by Andrew Marr | Apr 10, 2023 | Flies, Fly Recipes
Step 1- Start the thread about even with the point of the hook. Tie in a small bunch of 12″ Fish Hair at it’s mid-point Step 2- Fold the Fish Hair back and secure it with half a dozen or so wraps. Bring the thread forward onto the bare hook shank Step 3 – Clip a small...
by Andrew Marr | Apr 6, 2023 | Tactics, tricks and tips, Tales from the guide side
By Phil Wiebe Dog days of summer? Bring it on! There are plenty of persistent “rules of thumb” and ‘old wives tales’ in the fishing world, but one of the most inaccurate may involve the behavior’s of Northern Pike during the warm summer months. A couple nice pike laid...
by Andrew Marr | Mar 11, 2023 | Tactics, tricks and tips
Any guest who has fly fished from the bow of my guide boat has heard me say the phrase, “if you can’t see what is behind your fly, don’t take it out of the water!” It a far too is common practice for fly anglers using pike streamers to make a nice cast, strip the fly...
by Andrew Marr | Mar 10, 2023 | Announcements, Destinations
Pikeonthefly.com is pleased to announce that fly angler Ray Snyder, along with trusty longtime guide and POTF staffer Andrew Marr, have set a new benchmark for the IGFA All-Tackle Length Fly World Record for Northern Pike! Ray Snyder is an avid fly fisherman and...
by Andrew Marr | Mar 2, 2023 | Tactics, tricks and tips, Tales from the guide side
A reminder to slow down, take a breath, be patient, and fish your cast, wherever it lands. We are all guilty of it, we see a pike, determine which way it’s facing, load up the rod and launch a cast, intending to land the fly right in front of its snout. But instead of...
