Posts tagged 'Pike'

One of the most popular sports fish near and far is the pike, and summer days are ...

The scenario is frequently repeating itself. You’re not catching fish on a yellow and red five of diamonds spoon, so you switch it up and ...

When fly-fishing for pike, walley and other fish beyond trout ...

A few other items should be in the vest of any pike fisherman ...

I jerked the big streamer just below the surface in aggressive 18-inch strips. Out of the pencil reeds, as if on cue, a moving four-inch boil of water emerged, advancing steadily on the colourful streamer.

The slip bobber hung lazily in the slack water, for all purposes relaying the events of the day. The bite was slow, with the odd sucker making an appearance. 

The Winnipeg River winds its way from Lake of the Woods in southwestern Ontario to Lake Winnipeg in central Manitoba, passing through some of the most beautiful Canadian Shield landscape along the way. Historically speaking, the river has made a meaningful mark.

With most fly fishing, movement is mostly a no-no. A fly being dragged unnaturally across the current is one of the best ways ...

The June morning broke with much anticipation and promise at the Village of Wabamun ramp. The big lake west of Edmonton was a mile-wide mirror; the bright late-spring sun was climbing in the sky and the air warm and mellow. A perfect day for fly rods and toothy critters.

If there’s anything more iconically all-Canadian than maple syrup, mosquitoes or even the hockey sweater, it has to been the fly-in northern fishing trip.