Famous for their jigging, popping, spinning or casting rods, some fly fishers may cringe with the introduction of these new fly rods.
The YAMAGA Blanks saltwater fly rods are very powerful and designed for casting big flies in windy conditions and fighting hard fighting fish.
It has a nice bend when pulling strong fish with plenty of lifting power. The butt section employs Nanoalloy technology and helps to also shoot line further.
The arrival of the sample test rods just missed the Maldives trip. As we were eager to try them out (more excuses to fish) We visited some ponds with the 8wt and 10wt and challenged them against big groupers, redfish, barramundi, mangrove jack, pacu and iridescent shark (patin).
The rods have no problem delivering wind resistant flies a long way. We could cast 90 to 100 feet without much problem and they handled those heavy hard-fighting fish with relative ease demonstrating a very powerful backbone.
Coming soon are the 9wt and 12wt according to the manufacturer. Can’t wait to try them on sailfish and I’ve a feeling they’ll be just great by the way the ones we’ve fished feels.
As with all fly rods, some casters will like it while some will hate it. As the rods are very fast, it feels better when using lines with heavier heads, which is what you’ll find in most saltwater fly line anyway.
A weighty grouper to test the Yamaga fly rod
The #8 Yamaga Blanks fly rod handles this hard-pulling iridescent shark (patin) without much problem
I looking for blue current version?
Hi Tacklebloke, we don’t sell that. Thanks
Where can I find the yamaga blanks saltwater fly rods????
Hi Joms, the Yamaga Blanks fly rods are still in development and product testing stage. They are not ready for sale yet. Follow us to stay updated.
hi there… i read yr review recently… are these rods in the market yet? thx/andy
Hi Andy, thanks for asking. I was recently informed they are in the the 2022 YB products catalog so they should be available in the market sometime this year.
They will look different from the ones above however as they’ve undergone a lot of development. I recently posted a photo of the final product in the Fly Fishing Asia Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/FlyFishinAsia/
Hi Juan
Could you give me a list of stores that carry the yamaga blanks ENNE rods in Hawaii or US.
Thank you
Hi Dean, at this moment of writing, there aren’t any Yamaga Blanks fly rod dealers in the US.