PIKE FLY- FISHING ASSOCIATION
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Pike Fly Fishing at Bewl Water.
With immediate effect fly fishing for Pike will be allowed at Bewl Water, Andy Lush from the Friendly Fisherman has approached fishery owner Simon Hume-Kendall regarding the possibility of opening the reservoir to Pike Fly Fisherman and his representations were meet with enthusiasm.
"I'm very pleased that the new regime at Bewl are so pro-active towards pike and pike fisherman, this is the first of two major initiatives that are taking place at the reservoir this year" said Andy.
This year will be a trial period to make sure there are no unforeseen problems, also the pike's welfare has to be taken into consideration, with this in mind pike fishing will halt when the water temperature exceeds 20 degrees 'C' and will resume again when it goes below that temperature.
How much will it cost?
The purchase of a 'Pike/Catch & Release' Ticket will cost just £17.00, you can fish either from the boat or Bank, for boat prices and other information visit www.bewlwater.co.uk/kent/file/flyfishing.php
Tackle to use?
The following items will make the experience both enjoyable for yourself and safe for the pike, here are Andy's suggestions for those wishing to try this form of fishing.
Rod 9' #10/11.
Reel Any suitable reel to accommodate #10/11 line plus backing.
Line 'Saltwater/Pike' taper fly line with 30lb backing.
Leader 5 - 7' Saltwater Seaguar Fluorocarbon 25lb with 8" 20 - 30lb wire tippet and a snap clip to change flies.
Flies Large enough and strong enough to hold 20lb plus fish! Special pike flies are now commercially available.
Net 36"/42" Specimen style or Salmon Gye net.
Tools Un-hooking Glove, 9" Forceps and Hook Cutters.
Mat Un-hooking mat for floor of boat.
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PIKETREK DO IT AGAIN 06/06/10 not content or resting on there laurels the guys over at pike trek have done it again this time with rattles , we all know how expensive rattles are well pike trek are doing them for the criminally insane price of £2.50 for 25 for a full run down on the product go over to the pffa blog or simply click the link to go get some www.pikeflyrod.com
pike fly fishing association blog (19/04/09) the pffa now has its very own blog so click the picture to go there and be sure to subscribe , if you think you know a blog or website that we should feature on there please get in touch via the adress in the blog sidebar
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new product at deer creek (8th april ) some nice new eyes are appearing over at deer creek and they have some very cheap sampler packs available click the picture to go there and check them out , there will as i understand it be some 10 and 12 mm available soon , we haven't tried them yet but we will do soon on first look they do look quite awesome
site update (05/04/10) just added a fantastic article by brad bohen on his world record fly caught musky youll find it here http://www.pffa.co.uk/worldrecordmusky.htm
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site updates (04/04/10) have updated the chew events page from march with some new pictures from guy eldridge and steve gait , have also added some flies in the pike flies section..............dl
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piketrek get sharp(28/03/10) the uks most imitative pike fly fishing site just went a step better and has now started to sell some kickass pike fly hooks piketrek are fast becoming the go to place for all your pike flyfishing needs click the picture below to see the range
not content with bringing some amazing stuff to the uk market with there body materials they have now bought out there own brand of UV bond at an incredible price and a range of super sharp fly tying scissors again click the picture below to see the range uk pike fly fishers have never had it so good
new eyes (25/03/10) richard over at custom pike and saltwater flies has added a new range of very nice eyes to his blog to
purchase these and see other eyes he has in stock click the picture below
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updates (24/03/10) have now added some pictures and a short video from the pffa event on chew on the 20th and 21st of march
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CHANGES AFOOT(13/03/10) I'm in the process of updating the links page on the site as a lot of them are now dead links , and I'm replacing them with click able banner links if after the 15Th your banner no longer appears on the links page please mail me at dlindsay28@googlemail.com and i shall arrange for it to go back on , if you wish to do a banner swap again please contact me at the above e.mail , i shall also be adding a page of blog links that are relivente to our sport so if you have a blog then get in touch at the same mail
thanks
Dave
CLEAR CURE GOO another great new light cure product has hit the shelves this is a bit different to the usual hard cures that are out there check it out ...DL
"Clear Cure Goo is a GREAT VALUE... Think about how much Saltwater Flies cost at a fly shop.... 5 dollars to 7 dollars. You can make at least 30 2/0 Surf Candies with one syringe. 30 flies x 5 dollars equals $150. As you can see the savings in time in using a product that cures hard in 3-5 seconds add that to the savings you get by tying your own flies you can see how valuable Clear Cure Goo can be. Once you purchase the kit, you will only be buying syringes. The light uses 3AAA batteries and will last you well over 150 flies before you notice any lag time in the curing process.
many thanks to freind and musky guide brad bohen
piketrek launch pike fly rod
piketrek the UK pike fly fishing company have launched there own pike fly rod the pikesaber and by all accounts its something very special the pffa will be doing a full review of the pikesaber mid march but if you cant wait here is the link to have a look http://www.pikeflyrod.com/6-pike-fly-rods
orvis the u.s.a fly fishing giant has just put out a pike leader with ti trace attached , i had a look at one the other day and although they are OK for what they are i did think the swivel a lock at the business end was far to small and wouldn't take the gauge of eye a lot of our flies have , although its easy enough to change this to a bigger size the leader comes in floating , intermediate , and a sinking version and is priced at �10.99 for 1
this does sound expensive but it will do you for a long time so maybe a good option for a beginner until they can learn how to do there own ..
d.l
