Fly Fishing for Northern Pike in Ontario Canada

by Al Errington | 07 Mar 2012

Fly Fishing for Northern Pike is exhilarating. Massive Flies and Massive Fish. Northern Pikes well know reputation for savagery has given Northern Pike the nick name “Fresh Water Wolves”. Even a relatively small Northern Pike, around 20-24 inches, is quite a fight on a fly rod, and when you hook into large Northern Pike in the 30’s or 40’s inch range on a Fly Fishing Rod it is “Battle Royal”.
Heavy-duty Fly Fishing gear is recommended for Northern Pike. Fly Fishing rods for Northern Pike should be 8 to 10-weight and a fighting butt is a really good idea. Heavy Fly Fishing Rods help cast the big, heavy streamers and flies used for Northern Pike. And the extra power helps control even a small to mid-sized Northern Pike when it’s buried in dense weeds