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Go Chase The Pike With A Fly..

Author: Bigblue

I moved slowly upstream peering intently into the gin clear water, the bright sunshine allowed me to see every pebble, stick and even the minnows in the bottom of the pool. No breeze ruffled the surface. A shoal of bait fish hung close to a weed bed. Nothing moved as I peered intently into the water. The combination of my long peaked cap, and polarised glasses helped me search deep into the flowing water.

I blinked, and then squinted. Did I see a pike? Yes, there it is, I spotted a fin movement, then a tail moved, enough for me to realise I was looking at a pike. The perfect predator. My eyes move slowly up the length of a fish, it must be thirty inches or more in length. My heart beat a little faster as my brain went into overdrive as I computed the angle of the cast, then distance to target. I launched some line, then realised I needed a bit more. I pulled a few more feet from the reel. All the time I was keeping my eyes on the fish. I was the hunter; the hunted is a fish that goes back a few million years. It probably weighs 14lbs It's there for catching, if I don't make a mistake.

The fish is moving slowly upstream, I have just one chance. I shot the line, the fly landed with a slight plop, hardly breaking the water surface. The fish moves its head slightly then slowly turns. This is the moment I have been waiting for all morning. I twitched the line imparting life into the fly - a fly that was created in Northern Canada. It's tied up on a 3/0 Partridge hook using Polar bear hair and a few strands of crystal flash. It's some six inches long and comes alive in the water when moved.

I made a six inch strip; the pike was off the starting block moving fast towards my fly, creating a bow wave. I gave another quick strip of some three inches. The big one couldn't resist it, there was a big swirl, a boil. Then the fly had disappeared as the fish turned for the deep water. The strip strike set the hook, his speed and momentum carried the fish skywards, head shaking, gills flared. For a second, perhaps two, I stand spellbound, watching this fighting fury crash back into the water. It's like an explosion as the water erupts, the ever increasing circles going across the river. After some minutes the fish is bought to hand. I bend down then take the barbless hook from the scissors of the pike's mouth then watch it swim off slowly. Below is what I made to catch the pike, go ahead and try it for yourself

If you were to take a look in the fly boxes of a few anglers who target the pike, you will discover hundreds of different fly patterns. Just as today's anglers fishing for rainbow trout, carry several boxes of fly patterns, but only use a dozen flies. It's the same with us anglers who target the pike. I have several boxes of flies for pike, but for most of my fishing I probably only use a dozen patterns - but with various colour combinations that dozen probably grows to a hundred or more. Most of my pike flies are tied up on Partridge CS43 2/0 to 4/0 or Cox and Rawle Uptide 1/0 TO 5/0 A few flies have been tied up on Ade Sweider designed hooks.

One of my most successful pike fly patterns is without doubt the Polar fly. It's tied as follows.

Tail-white Polar bear hair, not synthetic hair, and pearl crystal.

Body- pearl fritz or silver tinsel strip. The wings of white Polar bear hair, again not synthetic hair with pearl crystal hair.

Remarks- Two types of bodies should be tied up, as one will often work when the other doesn't. I don't know why this is so but that's the nature of the beast. This pattern is also excellent for many saltwater species including the bass

Other patterns are the Polar perch with a tail of Polar hair, a body of gold tinsel with 12lb mono rib. The wings are yellow buck with green buck over tying with black silk. You can add purple crystal hair strands to wing, create barring effect on wing with black permanent pen. A fly pattern I really like is the Red tailed rat. There are many occasions when pike ignore a submerged fly, but will savagely hit a surface fished one. The Red tailed rat is quite simple to tie, with a tail of red buck and red crystal hair. The body is black deer hair, wedge shaped, tying silk is black. At one time I had eyes fixed on these mouse and rat type patterns, but I now feel they are a waste of time and money. All the pike will see is an outline of the red tailed rat as it is worked across the surface. Takes are usually very savage.

The tail of this fly comprises two orange marabou left on the quill, with a body of orange marabou with some silver oval, tinsel rib or orange cock hackle, palmered down the body. Wings are four orange cock hackle. Purple crystal hair may be added to the tail and wing. This is a good pattern for coloured water.

