USA. When I found out they were going to be available over here in the UK, I could not wait to get my hands on some. The hook I initially looked at was the 2200 Curved Shank, it is the hook I now use for my extended foam body Mayflies and adult Caddis. It’s an excellent hook, strong, lightweight and extremely sharp.
I have also been experimenting with the newly released 2410 Deep Wide Wet hooks and 2120 Wave Barbless so, watch this space.”

The new VARIVAS 2410V Deep Wide Wet hook was reviewed in the October 2007 issue of Trout & Salmon Magazine; this is what they concluded ”We think these hooks are faultless. They are sharp, perfectly proportioned and offer some new and exciting possibilities for the fly-tyer.”

Come and see our hooks and the world’s top flytyers in March 2007. We shall be offering the full range of freshwater and saltwater hooks at the show in association with our friends at Lakeland Flytying. We have quite a few new patterns to be released through the autumn months - like the 2210 Lightweight Curved Shank and 2200BL Barbless Curved Shank - with these two additions we will completed the perfect range of hooks for tying Klinkhamer - micro-Klinkhammer - Klinkhamer extreme - ly infact good for pretty much all emerger patterns.

VARIVAS_® 2410V Deep Wide Wet hooks will be arriving very soon. 2x Heavy Long tapered with V-CUT point. This hook is designed to hold larger, more aggressive fish. By using the V-CUT point this hook, in combination with its large gape, offers new security in fresh water fishing. Available in sizes #4 to #12 - colour matt bronze