Well, a bit of a disaster yesterday. Finally hooked up a decent river pike (guess around 6lb) from the yak, on the troll with a Rapala (forget the model).
Having done some pike skiing (which was fun) I finally had him alongside – ish. Holding my rod vertically (the only way I could find to bring him close enough to glove out) I got hold of the trace, at which point he had a final thrash for freedom, and the snap link parted…..cue pike and Rapala doing a crash dive, still attached.
