a bit of pikey fun on a highland lock

[mcfluffchucker 0]

hi guys finally managed to get away from tying flies for a day to get up on a scottish loch after some pike

 

 

 

 

tight lines all

 

mcfluffchucker

[JJD 0]

OK...fun is over. Get back to that tying bench and show us some more of those colorful flies!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and nice fish!

 

Cheers,

John

[mcfluffchucker 0]

busted ok hows this

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

will that do for now :hyst:

 

tight lines

mcfluffchucker (a cave in scotland)

[oatka 0]

Yes, that will do for now, but now get back out there and show us more pike!

[mcfluffchucker 0]

right im away to the back end of beyond on monday to palce that has one boat and no bank fishing so stay tuned , knowing my luck it will be snowing

 

mcfluffchucker

(a cave in scotland)

[JJD 0]

mcfluffchucker,

 

What weight rod are you using? Is the line a floater or sinker? How big are the flies?

 

Just curious how things work on that side of the pond

 

John

[mcfluffchucker 0]

right im away to the back end of beyond on monday to palce that has one boat and no bank fishing so stay tuned , knowing my luck it will be snowing

 

mcfluffchucker

(a cave in scotland)

 

the rod is a specialist pike fly rod made by a company called fox the rod is a predator elite 9/10 wgt

 

i use a sink tip 10wgt (for shallow bays) , a 9wgt floater (mostly for poppers and really shallow water) , and in the dephs of winter ill use a 10wgt fast sinker to get on the bottom were the fish are lying in deep water

 

the flies are anything from 2 inchs to 12 inchs long depends what the fish are feeding on if there in the shallows after small roach ill stick a two or four inch fly on if im fishing a deep water in winter ill go for bigger flys but not always the case a lot of my biggest fish come to flies in the 2 to 4 inch range

 

leader lengths vary to the depth of water and the flies im fishing ill use a short leader of 3 or 4 feet in winter so i can work a boyant fly just above the bottom very slowly in the shallow bays ill go for 5 or 6 feet of mono

 

mon strengths i use again vary to the type of water from 18lb up to 30 lb mono leader and a wire trace at the fly end

 

these set ups are my own favs and everybody has a differant veiw but hey it works for me

 

again the sport of fly fishing for anything other than trout or salmon is still fairly new here in this country and predator fly anglers are looked upon as a bit excentric but things are slowly changing for a better view of the sport over here im membership sec / organizer for scotland for the pike fly fishing association

 

pike fly fishing association

 

take a look and see where we are compared to you guys we are years behind as im sure you will see if you browse the site , another reason i come on this forum is that there is a wealth of knowledge from overseas anglers

 

tight lines

mcfluffchucker

(a cave in scotland)

 

[JJD 0]

Thanks for the detailed reply.

 

John

[mcfluffchucker 0]

right im away to the back end of beyond on monday to palce that has one boat and no bank fishing so stay tuned , knowing my luck it will be snowing

 

mcfluffchucker

(a cave in scotland)

 

 

it snowed , rained , sun came out then it blew up a hollie , i just love scotland :wallbash: :wallbash: :hyst: :hyst:

 

mcfluffchucker