Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Helga å - The Dark Side of Pike Fishing

Helga å - The Dark Side of Pike Fishing (S.Sweden)
by Stephan Dombaj

The tiny preypattern twiches along a shady lillipet-field. If anything is there, I´ll surely have it´s attention now - time to speed it up. Fast and steady retrieve with both hands: Strip, Strip, Strip...BANG! Nothing than pressure - the fish get automatically nailed via flyline. Attack and first run are a simultaneous action...

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Helga å, a small river located in southern Sweden, offers a wide variety of gamefishes including rainbows, grayling and brownies - actually the reason why we came there, but the shorestructure reaveals the beastious origin of it´s inhabitants...so, while all others went successfully for trout, I was in search for real troutkillers...


Alex is fishing the beat for trouts. Apperantly no one there...TIME FOR PIKE BITCH!!!
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First Cast and Bang...like it should be!
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The fish has ripped of the slackline - riverpike kicks ass big time
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damnit...in the cover...
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got that thing
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barbless hook easily removed
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damnit, what a dark fish
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nice pike
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release...
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see you soon brother...
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Stoffi at Helga å
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Alexander
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Resting
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Ebony-waters in southern Sweden
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