Pike are the top predator in many river systems across the country, meaning they can afford to be picky about meals. Targeting pike on a fly rod can therefore be challenging–or even downright maddening depending on the day–but the difficulty . . .
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Photos and Story: Incredible Smallmouth Fishing Just Over the Border
We’d worked our way almost completely around the shoreline of the small lake, with just a couple hammer-handles to show for it, and I was starting to wonder if there were big pike beneath the dark water after all. I’d thrown all the patterns I could think . . .
Read MoreMaster Class Monday: Advanced Fly Fishing Accuracy with Predators
Accuracy is important for more than trout and bonefish. In this week’s Master Class Monday, Dave and Amelia Jensen show how an accurate cast gets you closer to cover–and also how it can help . . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Catch Pike and Musky on a Fly
Catching a big pike or musky on a fly is considered by many to be one of the best experiences you can have with a fly rod. These fish are super aggressive, and their strikes are often vicious and explosive. In this . . .
Read MoreVideo Pro Tips: How to Find Pike and Muskies
In some parts of the country, the end of summer into fall is a great time to chase northern pike and muskellunge. Here are two great videos from the Orvis Fly Fishing Learning Center, in which Tom . . .
Read MorePro Tips: Top 10 Flies for Big Northern Pike
Written by: Mike Lembke, Wollaston Lake Lodge
If you’re chucking the right flies, you can land huge northerns on a fly rod.
Photo courtesy Wollaston Lake Lodge
Over the last 25 years of chasing giant pike with a fly rod, I’ve learned a lot about what makes these creatures tick. I spent the first nine of those years as a fishing client of my favorite place and. . .
Read MorePodcast: Fly-Fishing for Pike, with Drew Price
This is a special backcast episode, and we are also posting a companion video over on the Orvis Fly-Fishing Videos Podcast. Check it out wherever you get your podcasts, and subscribe! We have a very exciting podcast for you this week. Many of you have asked for a pike podcast, and we’ve delivered what I … Continue reading “Podcast: Fly-Fishing for Pike, with Drew Price”
Read More“Snakes,” by William G. Tapply
Written by: William G. Tapply
Bill Tapply shows off a fat Labrador brook trout.
Photos courtesy Vicki Stiefel
It was a typical August morning in Labrador—gray sky, cold drizzle, wind chill somewhere around freezing. In the afternoon, the clouds would blow away and the sun would come out and the. . .
Read MoreVideos: Trout, Pike, and Bass Smashing Flies On Top!
Our Canadian friends at The New Fly Fisher television show have been releasing a ton of content on their Youtube page lately, and these four shorts really caught my eye. As a topwater fanatic, . . .
Read MoreVideo: “Pike Land” in the Netherlands
Fly-fishing for pike is a blast, and I’ve enjoyed it in Alaska, Quebec, and Ireland, but I’ve always wanted to fish for “big mamas” in the brackish waters of The Netherlands. In this great video, . . .
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