The Urban Fly Fisher

So to try and combat the east wind curse instead of going after trout today I decided to go after Pike on Loch Lomond. To cut a long story short I caught nothing however did manage to watch several Pike spawning amongst the weeds.

This was after I had covered an enormous amount of water. The [...]

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So I decided that as the Pike seemed to be switched on to miss out on the usual first day of the trout season shenanigans and head out again after Pike. The reasoning was that:

We never do well on the first day of the season anyway (the first couple of weeks actually)

It was nice calm [...]

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It was cold, at one point there were hailstones - it was windy and on occasion just plain old raining. This was not your usual wind, this was lazy wind - a wind that is too lazy to go around you instead it just goes through your waterproof jacket, your windproof top and into your [...]

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Vibrations – that what I need in coloured water to attract those Pike. You see, they have a long lateral line to detect the slightest vibration and once located the prey doesn’t stand a chance. The dorsal fin works in conjunction with the ventral and tail fins to provide the incredible acceleration we love to [...]

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So I spent ages last night making a fly - it was made entirely out of calf tail and looked great. I used some lead to help it to sink - I was looking forward to giving it a bash today - as it was the damn thing floated rendering it useless - you live [...]

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I was reading a thread about fly colour over at Shallow Fish about fly colour and whether it really maters or not. The general opinion is that it does not - at least that is my opinion anyway when it relates to Pike. I left a comment agreeing with another reader that I suspected movement [...]

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Ok, Saturday was pretty awesome as I caught that big Pike that I don’t have a picture of unfortunately – however Sunday was just as awesome as I caught 4 (landed 2) - if they were all put together and then doubled, the new pike would be still half the size of yesterdays.

Anyway, lots of [...]

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