Featured in last month’s Trout and Salmon Magazine – these really are amazing! They are the latest innovation in tapered leaders – with the sole aim of providing the fly-fisher with even more delicate presentation and ideal turn-over.
VARIVAS Yamame Leaders are 12ft long with a unique profile – 55% butt and a gradual taper over 28% with a relatively short point of 17%, they are available in 4X  5X  6X and 7X, and are ideal for use with the dry flies used on chalk streams.
Their unique flat butt gives additional suppleness for ease of knotting – the yellow-coloured butt and taper make these leaders highly visible to the fly-fisher while maintaining stealth with a clear point section.  Produced from pure nylon, they are supple from butt to point and have no memory, making them ideal for delicate presentation.
For a low profile connection leader to fly line use one of our finest Marryat Braided Loops (2-5wt or 5-8wt) and tie the leader to the loop using a clinch or improved clinch knot.  This will reduce the “slurp” as you lift off the water to cast and makes hinging at the loop impossible!

You can buy them on line at Lakeland Flytying (www.lakelandflytying.com) or Fly Fishing Tackle (www.fly-fishing-tackle.co.uk)

Many thanks to all those who attended the show, braving the elements to see us.  We sold quite a few Marryat Tactical fly rods, XL Pike rods – spinning, casting and fly rods and BROMANoDELL World Series Fly and Spinning Rods.  We also had the chance to meet quite a few youngsters getting started in fishing offering them a little encouragement and a few freebies.

Watch out for us at the BFFI 2009 show at Trentham Gardens where we will be showing the new 10ft Tactical Rods in 3 and 6 weight!!

Before I mention that there is a fantastic special offer at Lakeland Fly Tying (www.lakelandflytying.com) on these lines let me make a couple of quick comments about what makes these lines so different to the rest of the pack.

Firstly they are  specifically designed for fly-fishing at close quarters (unlike many of our competitors who believe that competition casting is the future of fly fishing!!), so are brilliant where the surroundings make a long back cast difficult.  With a shorter head our lines need less distance to load the line so that close in presentation is easy – just remember that most fish not hooked at the end of a 40 yard cast!

Double Tapers are a must where the ultimate presentation is sought, here we offer a 22 yard line in 2 and 3 weight as well as 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 and 8 weight. Its worth mentioning that the taper for the two and three weights are quite different the classic line weights of four to eight, this is because such rods are usually shorter so need a sweet-spot that is closer to the front end.
Weight Forward lines are really useful in a breeze and where effortless and accurate casts are required over a longer distance.  Our weight-forwards feature the Wind Block Taper which has been developed so as not to overload the blank but to still achieve the distance
All of our lines feature the renowned AIRS Hollow Nylon Single Monofilament Core, making VARIVAS lines 20% more buoyant than other floating lines and because of VARIVAS technology have virtually no memory and have Double-Flex Hard Coating greatly improves buoyancy, durability, suppleness and slickness so that the line will whistle through the rings with the greatest of ease. All lines are avalable in both Sand and Orange