First the esox will say “I’m lovin’ it” and then they’ll regret they ate it…
McBypass – 8″ of 4/0 tastiness (pike – small musky size)

And the McDoubleBypass – 13″ of double 4/0 gluttony (only the fattest esox need apply)

A classic color [read more]

Slide this thing through the weeds in snotrocket territory and wait for the carnage to ensue.  At 10″ it might tempt small loch ness monsters too, though a larger version would be better.

This is one of my first attempts at using a bass worm hook for a bendback, I tied bunch over the bast couple weeks.  We’ll see how well it works.  The worm hooks are somewhat hard to to tie on, [read more]

Swamp thing…  slough shark snack
4/0 hook with a long rabbit zonker tail, icelandic sheep hair, and hackles (about 8″ long)

I recently did a little experimentation with mouse patterns.  This was one result, has potential for esox and bowfin – as well as incidentals like bass.

The rear hair is stacked loosely so the butt end sits down in the water [read more]

Musky Chronicles Trailer from Lee Church on Vimeo.
Came across this at Moldy Chum, the sights and sounds make me homesick – but otherwise its pretty awesome

This off season’s big project has been a new line up of fly rods – I sold my old ones and bought a stack of blanks.  So when I saw a 10wt blank from a good maker for something like [read more]