something a little differant

got me folks coming over tmo,so me old mans gonna bring me my fly rod and reel over,got some pike flies coming from ebay,so thinking of hitting river torne nxt weekend.i keep reading about it and seen programs on it,and it looks good fun,just cant get me head around such light tackle standing up to the job have any of you lads tried it??? if not il def let you know how i get on

Hi chris

I might be on the Torne next weekend but my mate was on about going to Thorne canal for a perch session.

I'll let you know nearer the time.

I too can't get my head around using fly tackle for pike. My old schoolmate who runs Stainforth Angling Centre said he tried fly fishing on the canal at Stainforth and pulled a beautiful perch out.

Just goes to show you never know what is going to happen when you give summat new a try.

What type, length, weight of rod is it?
Most pike-fly rods have a rating of #9/10 with a length of around 9 feet. A floating #9/10 weight line for pike is THICK, strong and heavy. It has to be to turn the humungus flies over and cope with the power.

my mates a pike fly nut and uses a 10 rate rod

Incidentally, the most pike I've had in a single session came to fly. I had 19 fish to 12lbs in 3 hours.