by Phil Wiebe | Jan 13, 2026 | Tactics, tricks and tips
There are two schools of thought when it comes to hook sets, the strip set and the tip set. I’ll preface this piece by saying that I fall firmly within the strip set camp. Strip setting is the act of pointing the rod tip directly at the fish, then firmly pulling or...
by Andrew Marr | Mar 26, 2024 | Interviews, Tactics, tricks and tips, Video
Join Chris Krysciak from Drift Outfitter Toronto as he host Matt Martin from Smooth River Guiding and Andrew Marr from pikeonthefly.com. Together the 3 of them discuss everything fly fishing for pike, give advice on locations, flies and more while taking questions...
by Andrew Marr | Oct 30, 2023 | Tactics, tricks and tips, Tales from the guide side
By Andrew Marr Anyone who has ever wanted to instantly turn a 4-piece fly rod into a 5 or more piece rod, here are a few easy ways to go about it! The Superman hook set: Much like the man in steel leaping over a tall building, the superman hookset requires lift off!...
by Andrew Marr | Oct 30, 2023 | Flies, Tactics, tricks and tips, Tales from the guide side
By Andrew Marr Don’t over look small flies in your quest for a BIG pike! During the filming for the Award winning short film, “Common Thread”, my long-time guest and star of the film, Mary, fished for 12 days straight. A 70 plus year old great grandmother churning out...
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...