Thread-white and chartreuse, Tail-white buck tail, shank length, inside white neck hackles (2 each side), extending one and a half times shank length, Body-silver tinsel with a collar of white buck tail, extending nearly to tip of tail. Topping-is chartreuse buck tail, as long as collar. Throat-several strands of red Krystal Flash. The head-is Chartreuse thread, lacquered. Eyes Applied with Faber-Crystall uni-point marker.

I also have two frog patterns which have proved excellent fish catchers. We all know how pike love weeds, my frog patterns can be fished in the thickest of weeds, without getting caught up. When fishing reed beds I have had pike come a foot out of the water to grab a frog pattern as I pulled the frog up the reed stems..

Rods Reels and Lines

The Tackle Shop stocks a great selection of Fly  Fishing combo's and rods. In your tackle shop you will find several brands of line which will be suitable for chucking big flies for pike. One line will not cover all aspects of pike fly fishing. To get the best out of the sport, you need at least three lines. Cortland lines are my first choice, the nine weight Ghost tip is probably my most used line. I can fish flies from the surface, down to four or five feet, depending on the speed of retrieve. This line comes with a fifteen foot clear tip, which is then built into a floating line, it will also lift cleanly off the water. Two other Cortland lines I use are both sinkers, a medium and fast sink. It's surprising how often you will use a fast sink line when fishing the big reservoirs and gravel pits. When fishing with a fast sink line I will often use a leader of three feet, perhaps eighteen inches.

To buy some of the products I have been talking about try The Tackle Shop or for Fly Fishing Books or DVD's go The Fishing Shop

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Learn the Different Types of Fly Fishing Casts

Author: Suzie Goldie

The art of casting is a very important skill in fly fishing. It requires gradual, synchronized movements. It helps to think of each movement, both the back cast in the forward cast, is divided into three steps. The first is loading, the second is the momentum of projection, and the third is the pause. It takes a lot of practice to master the art of casting in fly fishing.

There are several types of casts. The most common of these include the basic cast, false cast, side and reverse casts, roll cast, and double haul cast.

In fly fishing the easiest cast, called the basic cast, is simply casting the line straight back and then directly forward. Anyone new to fly fishing should master the basic cast before going on to other techniques. Use a short length of line to begin with if you are new to fly fishing. This will help you gain sufficient control of the line, while practicing short gentle movements.

The false cast is a variation of the basic cast. It consists of the same backward and forward movements as the basic cast, and is immediately followed by another set of the same movements. The fly line actually travels backward and forward repeatedly without touching the water. Practicing this type of cast helps to build precise timing that is required in fly fishing.

In fly fishing the side and reverse casts are generally used when wind is a problem. They are also used if there are obstacles that can make a regular cast difficult.

A roll cast is generally used if the fisherman finds himself with his back to such obstacles
as a high riverbank or a wall of vegetation. When these conditions exist, a basic cast is almost impossible. You need to let out a good length of line in front of you; it's best to let the current take it a short distance. The drag of the water on the line will load the rod, and you can cast forward without needing to execute the back cast.

Using a double haul cast in fly fishing will enable you to cast a much longer line than is possible with a basic cast. In order to do this you need to have a much faster line speed. This is done by making much larger casting movements, applying more strength, and loading the rod more before the forward cast. During this cast both hands of the fisherman must work independently.

The above five types of fly fishing casts are the ones used most often. There are many other types of casts also, including the S-cast, the parachute cast, and the mend cast.

Casting is the basic physical skill involved in fly fishing. Its purpose is to place the fly exactly where you want it to be, just like any other skill it takes practice. Accuracy and the delicacy of the presentation are very important when fly fishing. Mastering the basics of fly casting first will make it easier to move on to the more difficult casts.

Article Source: http://www.articlesbase.com/extreme-sports-articles/learn-the-different-types-of-fly-fishing-casts-634497.html

About the Author

Author Joseph Elmes manages the website online where you can get
fly fishing reels and
expert information on fly
fishing basics. Joe is offering a free copy of fly fishing for beginners on
this site so head over now to get your copy.

