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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
I decided to have a morning off of thinking about essay stuff and headed out for a couple of hours down the canal for Pike again. As usual, the weather all week has been fine – nice temps, no wind and generally good for the fly, however today the forecast was for rain and gales. [...]
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 [...]
