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...
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...
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...
by Andrew Marr | Mar 1, 2023 | Tactics, tricks and tips, Tales from the guide side
By Andrew Marr When it comes to fishing, there are many factors far beyond our control. Weather, water temps, wind, moon phases and time of year all play huge roles relating to what pike are doing on any given day, and there isn’t a thing we can do about it. All...