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Fishing Lovers Let Go Fishing

Author: liu

Many people consider that fishing are a medium of survival or to some extent of a food supply

What most people do not know is that fishing provide recreational activity of making it one of the most favourite hobbies. In fact, fishing as a hobby is growing and that is people who acquire fishing licenses each year is more than 12 million.

Surveys have prove that for every dollar spent for a fishing license, there are sixteen dollars spent for accessories, such as fishing lures, food and clothing. There is more money spent on fishing than any other hobby.Fishing has been proven to help in mentoring troubled teenanger, eliminate negative thoughts and activity with more positive pursuits.Fishing is truly one of the wholesome sport.

Nowadays thousands of youngsters who have an interest in fishing are enthusiastic to learn how to cast a fly or plug bait and they desire to fish in a recreational manner.

Here is a little tips of How to fish with bait

You should buy lead weights. The weight of the lead depending on current environment. Normally Anglers are use and bank sinker with a number-two hook.

The commonly used bait for all kinds of fishes is worms or chicken liver.The most important is to buy fresh bait and keep them cold to prevent them from getting soft and allowing the bait to stay within your hooks.

Some others commonly used baits are cut-baits which include from fried chicken skin, fish entrails, shrimps and crayfish tails.

You can visit the fishing store too

FISHING STORE

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i'm liu, 22 years old this year and i just a normal guy with some martial arts skills

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Get Your Reel and Go Fishing

Author: liu

Nowadays people go for fishing because is a pleasure or for competition .It train people to have patient too.But some people are commercial fishing,they catch fish for eating.

Fishermen often use nets and traps to capture fish some times they even catch Lobster and crab for selling

Fishing need to prepare many equipment.Examples lures ,bait,lines ,rods,reels,hooks,sinkers etc.

Lets talk a bit more about fishing reels

Fishing reels is use to control of the fishing line,mostly is use with fishing rods

Here a little tips of choosing a suitable reels

Before that you need to know what type of water you are going for .There are freshwater reels,saltwater reel etc

Determine the reel to match your fishing rods needs. As you become more experienced in fishing you will figure out which rod and reels suit your fishing style.

A fishing reel is a important device used for the deployment and retrieval of fishing line. They are mostly used in conjunction with a fishing rod, though some specialized reels are mounted directly to boat gunwales.

let talk more about fly fishing

In fact you should realize about fly fishing reels are different from the usual spinning reel. When looking for the correct fly fishing reel, you should look for a reel that suits your fly fishing style. If you are a beginner at fly fishing, you will require a reel that can improve your skill as you become more proficient at fly fishing. If you are more experienced with fly fishing better than a novice, you will need a better professional reel for deeper waters.

Fishing Reels store

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i'm liu, 22 years old this year and i just a normal guy with some martial arts skills

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How to Play and Land Your Fish (part Five - Reels)

Author: Chris Haycock

When using a fly reel, there isn't always a brake, or drag to help you. To prevent big fish from running you can exert varying degrees of thumb pressure inside the spool. Without such pressure there is a real risk that your line will overrun and backlash, with the sometimes "interesting" feature of the "bird's nest," however, watch out for your knuckles when the reel handle starts spinning.

With an automatic fly reel, you retrieve the line by pressing a lever, and the reel does the work. Having said that, never play a fish on the spring of an automatic reel. Use the hand retrieve method to take the line in. When you want to wind the retrieved line onto the reel, then use the lever. The automatic reel was never intended to be a mechanical fish player.

Another point with automatics, always run the line between the fingers of your free hand. Pressing the lever without controlling the line this way will mean that there's a good chance you will run ALL the line onto the reel before you have a chance to release the lever. Resulting into the hook slamming into the tip of your rod, with the almost inevitable result of breaking something.

