If fly fishing for trout is the elegance and grace of a no-look pass in basketball, then fly fishing for northern pike is a rim-rattling slam dunk.

Fly fishing enthusiast Jeff Korbel, who also makes and sells fly rods and hand-tied flies, is among the anglers who helped spur interest in fall fly fishing for northern pike in the Bemidji area.

F&S Classics: Northern Pike Peak After our guide cut the outboard, I grabbed my fly rod, stepped up to the bow deck, and surveyed the scene. It had been a long, exhausting journey from my home in ...

Photo by Andrew Vandrie Fishing Gear Tips: Northern Pike Anglers looking to target this toothsome aggressor should carry a stout stick. Fly rods in the seven to eight weight range are recommended.

With the fly-fishing season for pike is on the brink, deep-water spin casters will have to wait it out until October, when the fish once again begin to bulk up for a long winter.

You haven't fished until you've cast for 3-foot pike with a nine-weight fly rod 400 miles north of Winnipeg.

Missoula's Neal Cote has perfected fly-fishing techniques and his own brand of killer fly patterns to become a master of catching northern pike. Competing against scores of anglers using ...

Essox, water wolves or just northern pike, nothing conjures up images of toothy mouths clamped around bushy flies like fall fly-fishing. By throwing flies the size of a bobwhite quail, anglers tempt ...

A trip to northern Manitoba and to Laurie River Lodge is an adventure in landing pike, walleye, and lake trout, with the pike a fly-rod delight.

Fly fishing for giant pike is the main attraction at Wheeler River Lodge. John Macgillivray, Dorsey Pictures MORE FOR YOU ...

How To Catch Big Fall Pike On Surface Flies There’s rarely a warning. Not with pike. When a striped bass attacks a topwater fly, you often see a boil or a swirl before the toilet flushes ...