You'd be surprised at what pike will eat. You may not need a 7 to 12 inch fly to catch them, depends on what type of bait fish they're feeding on. Tossing flies that large can be a drag if you're doing it for several hours. The only time I get to do any concentrated fishing for pike is the week I spend in northern Ontario each summer. The pike that time of year range 20-30 inches. This fly has caught a dozen and half pike for me over the last three years. I tie it 6-8 inches long with and without a prop and it's light enough to cast with a 6 wgt. Although I tie it in other colors, white is the hottest.


I also tie it articulated which brings the length up to 9-11 inches, and makes it chuck and duck on the 6 wgt but fine for the 8 wgt.


There are a lot of perch in the lake, so I tied this one up.


8 inches long. Chuck and duck for the 6 wgt, great for the 8 wgt.

This is the largest fly I tie, intended for salt water, it should be fished with a 9 or 10 wgt rod. This one's 11 inches long. I'll troll it on my 8 wgt.



A couple of other flies you should look at are the "Siliclone", "Hollow Fleye" and the "Semper Fleye"
They can be tied large, are light weight and push water.