Written by: Mike Lembke, Wollaston Lake Lodge

Just shy of the coveted 50-inch mark, this pike put a serious bend in Jonathan’s fly rod.
Photo courtesy Wollaston Lake Lodge
Our 9-foot Helios 2 rods and Mirage V reels are getting a workout at Wollaston Lake Lodge, in northern Saskatchewan. Sight-casting to a four-foot fish and watching it eat is just plain fun. In this shot, longtime guide and fly designer, Chip Cromarty, holds guest Jonathan Mason’s 48-inch northern pike.