Pike Jamboree
Our friend, Theo Bakelaar is chasing pike in Holland. They have just come off the spawn, and are moving into the rivers, hunting voraciously. He took a very fine fish the other day, only to have a young boy nail a really big one fifteen minutes later. But that’s fishing.
On another note, Chuck Furimsky, Theo’s friend and mine, is head to Canada for big pike with feather baron, Bill Keough. Chuck had to tie up a few “experimental” flies to take along, hence his “Bleeding Bird” imitation. Knowing pike, if it’s in the water and moving, it’s likely to work. Chuck will send us photos of his success.
Theo with a very fine pike form Holland canal..
Not to be outdone….
The Bloody Bird.
From the top
The undercarriage.