Line reeled onto the spool of a single action fly reel can form ridges high enough to jam against the cross braces of the reel frame. You can avoid these ridges by using your little finger on your non-winding hand as a level wind device. As the line comes in, simply push it to the right side of the spool, then hook it back to the left side. This will give you a smooth, level spool of line that won't jam your reel at the critical moment when playing a large fish.

So, we can see that an item that many of us take for granted is actually an integral part of the fishing process. As a final thought, always keep your reel(s) well maintained. This is especially important when fishing salt water, given it's highly corrosive properties. It doesn't take but a few minutes at the end of the day to clean, dry, and lightly oil your reel, and you will be repaid with many years of trouble free service. When using fixed spool spinning reels, give a thought to having a couple of spare spools in your tackle box, loaded with different breaking strain lines. This will give you more flexibility when you actually get to your fishing spot and see what type of conditions you are having to fish.

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About the Author

Chris Haycock is an information publisher. One of whose many hobbies is fishing, of all types. Also researching resources to help the angler. For details of one such amazing resource go to:
http://www.lostflyfishingsecrets.com

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Fly Fishing Reels for effective fly fishing

Author: Hunter

Once you've decided to get into fly fishing as a hobby or a sport there is a lot of equipment to purchase. You can buy them online or at your local fishing store depending on your convenience and prices. Fly fishing rods are the primary piece of fishing equipment that one has to procure. Following that the next most important piece of fly fishing equipment will be the fly fishing reels and fishing flies as well. When buying fly fishing reels and fishing flies you will have to do some amount of research and choose the product that suits your fishing style the best.

There are several types of fishing reels available. The most common ones of these would be the centre pin fishing reel, bait casting reel, spin reel, spin cast reel and under spin reel. Of these, the centre pin reels is the fly fishing reel that is used most commonly for fly fishing. To buy fly fishing reels one must consider the various factors that will play a major role in your selection. The first thing, is the size of the reel that you choose. The reels come in differing sizes and you have to choose the size that suits you best for your fishing needs. If you are fly fishing for small fish in freshwater lakes, a smaller reel would suffice, but when you are in the open sea, a large spool would be the better option as it would give you more line. There are a few reels which have the option of interchanging spools which means that you can buy several lines of differing sizes and change them when you need them. This makes for a lot of cost savings if you regularly switch between freshwater and the high seas.

Consider the different types of reel functions hat are available. This can primarily be categories as single action reel and multiple reels. The single action fly fishing reels are very simple to use with one rotation of the handle giving one rotation of the reel. They are pretty light weighted and hence pretty easy to handle as well. The multiple reels make rotation easier by way of allowing one turn of the handle to produce more than one turn of the reel. This allows for easier rotation of the reel but then tends to be heavier thanks to having multiple reels. Another thing that you should consider with fly fishing reels is the size of the arbour on the reel. The larger the arbour, the easier it is to retrieve in the line that has been cast.

Fishing flies traditionally were hand made by the fishermen themselves. Today one does not have the time and patience to do so and hence one can easily procure high quality handmade fishing flies at any fishing store. The flies that you buy come in a variety of patterns and you wish have to choose the fishing flies depending on the type of fish you want to catch and the feeding habits of that variety of fish. Some advanced fishers do still prefer to tie their own flies, the patterns for which they have fine tuned through their experience of fly fishing.

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About the Author

Hunter, the author of many articles regarding fishing, hunting and fly fishing is always keen to give away her advise on various adventure sports and fly fishing reels

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Beginner Fly Fishing Techniques, Casting the Fly

Author: mike legg

I was put off of fly fishing for years simply because I thought it would be too hard to learn. There is so much hype about casting a fly with a fly rod, different actions and movements that it all sounds too complicated for the poor beginner. Well the art of casting a fly is in truth really quite simple, and with a few beginner fly fishing techniques just about anyone can do it.

With fly fishing your aim is to cast your fly and have it land naturally on the water so that it attracts fish. The main problem with this is that you have no weight on the end of your line to propel it to where you want it to go. Instead you are using a heavy main line with a short piece of very light line attached, onto which you tie your fly.

