We are pleased to announce that we will be working with AFW on their saltwater and fresh water products.  Look out for SURFLON Micro Supreme - it is the ultimate Pike Leader material being nylon coated 7×7 stainless steel wire, it is very fine and supple and is as easy to tie as monofilament.  We shall be stocking the Ultra 1×19, SURFLON 1×7 and the original SURFSTRAND 1×7 so there is plenty to choose from

Well, it’s nearly that time again … we are getting ready with new gear and our team to give you a test drive of any of our range - from the value kits offering rod, reel and line for a budget to the superb Tactical Fly rods, we have special offers and one off items for your every fishing need!  Come and try the mega Esox Lucius 9/10 wt specialist pike rod (pssst….. we might even be able to sneak you a spinning rod of you can need it, but don’t tell Steve as he’s a purist!)

Drop by and meet Mark Anderson, Phil White, Ben Spinks, Paul Sissons if you would like to try out or get some coaching on casting techniques

See you at the weekend in Newark!

Perfect for short work on brooks and streams for wild brownies!  4-piece rod with all of the hallmarks of the Marryat Tactical stable.  These rods will be arriving early in the new year so you can try one before the start of the new season.  Ask your local stockist to show you one … we will send it to him ASAP.

They will be launched at the Spring Fly Fishing Show 2009 in Newark in the first weekend of March where you will be able to meet Olivier Meurant from Marryat Europe and our casting team to give this or ANY of the Marryat Tactical rods a test of your own

Great to see old friends and new at this years BFFI in Trentham Gardens.  As always, many people have never heard of us but after demonstrating our great products we have added a few new converts.

This is the season of peace, goodwill, Grayling and Pike and so we are in cold-mode down here in Dorset.  A couple of outings in November showed some pretty good Grayling  and we have heard stories of good Pike on our new rods in the even colder North!

We wish all of our customers near and far and fishing friends a restful holiday and all the fish you want in the New Year (season)!  But don’t forget, you will NEVER catch fish on the casts you don’t make next season - so get out there, take a friend and share your stories, pics and detailsof the catch with us all!!

If you would like to see the ESOX LUCIUS range in person, do drop in at the conference and try them out and see for yourself.  Johan Broman, founder of BROMANoDELL and the designer of this amazing series of rods, will be joining us from Sweded.  He has fished them all, so will be able to discuss the design concept and give you hints and ideas about casting monster flies, animating huge jerk baits and casting technique.                                See you there!! 

We have had a few questions asking where to get a hold of these amazing rods … well we have a few famous names working with us already.  Try any of the following to get hold of rods, lures or gear like the tackle station -      Glasgow Angling Centre, Glasgow on 0870-9201120 or www.fishingmegastore.com -      Walkers of Trowell of Trowell on 0115-9307798 -      Leslies of Luton on 01582-453542 -      Wharfedale Angling Classics, Otley on 01943-463528 -      Fly Fishing Tackle, Crediton on 0845-6448230 or www.fly-fishing-tackle.co.uk -       Please let us know if you are having any trouble finding our products!

Thanks to all of you who visited us at Birr Castle.  We had a great few days enjoying that special hospitality that Ireland is famous (thanks Mike and the guys from Fish Hunt!).  At the show we launched the range of Esox Lucius Specialist Pike rods in Ireland and received a great reception from all those who tried them.  We sold out of a few models so a few of you were disappointed - you can now get them from two of our stockists;     Fish Hunt, Toureena, via Clonmel, Eire - please call Philip Maher on 058-47524 or on his mobile 087-83399345 -     Greenheart Tackle,  Clogher, Ireland - please call Tom Woods on 028-85548659 or Stevie Munn on 07717-46013      … of course if you have difficulty call us and we will certainly get things organized for you  

Thanks got out to those of you we met at Blenheim Palace!  It was a scorcher and we roasted over the three days … the hot items at the show were the Marryat Tactical 10ft #4 and #5 both selling well to nymph and spider fishermen and we managed introduce a few fishermen to the Esox Lucius Pike Fly Rods 9ft #9/10, you can find thm all at our usual retailers and additionally for the Esox Lucius range … Glasgow Angling Centre and Leslies of Luton.  See you at Birr Castle, Ireland

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!