[AZbassernco]

so yesterday I went fishing for a bit and decided to hit a lake in southpark that we all know and managed to finally kill my pike skunk on a fly rod. the day was great no wind in the morning and buggy as heck but it was all good. decided to break out the pike rig and see what would happen. On the second cast I got this guy and wow I think I could get addicted to pike on the fly



40 in about 17 lbs

 

[Opry99er]

WOWZA!!!!!!

 

[AZbassernco]

yeah and it took a bit to calm down lol never thought I would actually catch one been trying since 2009

 

[Oyey]

BRAVO dude :notworthy:

 

[AZbassernco]

thanks guys

 

[explodedlad]

YES that is a good first!

 

[hobiecat]

Nice!

 

[AZbassernco]

my first cast I could see him sunning him self in the weeds so I cast to him and rolled the fly right over his back and no reaction. the second cast I was double haul striping the fly and it passed right across his nose and holy hell the world exploded that fish went insane and chased the fly about ten yards before he grabbed it. I watched the take set the hook and he went nuts and took a huge run taking all of my fly line and about 60 yards of backing before I got him turned but then it was not much of a fight after that but man what fun it was

 

[andyrm66]

That sounds like a good time and a long while in the making!

 

[whompuscat658]

What kind of retrieve? Long, slow strips? My buddy got a nice pike just trolling around with a sinking line from his float tube.

 

[AZbassernco]

very fast double strip

 

[JWurgaft]

Very nice.

 

[onefishinfool]

That's a heckuva start!

 

[tangler]

NICE! You might be reaching for that pike rig more than the trout rig now...

 

[mattyt]

set the bar pretty high on that for yourself. nice job
ive been trying for a 40+ for quite some time

 

[JFDenver]

Very nice! Any air time for that bad boy?

 

[AZbassernco]

no that beast stayed down the whole time

 

[The_Hooker]

Gah that's awesome, sounds like a great fight!

 

[CF LURKER]

Very Nice. I caught my first one about 8 yrs ago and it was a finish hammer handle

Don't think I have caught one since. But trying to branch out to more species and the one you landed creates a spark to get after them water wolves.


CONGRATS!

 

[LostFedExMan]

That is awesome, I am immensely jealous! Congrats!