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Living in New Brunswick Canada I don’t see pike like I did in Ontario but I do see Chain pickerel, which get up to about a max of 30 inches and are just as aggressive as a pike the same size. They are after all part of the pike family.

My first pickerel caught was on a fly rod while I was fly fishing for brook trout. Imagine my surprise when a little pickerel grabbed it in mid-air. Even though it was a tiny specimen I could see they were vicious and was eager to try the fly rod for some bigger ones.

Since my first pickerel I have caught hundreds and hundreds of them, all exciting fun but the most fun I think I have had fly fishing for pickerel is using a fly that had the hook point snapped off. I was using it just for the reaction I get from the pickerel, same applies to pike of course. I would just cast it out and watch the reaction from the pike and to see how far I could attract them from.

On the right days I have had them easily come from 10 or 15 feet away while casting in the weeds. Most times they would be moving, more than one coming in all directions, before the fly ever hit the water so they had to be sitting right at the top of the water. So cool.

I have had pickerel take the fly, the one with no point on the hook, and still hold on to it all the way back to the boat or float tube. I have even lifted some out of the water, without being hooked and they just won’t let go.

What I have found is that pike and pickerel like the same food and will attack all the same flies. I use bass flies and salmon flies to catch them here in New Brunswick and do quite well with them.

But I am looking to tie a few flies designed for pike so I was looking through Youtube as I do often and found some cool pike on the fly videos I would like to share and then at the end I will add in a video showing how to tie a pike fly.

Here is a cool video where they are casting to pike and watching them take flies. I get such a kick out of watching that wake more through the water.

That was so much fun watching but I have to add this one as well. We don’t get pickerel that big here in New Brunswick but even so I have great fun catching them on a variety of flies.

And now a video showing you how to tie a fly for your pike or pickerel fly fishing trips. Enjoy and keep your arms strong.

I love top water action, who doesn’t, but I also like to use streamers, the same streamers I use for Atlantic salmon work great. Streamers will run just under the surface and they get a lot of action and most times I still get to see the strike right at the surface too.

The Mickey Finn Streamer

I usually use the Mickey Finn streamer for spring run Atlantic salmon but once I gave the Mickey Finn a try for pickerel I added it to my pike on the fly flies. The Mickey Finn streamer takes about 3 minutes to tie once you learn how and is quite durable.

Enjoy the video and maybe I will see you on the water fly fishing pike or pickerel.

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I love fly fishing for Atlantic salmon, just never get enough of it, and I also love using the Atlantic salmon pattern known as The Green Machine on most of our salmon rivers here in New Brunswick Canada.

My understanding of the Green Machine is that it was first used here in New Brunswick. No wonder both I and the Atlantic salmon love it.

The following video was created by William at www.FlySpoke.com. Thanks for the great video William.

You can watch the video and I will make a list for you with the materials you will need to successfully duplicate this awesome salmon fly.

Atlantic Salmon Fly: The Green Machine

Pattern: The White Calf Tail Green Machine, a slight variation of the original Green Machine.

• Mustad Hook: 3582 – Size 8 – Down Eye Double Hook
• Tail: White Calf Tail
• Hackle: Size 12 Dry Fly Hackle (Brown or Ginger)
• Body: Deer Body Hair (Green)

Note: Using blue deer hair and you will create a smurf to catch Atlantic salmon.

Feel free to change up the tail colour and see how you do on your salmon water.

If you’re new to deer hair spinning it’s not a problem. I found this little deer hair spinning video, enjoy.

My wife is from Campbellton New Brunswick, definitely the Atlantic salmon capital of the Maritimes. I have been fly fishing there for both big brook trout and of course the Atlantic salmon. I thought you would like to see a video of an Atlantic salmon fly tied right here in New Brunswick. I wonder if I would have married her if she wasn’t from a salmon fishing background? Okay, just kidding.

Somewhere about 1935 Joseph Clovis Arsenault was asked by Joseph Pulitizer to replicate a worn out Black R.A.T. that had the under body showing through. This better with age and well used fly was the birth of one of the most famous of all Canadian hair wing flies. The Rusty Rat is as good today as any fly for fishing the world famous Restigouche River.

This video not only shows you step by step how to tie the Rusty Rat but as he is tying he tells a great story of the history. Well worth your time viewing.

Most fishers have confidence baits and the same thing goes for salmon flies. I have my favourites and they tend to be all I use most of the time. The Rusty Rat is a salmon fly I have never tried but after watching this video it’s one that I have to learn to tie for myself and give it a try next year. Looking forward to it already.

Fishermen within the UK are blessed with a limitless selection of lakes, waterways, shores and rivers where tons of freshwater and saltwater fish species deliver great recreation. Although each fisherman has his inclinations, several desire to try and catch salmon or trout. Ahead is a bit of information about the form of fly fishing tackle you may want when searching for trout.

