Thursday, November 22, 2007

Fly fishing for Pike

Fly fishing for Pike has become a popular pastime in UK and European waters. With the mainstream fly fishing publications dedicating pages to techniques and tackle for fly fishing for pike, anglers have taken to casting flies at these aggresive freshwater predators. But did you know they could be caught in saltwater? In the waters of Gotland, Sweden there is an interesting project being undertaken by Per Jobs of Fish Your Dreams that is being funded by the EU into the movements of Pike in the inshores waters of Gotland.


Pike here are found feeding on the shallow sand flats and make for an interesting sight fishing prospect. Fly fishermen are an integral part of this project with Pike caught being tagged by the accompanying guides and returned and hopefully at some stage recaptured to generate data on their movements and growth rates.


If you would like to participate in this project and fish the waters of Gotland for their saltwater pike then please email me for more details.

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