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Hmmm, obsession. Scott shows us how it is done by sending this photo of a rather nice looking Pike. It fell to a roach deadbait and muses that it would be a lot of fun if caught on a fly rod…
I bet you it would !
It reminds me of my own personal best [...]
I have lots of work to do - I have one essay due in around 2 weeks and even though I have a good plan guess what am I thinking about constantly?
Yup - Pike slamming into my horrors down on the canal.
I think about it when driving, when falling asleep, in meetings, at my desk, in [...]
Woke up - 8am - already things are not going well as I have slept in. I get my shit together and head out - the day is not looking good - pretty wild weather with a smattering of light rain. Still, I have been looking forward to this all week. It does not matter [...]
I was starting to think my recent unsuccessful attempts at Pike were to do with pure technique and possibly choice of flies. I was glad then to hear other people have been struggling down on the Forth n Clyde as well - a recent commenter (Scott) has been struggling as well.
Still the tide (as they [...]
Well, two sessions after Pike the last two weekends - result - nil points!
I took peoples advice and on the deeper sections (the canal basins) I used a fast sinking leader - it got the fly down deeper but did not manage to raise a Pike from the depths. After a couple of hours I [...]
