Chasing toothy critters on the fly is fun! There is nothing like having a water wolf attack your fly with reckless abandon. Pike will readily come to a fly. They like the flies big. Steve kicked off the pike season with a trip to a lake north and west of Red Deer. The pike want to destroy anything that comes into their lair. The neat image below is a great example of a fierce predator eating another sizeable burbot. Wow! Thanks for the pictures Steve.
To fly fish for pike, you need an 8 to 10 weight fly rod with a floating line that will handle large flies. There are pike lines out there that do this very nicely. You terminal tackle needs to include knotable bit tippet (steel leader), or a regular pike leader although some people use 50 pound plus fluorocarbon or braid with few break offs!
If you want to get into some very cool pike action, put on a popper fly or a mouse imitation. All of a sudden it will seem like someone flushed a toilet on your fly and its gone. Pike on!
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