His best pike on a fly rod in Montana was a 22-pounder from Fort Peck Reservoir. Closer to home, he's landed northerns of 18 and 20 pounds on flies in the lower Flathead River.

That pike, by the way, ate a 6-inch fly, not some 12-inch mass of feathers, hair, and flash that took 4 hours to tie. This brings us to fly selection. Skip the Meat Flies Guide Trevor Smith with a fly ...

I was after Scotland’s pike. Unlike trout patterns that have specific names, the big flies used for Scottish pike are simply called pike flies, said Ken Wood of Scotia Fishing, my guide for the day.

Local angler and fly tyer Dan McGuire will be hosting a fly-tying demonstration on Saturday, Jan. 13, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at East Rosebud Fly Shop.

My 12-year-old nephew, Jesse, broke the calm. "I think I'll try a Bunny Fly," he said in that cool, preteen way of his. Now almost my height, he regarded me sweetly with my father's Bambi eyes.

Famed for its spectacular trout fishing, Montana’s Bighorn River recently gave Kansas City, Mo., fly angler Nathan Diesel a big, toothy surprise — a 38-inch, 16-pound northern pike.

Kelson Hickman, 13, of Great Falls caught this 37 1 / 2 -inch, 14-pound Northern Pike on Saturday, Aug. 2, at Pishkun Reservoir. He was using a 6 weight St. Croix fly rod on 5X mono tippet with a ...