Earplug Sliders

Here's a tight ass top tip using simple earplugs to tie up a popper/slider. Not a new technique but very cost effective in the long run.

Fly Candy

Pink white is another combo that works quite well here on the Baltic although I don't use it as often than I should. What I have started to notice is that smaller flies of around 80mm - 100mm are far more successful than when I 've been using longer flies. Take for instance this weekend, I put in 10hrs worth of fishing in some prity blustery weather and used extremely small flies and caught regularly. As soon as I changed the fly to something larger in the same saught of colour scheme I battlled. Sure in all fishing there are so many variables to take in to consideration but I have found especially the last 3 weeks since the water temps have dropped that smaller flies are more effective. Whether this is because there are so much baitfish here around Replot and pike prefer to eat smaller prey more often, I'm not sure, but it has made me take note that maybe next season I will be using smaller flies than I have been this last season. Maybe thats why the summer here was so slow,as I was using far to bigger flies.

Pike on the fly in Finland

Catch Magazine issue 13 out

Catch Magazine issue 13 is out and again it doesn't dissapoint. There's an insane feature dedicated to the power of macro and fish scales and an awesome short video targeting SM Bass river stylie. Click image to visit the ezine.

Fly Candy

I blended white and sea blue slinky fiber for the main body of this soft belly baitfish while adding the obligatory two marabou hairline feathers (white). Added some dark blue goat hair for a lateral line and stuck a couple of eyes on. Caught me a couple of fish yesterday with it which fed the family.

I do like this fly and think the marabou feathers underneath give it a much better profile but only after 2 decent fish and the slinky fiber looks like something the cat dragged in and the eyes have fallen off.I use ZAP GOO PT-12 to bond the eyes to the fly which is made specifically for this purpose yet It doesn't do what it says on the packaging. Thats why I very rarely have eyes on my flies. 90% of the flies I feature on PikeFFArticles the eyes are being held in place with a small ball of bluetack and once finished taking a pic of them I take them off....well unless I Bug-bond them on. Are there any of you out there that could recommend a very strong glue for sticking on eyes permenantly.

Readers fish porn

Regular reader to these shores is Dmitry Luchin who sent me some images from his latest fishing trip This is a nice looking pike on the fly he bagged. Thanks for this Dmitry,nice fish mate.

Pech mouche

Open publication - Free publishing - More poppers

Baltic pike flies feature in this months Peche mouche with a great article about targeting pike on the fly with surface lures and poppers,by a good mate Vincenzo Penteriani who I'm going to be fishing with in a couple of weeks time here around the island.