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Originally Posted by densa44
There was a time that the fly, the riffle, the cast and how you tied the fly would have been in the story! What rod? Line? reel? you get the idea.
Nice job on your own though.
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Thanks for asking! This was in a lake and it was on the inward windblown shore. The fly was a 6 inch leech pattern that I have tied for years and is my go to for the big ones. I use a 3/0 eye level hook and alternate 2 colours of saddle hackle.
The rod is a TFO 9 foot 8 weight, the reel is an amundson Diablo cartridge reel. Line is Cortland species specific pike with red taper leading into slime green running line.
I usually use an over hand double haul cast to chuck the big "chicken" fly as I like to call them.
I tie the fly to the line not direct but on a loop so that when I am varying my stripping and the fly stops it almost always turns to invoke a strike of a following fish...the fly is neutrally bouyant in the water.
Care to share how you fly fish for pike?
LC