About Trout and Flies

Because the diet plan of the trout is highly wide-ranging, they’ll get caught by several different baits and lures. Trout munch on minnows as well as various other small shoal fish, along with grubs and worms turned up by the current. The main food source for trout, though, is bugs. It’s possible to capture trout utilizing bait as easy as earthworms or imitation spinning lures, or as sophisticated as colourful hand-tied representation of insects also known as flies. Fishermen who want the biggest challenge and excitement from their trout fishing expeditions generally select the strategy that makes use of flies.

Trout Fly Rods

Rods for fly fishing tend to be crafted from a wide range of materials, including state-of-the-art carbon fibre along with simple split cane. Fibreglass rods are widely used also. For fishing lakes, a large number of fishermen choose a more lengthy rod, sometimes 11 ft. or more. Lengthier fishing rods are also preferred by wet fly fishermen. Dry fly anglers usually choose a reduced fishing rod roughly eight to nine feet long. Whenever fly fishing in rivers or from shore, a lot of anglers make use of a rod approximately nine to ten ft. long, together with a less heavy line.

Trout Fly Reels

The selection of a reel is highly personal and is dependent upon the angler’s form. Quite a few want to allow the trout to take off having the line whilst playing it out more by hand than by using the reel. Some people love the difficult task of going up against the fish using a smaller line, choosing to wind the fishing line back onto the fishing reel by using the crank. Functions to look for consist of disk drag or spring and pawl click drag, ball bearings, anodised paint finish and big arbours. A lot of fly fishermen take pleasure in utilising premium reels from days past, such as those created by J.W. Young of Redditch. Old-fashioned reels from Pridex and Beaudex also are well-liked, as well as the low-priced Rimfly models.

Trout Fly Lines

Initial trout fly lines had been produced from silk. Present day lines appear in a dizzying range of models, types and weights. Some lines are double tapered, some others are either {weighted or floatingfloating or weighted}. Weighted lines are designed to sink gradually, quickly or somewhere in between. To some extent, the preference of fishing reel influences the choice of line. Plastic line is well-known with trout fishermen and is not difficult to keep. Some anglers pick a double tapered floating line for both lake and river sites. Double tapered line also is rather durable and more versatile than other forms of line. Reasonably priced fly line is available from Aircel, Shakespeare, Cortland and others.

When equipped with the right fly fishing tackle, UK anglers can drastically raise their odds for success.

If you want to catch fish why a fly rod, you are 1st going to have to understand in regards to the various varieties of flies. The name fly angling basically arrives from the kind of lures that you happen to be applying to bring the fish into your hook. The flies used in fly fishing are created to mimic insects, aquatic creatures, along with other natural food sources throughout diverse stages of their life. From grasshoppers, katydids, yellow flies, plus a good deal more, the possibilities are endless with regards to the sorts of flies available.

Did you recognize that its feasible to fish with flies without the need of planning from the song and dance regarded affectingly as fly fishing? Well, it really is plus the way to accomplish this task is with the use of a casting bubble. If you have ever wanted to make use of flies for fishing but do not would like to use classic fly fishing equipment and techniques, it is the answer.

Setting up a casting bubble is rather simple. Your line is simply threaded through the bubble from your narrow end on the bubble stop, and also a swivel is attached towards the end of one’s line. In many situations a cinch knot will be the most effective knot to use, but any powerful knot will work fine. At this point a seven to ten foot leader is connected for the swivel and also a fly to the end from the leader. This is what’s known as a casting bubble rig.

Flies is usually found via several distinct places, mainly consisting of big box retail stores, along with specialty angling suppliers. Discount flies are available in case you search around extended enough. You can get away with utilizing low cost fly fishing flies, if you ever take your time discovering them. Begin your search by heading on the internet to find reviews on several flies which might be beneficial to make use of in your area.

Fishing a casting bubble is very easy in addition and best accomplished in slow to non moving water such as being a lake or large pool in a river. With practice casting bubbles can be used in river fishing situations, but for that particular person who is new to fishing a fly in this manner, slow and/or non moving water is best. The biggest crucial is usually to retrieve your casing bubble slowly.

There are photographs of flies available to suit your needs to view online, and via other sources. The quantity of photographs obtainable for you to take a appear at are nearly endless, together with the web sites displaying distinct patterns. Certain species of fish demand a particular form of fly when you are targeting them.

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I like fly fishing with a Mickey Finn for early season Atlantic salmon, and they are pretty easy to tie, even for a fly tying beginner.

Wanna give tying a Mickey Finn a try? Excellent, you can watch the video below which will give you an idea of the materials you will need and a visual on how to create the fly step by step.

Here is a list of the materials you will need to tie your own Mickey Finn salmon fly.

• Black Thread
• Oval Tinsel
• Flat Tinsel – silver side showing
• Yellow Bucktail
• Red Bucktail

Note: If you don’t feel like tying this fly your self you can always order your own, just follow the link to Mickey Finn and you will see  wide selection of artificial flies for your fly fishing pleasure. Just use the search box to find the Mickey Finn and you are ready to go.