I picked up this one on the Jackson River right below the dam a few years ago. It took a #4 Woolly Bugger on 0X Fluorocarbon which held up fine to the teeth. Truth be told, I was actually just bombing long casts into the deep tailrace pool hoping to score a Moby Trout, so I can't say I was targeting it. Apparently, before the dam was built, the Jackson was a major Pickerel river. Wish I could have fished it back then, but I suppose you always lose something to gain something. Oh, and definitely watch the teeth! I grabbed onto that fly to get it out and the fish snapped my finger and left a few perfect tooth holes which proceeded to bleed for the next hour or so. Those suckers are quick!
Dan Davala
On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 1:18 PM, Jeffrey Silvan <jeffreysilvan@gmail.com> wrote:
It has been a very long time since I've targeted or caught pickerel, but I always used to catch them on baitfish imitations. I can't remember if I ever got one on the fly rod, but the spinning rod pickerel used to be on a slug-go (soft plastic) or rapalas. They're ambush predators, and will take just about anything a bass would take. I seem to remember the flashier the better for pickerel, so maybe try tying up some clousers with extra flash. They're almost always smaller than pike and musky (a 5 lb pickerel is VERY big, and the world record is around 9 lbs), but their teeth are still sharp. You don't NEED a steel leader, but I'd definitely consider a beefy shock tippet - maybe 20 lb. test, checked carefully after every fish.To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tidal-potomac-fly-rodders/CANiFxBxNiEeG11CwWsiPN-4ikuCqwxVcib9mdQ6qF0qrYYj1%2BQ%40mail.gmail.com.--On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 1:09 PM, samuel newcomer <samuelnewcomer@gmail.com> wrote:
Any thoughts on flies for these bad boys?Seems like they are normally smaller than most pike/ musky. So medium bass poppers/ deer hair type flies in darker winter colors?
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