Coming Very Soon to Lakeland, The Lakeland Genetic Chinese and Polish Brahma Rooster Capes!

Published : 18 March 2010 at 12:55

For the last 12 months Lakeland have worked hard to create a stunning range of dry fly capes and saddles and doing our best to cover different price brackets so we have high quality capes to suite every fly tiers needs and the response as been fantastic with stock turning over very fast, in the current climate that’s what Lakeland are after! Working with Whiting Farms Nigel as chosen 2 VERY SPECIAL ROOSTER CAPES for Salmon Flies, Streamers, Saltwater Flies and Lures. The first is the Lakeland Genetic Chinese Capes, 18 months ago Nigel dyed some but with not enough hours in the day Whiting are dying 18 STUNNING COLOURS for Lakeland, these are Big Pelts heavily Feathered and a 100 times better than a standard Chinese neck. Colours will vary from the image shown but once we get the pelts we will update the colours. The Second cape is The Polish Brahma Rooster Cape, this is a bigger version of the very popular Brahma Sets that we stock, a very big densely feathered silver badger rooster dyed in 16 stunning colours for the Salmon and Saltwater Flies! These Capes HAVE BEEN SPECIALLY SELECTED FOR THE SIZE AND QUALITY OF HACKLE. Lakeland should receive delivery towards the end of March.

Ad Swier Absolute Pike Hooks are Back in STOCK!

Published : 14 March 2010 at 09:46

Ad Swier Pike Hooks are Back IN STOCK, now available Ad Swier Absolute Pike, Ad Swier Pike Hook in Black and Black Nickel! Also arriving back in stock are the Very Popular Partridge Flash Point Hooks, The Dry, The Wet, The Lightning Dry and the Ideal Nymph barbed and Ideal Nymph barbless.

Varivas products are back in stock!

Published : 13 March 2010 at 09:05

Lakeland have just received a top up order from Varivas, the VERY POPULAR VARIVAS AIRS SHOOTING LINE is back in stock! Our customers are telling Lakeland that this is the VERY BEST SHOOTING LINE AVAILABLE so if you require extra distance give it a TRY! Lakeland have also put the following Varivas Hooks in the stock System, Varivas Iwai F2000 Floating Nymph, Varivas Iwai Terrestrial T2000, Varivas 2400V Wet Fly, Nigel believes this is one of the very best Wet Fly Hooks Available! Varivas 2500V Streamer/Nymph Hook, the ULTIMATE Lure and Nymph Hook, superb holding power, Varivas 2510WB Keel Streamer, Varivas 2410 Deep Wide Wet, Varivas 2500V-SE a straight eyed version of the 2500V and the Ultimate emerger hook the Varivas 2210 4X fine curved hook.

Marryat Fly Tying Tools at Lakeland

Published : 12 March 2010 at 10:43

Lakeland have just received a nice range of fly tying tools from Marryat, including the Marryat CDC Tool, Marryat Bodkin, Marryat Finisher (Half Hitch Tool) and the Marryat Hackle Pliers. High Quality tools that are very pleasing to the eye and nice to use! Lakeland will be entering Varivas and Partridge products into the stock system over the WEEKEND.

Virtual Nymph Products are BACK IN STOCK!

Published : 07 March 2010 at 06:54

Virtual Nymph products are back in stock at Lakeland! The Very popular Virtual Nymph, Nymph Skin is available in a large range of colours to tie your ultra realistic nymphs! Virtual Nymph Flexi-Body is also back in stock with the full range of colours available, the very best product for those little nymph patterns! Also Take a look at the Virtual Nymph Water Wing, Synthetic Quills and the Virtual Nymph Stoneclinger Head and Wing Plates! Get tying those NYMPHS for some early season Fishing!

VARIVAS Tapered Leaders and Tippet Material at Special Offer Prices! This WEEKEND ONLY!

