Congrats on your pike - it's a really nice fish and interesting movie! What about your video with making a pike leaders? I'm really looking forward to watching it.
@arhuku Thanks. I'll try and get that leader video done soon. By the way, how's the Pike fishing in Poland? I understand they get some really big ones in Europe.
Pike fishing is very popular in Poland but fishing for pikes on fly is still rare and not so common. Spinning method dominates and sometimes it's quite funny to see all these people that stare at you and they are very surprise, because they don't know fly fishing or they've only seen it on fishing magazines.
@StephM1982 Thanks. My camera guy says in the video I needed a 38" fish for the line class record, but 2 days after I caught this a record update (the Splash) showed up in the mail. A guy broke it this June in Great Slave Lake, N.W.T. Canada, with a 39" fish. Mine still beats it by a bunch. I kinda felt sorry for the guy, but not sorry enough to not turn it in. Maybe he was my 'Dislike'?
@fishinwflies yeah that was probably the "dislike". I think the whole "like/disklike" is a bunch of crap anyway... just enjoy the video for what it's worth, ya know? I really want to try for some northerns around my area, but I've only got a 5wt trout rod. Do you use steel leaders for those pike?
@StephM1982 I normally do use steel leaders, but I wasn't here. I wanted something that would break at exactly 50lbs. That's why the 50lb. Ande mono. You can use a 5 wt. on smaller fish but if you want to toss big flies for big fish you will need an 8 wt. or bigger rod. I use a 10 wt. I'm thinking about doing a video showing how to make Pike leaders.
I use 5 weight for pike, but the ones i catch on the fly are usually babies about 20 inches or bass XD
MunicipalMeep 1 month ago
diverdan!
isosexy123 4 months ago
@isosexy123 Why yes! Yes it is me! Shhhhh. Don't tell anyone, I'm going incognito here.
fishinwflies 4 months ago
Congrats on your pike - it's a really nice fish and interesting movie! What about your video with making a pike leaders? I'm really looking forward to watching it.
Tight lines and greetings from Poland!
arhuku 4 months ago
@arhuku Thanks. I'll try and get that leader video done soon. By the way, how's the Pike fishing in Poland? I understand they get some really big ones in Europe.
fishinwflies 4 months ago
@fishinwflies
Pike fishing is very popular in Poland but fishing for pikes on fly is still rare and not so common. Spinning method dominates and sometimes it's quite funny to see all these people that stare at you and they are very surprise, because they don't know fly fishing or they've only seen it on fishing magazines.
arhuku 4 months ago
@arhuku Same thing here. The guy that did the camera here and I are the only ones fly fishing for anything here.
fishinwflies 4 months ago
I got the certificate in the mail today. It's officially the record. The Ande line busted right where it should. That's why I use it. Good stuff.
fishinwflies 5 months ago 3
awesome!
StephM1982 5 months ago
@StephM1982 Thanks. My camera guy says in the video I needed a 38" fish for the line class record, but 2 days after I caught this a record update (the Splash) showed up in the mail. A guy broke it this June in Great Slave Lake, N.W.T. Canada, with a 39" fish. Mine still beats it by a bunch. I kinda felt sorry for the guy, but not sorry enough to not turn it in. Maybe he was my 'Dislike'?
fishinwflies 5 months ago
@fishinwflies yeah that was probably the "dislike". I think the whole "like/disklike" is a bunch of crap anyway... just enjoy the video for what it's worth, ya know? I really want to try for some northerns around my area, but I've only got a 5wt trout rod. Do you use steel leaders for those pike?
StephM1982 5 months ago
@StephM1982 I normally do use steel leaders, but I wasn't here. I wanted something that would break at exactly 50lbs. That's why the 50lb. Ande mono. You can use a 5 wt. on smaller fish but if you want to toss big flies for big fish you will need an 8 wt. or bigger rod. I use a 10 wt. I'm thinking about doing a video showing how to make Pike leaders.
fishinwflies 5 months ago