well something just ate i just saw the flash of the mouth
i don't think he's gonna take some i don't know how big he oh he looks
decent he hasn't woken up yet i don't think that's a big fish that's a big fish
just been an incredible experience up here at scott lake
diversity of fish we got lake trout pike fly line around phil's feet
i could see the white flying and i just saw the flash of the mouth the fly disappeared and then
i felt the tension and just keep stripping strip set that fly right into his mouth
unless he's a big predator he doesn't want to let go of us
she's probably more like it there she goes into the basket nicely done mike
look at this beauty just under 40 inches right at the approaches big killing machine let's put her
back and let her go we're looking for ones that are sort of gliding and cruising that's usually
a sign of a cruising feeding fish as opposed to one sitting flat on the bottom dormant
uh he might be latching on he's turning he's not he's on it that was cool that was cool we're sight
fishing here we're picking our fish because there's small ones in here and larger ones
and we had two and we watched the fly come into view and the big one sort of said that's mine
and just took it and i got to see the whole grab so that is so cool
usually in any situation you got more than one fish competing for your your fly you're
typically going to get an eat because they just compete with each other they don't want
their colleague or their sibling or whatever to get what they have so let's get some line
management going here there we go because this fish has probably got a few yes we go
man on this 1008 helios
always cool to see a tank yeah once you just watch their whole attitude change
they glide by like they ignore it and then they just turn yeah and his buddies turn to
look at him yeah now he's going now i want it you see the second fish coming
got that
big white bunny streamer into his
mouth it's coming for the white streamer here it comes
fast fast dang
that's so cool sight fishing for pike
because on this light bottom they stick out like little dark olive logs
and you can just watch the that pike as soon as the fly hit the water it just turned towards the
splash and as i stripped the fly towards it it just let it go by and then just turned onto it
followed i stripped i paused sight fishing at any time is cool and in these shallow
calm back bays they're great escape you've got some inclement weather because they're protected
especially using either very you know white in this case or black flies that you can easily see
in the water because sometimes all you see is the fly disappear
let you release them mike
do
one of the most exciting ways to target shallow water pike is using flies that ride on
in or just below the surface the surface disturbance these flies create
attracts pike from a distance the explosive heart stopping takes soon become addictive for many it
is the only way to target pike subsurface flies rarely if ever make their way onto their leaders
now look at those eyes right in through here so they got these laser laser pointers right
so they're looking through here that's their gun sights that's their binoculars
then when they flare they flare this whole thing open when they do that they can't
even see what they're heating so they have to flare as wide as they can to get that fish in
he's there
what's he doing well yeah he chased like
this guy wants it
there you go you gotta let him have it finally got it three attempts i was getting excited
buck fever because you've got to let them as they come up for the fly come over top of it
and take it and i was just setting too early but this that just seemed to fire him up more
now he wants to go back to his lair
pike are in this base signing themselves weedman slider created by stu thompson out of winnipeg
great pike fly black looks like a burbot creates wake and fish it wet fish it on top like we are
this fish has got some
got some energy
that was so cool
he's got that right the only trouble is he's probably taking it right down the chomper ate it
there she goes
oh
left it for
they're so aggressive if you miss one there's a pretty good chance if you just leave it and
then strip it again they'll come back and eat it my poor weedman slider has no tail
floats on every second or third cast if i squeeze the water out of it but then it
just rides subsurface and they don't seem to mind there's these fish are in a killing frame of mind
and they'll take it sideways they'll chase it from behind
sometimes they'll take it just like a traditional dry fly sitting on
the surface not even doing anything oh bring it in the mic and there we go you