This means that you use the weight of the line itself to make the cast, and this involves letting out line a little at a time, then casting it behind you, casting it forwards, letting out more line, casting behind, bringing it forwards and so on. This is called false casting and allows you to build up the cast until enough line is let out to land the fly where you want it.

With a small amount of practise this will get easier and easier. Start off small by trying out your casting on an area of clear grass, in a field or a large garden, there is no need to use a fly or hook at this point as it could become snagged or injure someone.

(1)Let out about twenty feet of line in front of you, stand nice and loose and point the rod in front of you so that the rod and line form a continuous straight line.

(2)Hold the rod with your thumb resting on the top of the handle. During the cast you will only be moving your wrist and forearm and not your shoulder.

(3)Trap the line coming from the reel under a finger and raise the rod to about ten o’clock, then flick the rod backwards to pick the line up off the grass, and propel it behind you until it is at one o’clock

(4)Stop the movement sharply, and your wrist should be pointing straight up with the tip of the rod behind you still at one o’clock.

(5)Now you have to pause slightly to let the line straighten out behind you until you feel a gentle tug (this is when the line is fully extended).

(6)Sweep the rod forward and down, lowering your elbow at the same time. As the line unfurls release the line trapped under your finger.

(7)To increase the length of cast flick the rod back again and while trapping the line under your finger pull a few yards of line off with your other hand, cast the rod forward as before and release the trapped line.

You are now fly fishing. You may be a bit awkward at first, but with a little practice you will look and feel like a professional. These are just your first basic steps to fly fishing, by picking up a few more beginner fly fishing techniques you will soon learn all the secrets and tips of the fly fisherman.

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For more great tips, or for a complete fishing guide on other types of fishing, including fly fishing, spinning, and bass fishing visit our site at: http://www.BuyTryReview.com/category/fishing

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Fly Fishing Rods

Author: Vas Blagodarskiy

One of the most important tools for catching fish is the fishing rod. The act of fishing is very relaxing, invigorating and it tells a thing or two about how aquatic life is and also the lesson of being patient.ofcourse, eating what you caught is a high in itself. There is very good competition between many of the fishermen and they try and oust the other by one way or the other. Using the right kind of tools can help to attain success and come out as the winner.

One of the first and foremost considerations to having the right tool is to choose what you want to catch. When you know what to catch, you can decide the size of the tool you would use. Determining the type of fish one needs to catch can only lead to the right choice for the fishing rod. Other things to be kept in mind while fishing is the size of the fish, water conditions and the method of fishing. Having a sound idea about all the above factors greatly improve the chances of catching fish before even actually being near the water.

A fly fishing rod is usually best suited for either catching trout or salmon. A flexible fishing rod is what one will need to catch these fishes. To bring home the fish you desire, you would need the right fishing rod to start with and then followed by the line, nets and various other tools. When catching salmon, one has to continuously hold the fishing rod and therefore one should see the grip of the rod before buying it. You would feel that the fishing rod is a tad too expensive when you buy it but it would be well worth the price after you hold that salmon u caught in your hand.

Fly fishing rods for sale are available throughout the country and are a good bet for a good catch. If winter fishing is what you like and want then there are ice fishing rods that can be used in a frozen lake. These rods allow you to fish in frozen water through holes. The ice fishing rods, owing to the rough conditions it’s used in are much more durable and strong than other types of fishing rods. Choosing the right rod for you can be a bit tricky as there are different sizes and types.So, one may need to experiment with different rods before finding the right one.

In case of coarse fishing, you need a carbon fiber rod. This type of rod is best for catching any of the cyprinid family. That is the primary reason to know the type of fish you need to catch before buying the fishing rod. Other types of rods are spinning rod, ultra light and surf rods. All fishing rods are designed for different types of fish and one need to see what one is most comfortable with. The amount of money you can spend is another big factor but I would advise to not compromise for sub standard rods for it may be all worth while when you have that fish in your hand.

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About the Author

Vas Blagodarskiy is a freelance writer who recommends you to check out the Bass Fishing Secrets Revealed website.

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