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Growing up in Florid

Growing up in Florida I am well acquainted with the mullet. We have both "black" and "silver" mullet.The blacks grow considerably larger but both are great table fare. I konw a lot of the older folks catch them on cane poles with corn for bait, chumming with oats or catfood.My fishing buddies and I would use castnets like you see natives in the islands.(this is legal with a 50 fish per person limit) Now that i have begun flyfishing I would love to try to take one on a fly and will let my old friends know about this "new" way of catching them.

Yep, I could also st

Yep, I could also start telling stories about bad moves.... I only hope fish are capable of bad moves also :)))

kai with a "smallie"

not a monster fish, but nice cap presentation :D

Hornbaek

Sunshine, calm water, crowded....time for a walk, or perhaps for a swim - I could not resist and took one (yep, a swim, in my waders) :D

Re: my turn now

Sometimes it's o.K. with me to fish in a group of other fisherman, but I definetely prefer to fish in a small group or - from time to time - fishing alone.

To be acompaniet by 12 guys fishing the same spot is to much.

In this case I try to avoid the crowd by getting up very early in the morning - enjoying the silence, the sunrise, the nature and sometimes a good fish.

Re: my turn now

[quote:38eb6e1b6c="vanuz"]I was out fishing last weekend. I counted 12 fishermen stretched along the coast of Hornbeak, North Sealand. I had to fight to get a place to fish.[/quote:38eb6e1b6c]

Terrible thing about easily accessible places and lazy anglers... I was on the north coast too, and people were shoulder to shoulder. I have a very hard time fishing places like that - when I'm not on a GFF Summit that is! ;-)

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Martin

Mr. Dyer's review of

Mr. Dyer's review of Bodo's book refers to MSW fish on the Kedgwick River. Can you explain what that means, thanks. I fished the Kedgwick a few times and I don't believe we have met, but I would be interested in swapping tales.

>>>>What do you use for pike

>>>>What do you use for pike fishing? <<<<

I don't get to go Pike fishing around here. For big Pike and Pickerel up north I used my old guitar strings for leaders. I would cut and wrap a four inch leader out of the unwound strings. The best fly I used was a long yellow maribou. Pickerel killed it.

We have Tiger Muskies in the rivers around DC and there are a few lakes with real Muskies. They are tough to fish for and I have no expirience with them. Wish me luck. Their time of year is here and I am going to try and get me one or two.

nice svelet torpedo.

nice svelet torpedo. great!

my turn now

I was out fishing last weekend. I counted 12 fishermen stretched along the coast of Hornbeak, North Sealand. I had to fight to get a place to fish. Nice weather, too nice I would say. I got away with a small seatrout, while the others were just splashing the water. :D

Re: kai

Hey Vanuz,

nice picture, but I've got some of you, too.

Were you out fishing since our summit?

Kindly

Kai

Raymond,

If you w

Raymond,

If you want a cone on a tube fly you can follow the instructions in this tube fly article. On a hook you slide it over the hook bend, but need to make sure that the hook is wide gaped enough to accomodate a cone, which again has to be open enough to pass.

- Martin

hello, sos, i need h

hello, sos, i need help trying to get the cone on the hook dumb mabe but still cant get it. can you help? what's the trick? was fishing ludington mich and saw fish caught on phes cone /please show me how?
thank you

kai

Kai - the fishing machine ruled the GFF again.

Ripley, my model of that day

ripley again, what else should I add?

thats a nice looking

thats a nice looking streamer, i would love to swing that through one of the pools in my local streams

what size parachute

what size parachute cord is the best to use? I tried Type III (rated 550lb/test) that i bought at an Army/Navy surplus store. I think the Type III is a little bit slim.....I'm not sure if im using the right size???

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.

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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?