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Well with the weather turning

Well with the weather turning colder now the pike are stocking up and this is always a great period. Most lurefisherman still wait untill it gets colder before they really start fishing. It can be tricky at times since there is a lot of plantlife in the water.
The material I use is variable to the surroundings and especially the size of the streamers i use.
The set in the picture is actually quite a heavy one, it is an 8 weight TFO Ticrx (more a 9 weight) . :). No pike has ever been through to the backing, they might take some line but the are no endurance fish and everything is explosive. The runs aren't very long and you can drill them on the hand.
For the polder pike i like to fish light, a nice 6/7 weight and floating line. Bucktail streamers around 10-15 cm on hook size 4/0. If I want to throw larger tandem streamers i will take my 8 weight, also with a floating line. If the water is quite deep, in lakes then i might use an intermediate line. Then again a pike will gladly shoot a couple of body lenghts upwards to get the streamer.
I still use stainlesssteel wire but a few friends of mine have started to use thick fluorcarbon, 80 pnd breaking strain, with good results.
What do you use for pike fishing?
Brian

Brian,

Brian,

good catch. I have been out one day, but I only saw one skinny pike landed by a jerker (jerkbait fisher).

Kasper

I totally agree with

I totally agree with Martin.
By far, Oliver Edwards is the best all round fly fisherman !!

Man I think its the

Man I think its the coolest fishing video ever . keep up the good work

Gear?

What gear do you use for your pike fishing? I would like to know weights, lengths and all of the rest. Thanks.

I live in a small town next

I live in a small town next to the city of Utrecht. It is a great base for most of my fishing. The dutch polders are just a bit to the west of Utrecht, but i can also catch pike, perch, pikeperch(zander), rud, asp and many more species in the small river flowing next to my house. The polders are nice for pike since they are so plentyfull there. almost every farmhouse has a bridge and everyone of them is an excellent hiding place. The average pike there is about 20 inch, but sometimes you have a bigger one that reaches 40.
Yesterday i went to a small suburban area and with the rest of holland water is always close at hand. I caught a great 40 incher which to my surprise fought like a madman, it even took line of my reel.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v136/Dendro/fishing/83cm.jpg

But with all those fish and water around my fishbuddies and I still have to drive several hours to Germany, Denmark or Belgium to fish for trout on streams. Pitty because it is still my greatest passion

Wonderful fish. I only wish

Wonderful fish. I only wish that there were more Esox around northern Virginia. I was raised on huge pickerel and a few pike in new England. I miss them a lot. Where do you live, Brian?

I am looking forward to

I am looking forward to seeing the rest of the pictures from the summit that everyone else has submitted to Martin.

Hi Steve,

I shot some nice picture of you, Paul and your nice seatrouts.

Martin will have them all, but if you are keen to have them too, send me an E-Mail.

Kind regards to all the GFF-summiter and thank you for the great time.

Kai

Hallo Martin,

I w

Hallo Martin,

I was quite surprised to be mentioned in your podcast. You are correct, Matthias is German, not "Matthias" like your - cool - american pronounciation. I am living with my family since 8 years in San Diego, SoCal. One of the things we definitly do not have here is Sea Trout fishing like I used to do it just south of the Danish Border near Flensburg. We do have fly fishing though, for several kind of bass and halibut and - small - bonefish, both in the bays and in the inshore kelp beds and beyond that we have the Pacific with all the possibilities. Changes of Latittudes, Changes of Attitudes...you could say.

Cheers and keep up with the good work,

I always like to check in on your website.

Matthias

Nice Cap promotion...ha ha ha

Nice Cap promotion...ha ha ha. I think all i need to do now is catch a nice fish and take a pic of me with my GFF cap on.. 😄

Great fishing Brian.!!! :P

Steve

Steve, Hi,

Steve, Hi,

you are most welcome! I fixed 5 liiters of pure 65% home made stuff. So pls plan a bit longer trip 😄

By the way as from 1st of Oct to 3nd of November I will be fishing in lower Itchen valey near Southampton for grayling. Day license 35 pund. Somebody want to Join?

Les,

what about you?

rgds

Roolis

Huuu, what a relief

Huuu, what a relief reading Martins review just after watching this Mel Krieger DVD, Now I Just can't wait to get to Patagonia, and see for my self. Regarding Mr Krieger, I guess this is first and the last of his DVD's I will ever buy or watch, he is just to mutch a p i t a.

Aha Mr Alcholic (A.K.A.

Aha Mr Alcholic (A.K.A. Roolis),

All is goood here mate. Yep i've been salting alot lately!

I will definately have to find time to come over to fish with you next season in your home country.

Steve

Mr. Wade,

Mr. Wade,
pls do it as your brane became too salted....!

Roolis

P.C. I jelous you ... you chose a good country to stay

Hi how you doing l w

Hi how you doing l would like to ask you if you can give me an order to tie for you fly hook l am fishing fly maker if you have any quastion you can about hooks am making all types of hooks

Thanks for getting b

Thanks for getting back to me Jan

Amazing - I dont thi

Amazing - I dont think I ever managed to tie more than two identical flies in one session.......

hi tim, is that you?

hi tim, is that you?

I have always used a

I have always used a needle knot. Its never failed me.
Ripley

Jan,

I personally

Jan,

I personally use the needle knot about 90% of my fishing these days. I have loops on a few lines, which I use for salmon fishing where leaders are changed from floating to sinking or on some trout lines where I use furled leaders. All my plain day-to-day lines and shooting heads now have plain needle knots and knotted or monofilament leaders.

Martin

hi Martin do many pe

hi Martin do many people use the needle knot, i have gone back to it, i think the presentation seems better what do you think please

The needle

Stephen,

The needle has been mentioned several places on this site, but holding tubes can be a little more complex than just a needle as https://globalflyfisher.com/node/14314 this recent in-depth tube tool article shows.

- Martin

I am looking forward to

So am I! ;-)

I have a lot in already and some on the way, but if you have images from the GFF Summit 2007, lemme hav'em ASAP and yours may be included in the gallery I will build for the event.

As I wrote to all of you: originals and as many as possible. I will edit and sort.

Thanks!

Martin

A large sack needle

You don't need a tube holder a large sack needle is cheaper and more effective as the tube will jam up on the eye and will not rotate.