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I enjoy pike fishing on the fly just go to around 9wt rod I use a fine trace onto my flies its not very ellegent but it gets the right results. I would be glad to here of others who do this as i find it quite hard on setting hooks, all my pike fishing has always been using braid and it gives so much feel but fly fishing i found quite vague but very explosive action, good luck and post results wayne

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I enjoy pike fishing on the fly just go to around 9wt rod I use a fine trace onto my flies its not very ellegent but it gets the right results. I would be glad to here of others who do this as i find it quite hard on setting hooks, all my pike fishing has always been using braid and it gives so much feel but fly fishing i found quite vague but very explosive action, good luck and post results wayne

 

Wait for the turn of the fish and its resultant pull/ draw on the line and strip strike. Never set the hook with the rod, the nearest it comes to working is if a fish grabs a fly at last knockings and dives deep in which case you just hold the rod firm.

To strip strike point the rod tip at the fish and give a firm pull on the line with your retrieving/ stripping hand. If you know what I mean by a two handed retrieve (rod under armpit) this is one of the best ways of gaining confidence in the method as you will simply not manage anything else. Its hard at first not to strike with the rod especially if you see the take- always wait for the pull!

Striking with the rod leads to whipping the fly from the fishes mouth before the turn and pull and clean out of the water / strike zone of the fish. Miss on a strip strike and the fish will usually have another go as its only 2ft in front of it at the same level in the water.

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Hi has anyone fly fished for pike before. Any good??? Giving it a try this weekend, has anyone got any tips/good flys/techniques would be much appreciated. Thanks josh

 

If your and experienced fly caster legthen your stroke without opening your loop and use a double haul always use a roll cast pickup or you tend to shock the line on the lift from water. The best leaders are the flexible 49 strand stainless ones, just tie the fly on with a nonslip loop knot with less turns than normal.

 

If you get a follow and the fish wont take they will often pick up a fly off the bottom if you just let it sink there and wait for the draw on the line, its the strangest thing to watch put pike must clip fish a lot of the time only to wound them and then pick them off after. Promise it works as long as your fly breathes in the water

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Thanks Kent I do strip strike but after using braid there is a definate lack in feel to it, I do tend to pull hard to set the hook and its probably my fault, i can say though it is really exiting and you do get some really explosive action, atb wayne

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Thanks Kent I do strip strike but after using braid there is a definate lack in feel to it, I do tend to pull hard to set the hook and its probably my fault, i can say though it is really exiting and you do get some really explosive action, atb wayne

 

There should be no indefinite feel to this :hmm: Remember the rod should point directly at the fly, it should take no bend or even curve idealy and the fly line should be pre-stretched / straightened out prior to casting. With a mono leader of around 50lb in the Butt section it should be effectively like braid . To make it clear "its a hand line type set" not a lift or turn of the rod with a pull as you might do in trout fishing. You can set far heavier wire hooks like this in far harder mouthed fish than Pike like Tarpon, Billfish etc.

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The number of pike I fail to connect with on the fly as I keep forgetting to strip strike is silly!

 

Resist the urge to lift the rod until you feel the fish connected. I have found the Airflo Sniper lines perfect for pike fishing, nice short heavy head and turn over a 4-6 inch long fly no problem.

 

I have the Rio outbound short in intermediate tip and the sniper in Di3. I prefer the airflo and it's a lot cheaper. I think you will seriously struggle to turn any wire trace and big fly over on anything less that an 8-9 weight.

 

I really want to catch one on a popper!! Cannot wait to give that a proper go soon!

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The number of pike I fail to connect with on the fly as I keep forgetting to strip strike is silly!

 

Resist the urge to lift the rod until you feel the fish connected. I have found the Airflo Sniper lines perfect for pike fishing, nice short heavy head and turn over a 4-6 inch long fly no problem.

 

I have the Rio outbound short in intermediate tip and the sniper in Di3. I prefer the airflo and it's a lot cheaper. I think you will seriously struggle to turn any wire trace and big fly over on anything less that an 8-9 weight.

 

I really want to catch one on a popper!! Cannot wait to give that a proper go soon!

 

I agree an 8# is minimum a 9# about right and a 10# as heavy as you should go. Its not particulary the weight of the fly its more its balance and wind resistance, many use too light a hook on too heavily dressed a fly that will cast better with a heavier hook. The trace makes no matter to the casting (as long as it doesn't hinge at the connection to the mono or take to steep a drop in diameter 12 lb tippet formed into a double line through a bimini twist and tied to the trace wire (nominally 20-30 lb 47 strand) with six turns of an Albright knot is as good as it gets giving no energy sapping hinge and 100% break strength ( the break should always occur in the single line section of tippet.

 

To illustrate my point on fly weight the Bob Clouser deep minnow is one of the best flies to cast into the teeth of a headwind. It should be lightly dressed and be heavily forwards weighted with lead eyes.

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I agree an 8# is minimum a 9# about right and a 10# as heavy as you should go. Its not particulary the weight of the fly its more its balance and wind resistance, many use too light a hook on too heavily dressed a fly that will cast better with a heavier hook. The trace makes no matter to the casting (as long as it doesn't hinge at the connection to the mono or take to steep a drop in diameter 12 lb tippet formed into a double line through a bimini twist and tied to the trace wire (nominally 20-30 lb 47 strand) with six turns of an Albright knot is as good as it gets giving no energy sapping hinge and 100% break strength ( the break should always occur in the single line section of tippet.

 

To illustrate my point on fly weight the Bob Clouser deep minnow is one of the best flies to cast into the teeth of a headwind. It should be lightly dressed and be heavily forwards weighted with lead eyes.

 

I use 40lb mono with a perfection loop both ends, to the welded loop on the fly line, and perfection loop to perfection loop from the mono to the trace, I use a rapala knot in the wire to the fly. It give a lovely action, especially if the fly has a weighted head. A welded loop, rather than a braided loop is so much better.

 

I find synthetic materials harder to cast, the wool flies I have used hold a lot of water and cast a bit better I find. Get hold of some of this for the trace, it's excellent!!

 

http://www.funkyflytying.co.uk/shop/products/surflon-micro-supreme-camo/141/ Don't need the forty pound though, 26lb is available.

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I use 40lb mono with a perfection loop both ends, to the welded loop on the fly line, and perfection loop to perfection loop from the mono to the trace, I use a rapala knot in the wire to the fly. It give a lovely action, especially if the fly has a weighted head. A welded loop, rather than a braided loop is so much better.

 

I find synthetic materials harder to cast, the wool flies I have used hold a lot of water and cast a bit better I find. Get hold of some of this for the trace, it's excellent!!

 

http://www.funkyflytying.co.uk/shop/products/surflon-micro-supreme-camo/141/ Don't need the forty pound though, 26lb is available.

If you pull for a break then you will likely break your fly line once you get over 20lb. The Rapala Knot is a non slip loop anglers were using this knot before Rapala sold his first lure, its just a modified bowline. 47 strand wire is as good as it gets. Leaders should taper and step down to a reasonable break in the tippet 60% Butt, 20% mid section, 20 % tippet and trace. The reason is as the loop unfurls energy reduces. The Butt should match the diameter of your forward taper normally 40-60lb

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