So it was a day of work my first in i dont know how long. The weather was pants, seriously damp but i didn't care and i had to use my day up of, jermy kyle and gmtv was a no go. So yak on roof and headed to a lake i recently came across. Got ready for the off and loaded up with the snowbee deep blue and the rio shooting head system.




i then headed of to a likely spot some 200 yards or so away from the launch spot and began drifting fishing in close in the shallows. Useing a split tail bunny in charestuse and black nothing happened.



I then moved of to another bay and began the same drift on the oppostite side of the lake. A switch of fly to a whistler and my first pike came to hand, at bloddy last.


i was disgusted to find the condtion of this fish, u can just about make out in the photo above around the mouth. on closer inspection inside my fly was a dead baiters treble and wire. cant help wondering on this one. the fish did kick away happy though


achor down incase fish where holding in this corner and indeed they were i had a several pulls and plenty of interest to another pattern. then bang all went dead. In for a break and a soup then



I returned to the same bay and began the same tactics within two casts i had yet another fish. the best of the day no idea of the weight as i didn't bother bringing this one into the yak




The bay then went dead again so time for a move, within 100 or yards i had the smallest fish of the day again close in on the shallows, quick reach for the camera and it has no screen, a tad waterlogged to say the least but thankfully i managed to get the pics of so slipped him back. This one fell to a black and charetuse split tail bunny.

time to chill out at anchor and fire and a few around an island at the other end of the lake



Nothing happened at anchor so i began another small dirft before packing it in, one more fish around 5lb to a charetuse hollow fleye, landed and jumped back out of the yak in an acrobotic style even before i got a look. Great day out even though i got waterlogged cigs, camera and trunks.

Good report mate

Count yourself lucky weather wise mate , i cant get to the pike in my canal is still covered ice

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Great post Steve ,thanks for the pics .Pity about the cigs/camera etc and the deadbaiting rig near put an end to that fish.The yak seems to be a great way of fishing remote little lakes .
Corky

Really liked that Steve, looks like you had a great day bar the weather, role on the weekend

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Derek

You looked things over and were not yet beat
Then changed flies again and were ready to repeat
The next try was poor because you rushed the cast
You hold your breath in solemn anticipation
You must be a fly fisherman!

~by George W. Harvey, A Fly Fisherman (last 20 lines), in "Fly Fisherman" magazine, December, 2002~

>>>>>>>MEMBER OF THE S.S.F.D.<<<<<<<<<<

I'll second that. Great post Unlike Derek.. the lucky sod, no fishing for me I'm off to Dublin for the WE Will Rock You Gig

Sean

Great Post,
You done that Pike a favour catching it and removing that trace.
My ambition for 2010 is to catch one of those critters on a fly.
Well done, sounds like good sport.

Munro

great report that canoe ia exellent would love to get one of them must open up so many more waters and oppertunites to catch other wise unfishable banks with the fly.

Great post and pics Stevie... Brightened up my Thursday morning

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cheers lads, yes kayak's sure do open up so much remote water.

Excellent a real eye opener