Published : 06 March 2010 at 06:39

For this weekend ONLY Lakeland have put ALL THE VARIVAS Tapered Leaders and Tippet Material on Special Offer! Stock up for the Start of The Season and SAVE CASH! Take a look at the Varivas Super Yamame 14ft, The Varivas Super Yamame Flat Butt 12ft, Super Yamme Leaders are the Ultimate tappers for Dry Flies and Midge Patterns. Varivas All Purpose Flu. Carbon 9ft and The Varivas All Purpose Flu.Carbon 12ft will help you fish those flies that little bit deeper! For Bigger Salmon Flies we have the Varivas Salmon and Saltwater Leaders designed to turn over BIG FLIES! The Very popular Varivas Standard Leaders are available in 9ft and 71/2ft with a taper design to turn over flies from nymphs to small dries! If you are doing a lot of Nymph and wet fly fishing take a look at the Varivas Underwater Nymph and Wet Fly Leader in 9ft and 71/2ft, so that’s the leaders taken care of. Varivas Tippet material is also reduced for this weekend, so stock up on your Varivas Fluoro Carbon Tippet, Varivas Super Tippet Material and the very popular Varivas Super Midge Tippet Material. STOCK UP NOW, SPECIAL OFFER PRICES ARE FOR THIS WEEKEND ONLY!

Virtual Nymph Flexi-Body is BACK IN STOCK!

Published : 05 March 2010 at 10:25

Lakeland now have the full range of Virtual Nymph Flexi-Body back in stock! The Ultimate product for your ultra realistic nymph imitations, but also great for thorax covers and the backs on Czech Nymphs. Very east to use and forms great segmented bodies for Baetis Nymphs. Lakeland have also put more mole skins in natural and olive into the system. More stock will go into the system on Saturday and don’t forget about the Varivas Tapered Leader and Tippet SALE! 

Varivas Tippet Material and Tapered Leaders GO ON SALE! 6th & 7th March 2010

Published : 04 March 2010 at 10:37

With Spring and the New Fishing Season approaching Lakeland are putting the Varivas Fluoro Carbon, Super Tippet, Midge Super Tippet plus the FULL RANGE of Tapered Leaders on Sale this Weekend the 6th & 7th of March of 2010. Take the chance to stock up on tippet material and save cash at the same time!

Golden Pheasant Body Skins at Lakeland

Published : 01 March 2010 at 19:53

 

Golden Pheasant Body Skins in, Red, Orange, Green and Natural have gone into the stock system along with Plastic Tubes, Aluminium Tubes and clear silicone tubing. Golden Pheasant Body Skins give you perfect hackles for your shrimp flies and many other Salmon flies, extremely well dyed nice bright colours.

Thread ATTACK at Lakeland!

Published : 28 February 2010 at 10:26

It’s Sunday Morning but Nigel is still putting stock into the system! Nige as just entered the VERY POPULAR Sheer 14/0 Thread into the stock system, all colours are now in stock. We have also entered the Uni-Trico and the Uni-8/0 Super Midge Pre-Waxed thread into the web system plus the ULTIMATE Tag and HOT SPOT Product, Glo-Brite Floss, all colours are now in stock! Also BACK IN STOCK are Veniard Floo Glue and Clear Varnish.

The Lakeland Beetle

Published : 16 July 2009 at 09:35

So easy to tie, but absolutely deadly. I have been fishing this pattern for years on the local waters for brown and rainbow trout, it fishes right in the surface film just were the trout expect to find terrestrials like beetles. In a decent wave you might struggle to spot your fly because they sit low in the water, try coating the fly with the Roman Moser Miracle Fly Floatant and it will ride a lot higher! Even on the brightest of days this pattern will pull fish up from the depths.

Tying is so easy, start off with a wide gape hook like the Varivas Iwai Terrestrial T2000, we are finding these hooks very good. I use Black UTC 70 for the thread, catch this in just behind the eye and cover the hook shank. Cut a strip of Evazote Foam about 4mm wide, cut one end to a point and catch it in 2mm back from the eye, take the tying thread down making segments in the foam, the less foam you crush the more buoyant the fly! When you have gauged the length of the fly take the tying thread forward again to the half way point, catch in about 4 strands of peacock herl and secure them in place as you take the thread to the back of the fly. Take hold of the Peacock Herl and tying thread together and start to wind forward, as you do this they will twist together making the herl very strong. Wind to the 2/3 point and then bring the foam over the top, secure in place and keep taking the thread forward to the hook eye, you should now have the foam pointing over the hook eye. Cover the flattened foam with peacock herl and then pull the foam back over the peacock herl and tie off.

Fish on a floating line casting it a cross the waves and let it drift around, if you see any movement at the end of the line lift the rod tip and hopefully the rod tip will buckle as a trout goes crazy.