In article , Brownz
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Fly rod and line.

Which I don't have, so I might get away with my short and whippy spinning
rod ?

Maybe - is it meaty enough to set the hook? Don't forget to include a short
wire trace.

The risk with a surface lure and any other floats/controllers up the line is
that a fish is quite likely to attack the interesting blobby thing the mouse
is apparently chasing.

You don't say how big it is but I bet chub would be interested too.

Then slowly bring it back across an leave it close in to where the pike
hang
out.
Lots of fussy, ripplemaking wasted motion. Keep it more or less moving.
Give
it the odd popper-style jerk.

So, worth giving it a go in the winter ?

It'a really a midsummer lure but who knows ;-)

I know that I've caught pike on diving plugs during the colder months, they
tend to inhabit the deeper waters am I right ?

A safe rule of thumb but they do also come into remarkably shallow water.

(out for a sesh tomorrow, I'll let ya know how it faired).

Please do, I'm on panic shopping :-(

Cheerio,

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