Hi everyone, Got out yesterday VERY late after a long day in the lab (early this morning?), to fish a local stream (more like a river if you ask me). After a few bluegills/ bream, I switched from my IBCCS (maroon parachute, dk dun cdc wing, cream hackle, cdl tail) in size 16 to a size 4 dark Stone Nymph, just for the heck of it (no, I didn't think I'd catch anything, but I wanted to see how it sank, honestly). First cast, and WHAM! one of the hardest strikes of my life! Needless to say, I didn't have to set that hook - the Northern pike did that for me! After almost a half hour of fighting and acrobatics (that thing was air-bourne over half of the time, while my stomach was doing summersaults besides!) I C&R'd a approxamitely 20 inch Northern pike! No, not a musky, I know those when I see them, and I was hoping it was one... This was a HUGE northern pike! Pictures to follow when developed - they better come through, as my fiance dropped the camera into the stream just a few minutes before, and it's the 35mm type, not one of these waterproof digital jobs. I'm a die-hard C&R person, so didn't take him home for further pictures. Anyhow, I wanted to know if anyone had good fly patterns for Northern Pike, and also, I'm curious why they're called *Northern* Pike... are there Southern ones? Take care everyone, one very tired but thrilled Pete
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