Robert Sørvik sent me a nice selection of pike porn from his season the other day. there are so many I'll post some today and tomorrow. He says "It started very early this year, right after the ice disappeared from Nitelva(river that runs into Øyern. Lillestrøm city 20 min from Oslo). 
Thanks to global warming the season is starting earlier and earlier. My first fish this year was that fat one , didn't way it, but probably 9-10 kilos, fattest pike ever, almost bursting.
This river is constantly very dirty, but right after the ice disappears we have a couple of days with very clear water and often very good fishing.Pike Muppets works really well early in the spring, because they have pulsating(?) move even if you strip in the fly really slowly. Found out his year that very slow retrieves was the right medicine, so slow that it was almost boring(middle of March).
The Pike Muppet is one of the flies He uses most of the time pike fishing in Nitelva and Øyern. Very easy to cast . Black, chartreuse, red and white and black and red (black tail, red marabou) are my favorite colours. Strangely they don't work that well in clear water, but when fishing murky waters its my first choice.Hook: Mustad stinger 2.0
Tail: Big fly fibre with some crystal flash
Hackle: 2 Pieces of marabou
Head: stick on eyes and epoxy.
My personal best was 12.8 kg caught in early 2000, after spawning, it was 116,5 cm. This year he finally beat it with a monster fish caught before spawning, 13,7 kg , 121 cm and what a fight. Its almost a religious feeling holding a fish like that. Its going to be hard to beat that one but that is not what it's about for him anymore.
Thanks for these Robban,I hope to get up to see you hopefully next year or the following May
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