A northern in hand.

A northern in hand.

Six weight weaponry.

Six weight weaponry.

banana myth

Banana myth, debunked. (My brother.)

pike underwater

Pike release.

fly abused

First tie from seven years ago. Imperfect at birth, but still kicking.

In the Mist

Casting in the mist.

northern release

An angry northern.

texas hold em

Cheap beer, Texas Hold 'Em


Leave a Comment to “Annotated History of Pike Expedition, 2009”

  1. awesome. nice job brother!

  2. Simon Graham says:

    Did you pull that banana out off that bASS.
    Nice mate!

  3. Rob says:

    Man….reminds me of pulling one of those out of the ice in upstate NY when i was a kid.

  4. DayTripper says:

    You just can’t mock the fishing gods with that banana pic. Mark my words, there will be some serious repercussions for that

  5. Rob, same region, post melt.

    DayTripper, Karma’s going to get me for a lot worse things than that banana.

  6. Michael says:

    (Ultra hair + epoxy head * Tyger wire / angry northern) * 6 weight = Genesee time

    But who gives a crap about the fishing. Question is, did you take all your brother’s money or what?!

  7. No Tyger wire, that’s straight up 40-lb fluorocarbon. We’ve found that we get a lot more hits with the fluoro and you get the smallmouth bass, too. Actually, catching smallmouth is the reason for the smaller flies, lighter rod, and fluoro leaders.

    That said, I caught my biggest pike of the weekend w/ an 8w and a puglisi perch pattern.

    I broke even in the cards. A family friend on the trip who’s a card shark walked away with the big haul.

  8. Ed says:

    my sweet, sweet genny…

  9. CW Mark says:

    Great shots of the big boys in the water…

  10. Michael says:

    I’ve got some 30lb flouro, although I’m always tentative with the knots – may have to try. You’re using the HR loop knot up front, and an Albright to the leader?

  11. I knew there had to be other Genny appreciators out there. Just avoid the ones with the green label.

    MG, yes on both counts. Getting the Homer Rhode tight is impossible without using pliers.

  12. Ed says:

    “Just avoid the ones with the green label.”

    NEVER! Screamers forever.

  13. Ed you’re a brave man.

  14. Holy moley batman, that is some serious tippet! I had always wondered what to use for Pikers. Thanks for the info.

  15. Amy Wagner says:

    Hi there
    Haven’t been here in a while and hope you are all well.
    This has to be the first Pike that I have ever seen and thats quiet the big boy there, nice to see that you boys didn’t forget the beer on the trip. :)

  16. jeremy says:

    Awesome pics pete! Love that last pike shot .. mean lookin Bastads.

  17. mstansberry says:

    We came to the exact same conclusion on the wire issue. Dropped it for big fluoro.

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