Comments on: Pike – not playing ball with the fly… http://urbanflyfisher.com/pike-not-playing-ball-with-the-fly/ Brownlining adventures...mostly! Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:25:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: scott http://urbanflyfisher.com/pike-not-playing-ball-with-the-fly/comment-page-1/#comment-2320 scott Fri, 09 Nov 2007 00:45:04 +0000 http://urbanflyfisher.com/pike-not-playing-ball-with-the-fly/#comment-2320 I hope to fit in a few hours early morning aye, hopefully i can break the rut i seem to be stuck in ! I hope to fit in a few hours early morning aye, hopefully i can break the rut i seem to be stuck in !

]]> By: Alistair http://urbanflyfisher.com/pike-not-playing-ball-with-the-fly/comment-page-1/#comment-2319 Alistair Thu, 08 Nov 2007 15:12:11 +0000 http://urbanflyfisher.com/pike-not-playing-ball-with-the-fly/#comment-2319 You going to be around on Saturday Scott ? You going to be around on Saturday Scott ?

]]> By: scott http://urbanflyfisher.com/pike-not-playing-ball-with-the-fly/comment-page-1/#comment-2318 scott Thu, 08 Nov 2007 13:13:25 +0000 http://urbanflyfisher.com/pike-not-playing-ball-with-the-fly/#comment-2318 Its something i just started doing this summer, had a few short sessions on my local stretch of the canal between kilsyth and twechar, theyre fantastic fun on a 3 weight rod. As for the pike, ive fished a couple of waters, again ive tried the canal from twechar all the way to banknock, ive also fished st maurices pond and broadwood loch in cumbernauld, and another water ive only recently found in kilsyth which has provided the majority of my pike this year, ive seen it produce fish between 3lbs and 14-15lbs, not the easiest water to fish with the fly but there are a few open stretches where you can cast without worrying about trees etc behind you, incidentally its packed with roach and rudd which also make for great fun on dries, something i intend to spend a lot more time on in the summer. Its something i just started doing this summer, had a few short sessions on my local stretch of the canal between kilsyth and twechar, theyre fantastic fun on a 3 weight rod.
As for the pike, ive fished a couple of waters, again ive tried the canal from twechar all the way to banknock, ive also fished st maurices pond and broadwood loch in cumbernauld, and another water ive only recently found in kilsyth which has provided the majority of my pike this year, ive seen it produce fish between 3lbs and 14-15lbs, not the easiest water to fish with the fly but there are a few open stretches where you can cast without worrying about trees etc behind you, incidentally its packed with roach and rudd which also make for great fun on dries, something i intend to spend a lot more time on in the summer.

]]> By: Alistair http://urbanflyfisher.com/pike-not-playing-ball-with-the-fly/comment-page-1/#comment-2314 Alistair Wed, 07 Nov 2007 13:25:34 +0000 http://urbanflyfisher.com/pike-not-playing-ball-with-the-fly/#comment-2314 Welcome Scott, I have seen the big shoals of roach - a fantastic idea to try and get them with dries - is that a tactic you use regulary ? Where abouts roughly have you been trying for the Pike in the last few weeks ? Alistair Welcome Scott,

I have seen the big shoals of roach – a fantastic idea to try and get them with dries – is that a tactic you use regulary ? Where abouts roughly have you been trying for the Pike in the last few weeks ?

Alistair

]]> By: scott http://urbanflyfisher.com/pike-not-playing-ball-with-the-fly/comment-page-1/#comment-2313 scott Wed, 07 Nov 2007 12:45:26 +0000 http://urbanflyfisher.com/pike-not-playing-ball-with-the-fly/#comment-2313 My pike fishing has been equally successful lately, 0 fish in the last four or five trips using a variety of methods. Sometimes i think pike anglers get the wrong idea about this winter fishing business, the tail end of the summer was dynamite whereas now the only thing that sticks in my mind from recent sessions is how cold i got. Also, on the subject of the canal try fishing tiny dries for roach in the summer, when theres no water in the kelvin thats a fantastic alternative, you can easily spot massive shoals of them sipping flies off the top, use a longish leader about 10-12 feet and make sure your fly line lands nowhere near them or they'll scatter instantly, its nowhere as easy as it seems at first though, they are extremely quick to spit your fly out! My pike fishing has been equally successful lately, 0 fish in the last four or five trips using a variety of methods. Sometimes i think pike anglers get the wrong idea about this winter fishing business, the tail end of the summer was dynamite whereas now the only thing that sticks in my mind from recent sessions is how cold i got.
Also, on the subject of the canal try fishing tiny dries for roach in the summer, when theres no water in the kelvin thats a fantastic alternative, you can easily spot massive shoals of them sipping flies off the top, use a longish leader about 10-12 feet and make sure your fly line lands nowhere near them or they’ll scatter instantly, its nowhere as easy as it seems at first though, they are extremely quick to spit your fly out!

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