Welcome to the home of the British Pike Squad, for news about us, our style of fishing for pike, articles on pike angling, product reviews, photo and video galleries, etc. Plus articles on why it is important to preserve pike in our waters.
There’s also news on how you can enter the annual Team Selection Final for the chance to represent Great Britain against the cream of Ireland’s pike anglers at the annual International Pike Championship’s.
What is it about fishing and pike fishing at that; that drags us out of a warm bed in the early hours of the morning on a cold, wet and windy morning? Why do we do it? Is it the peace and solitude we encounter? Is it the magnificent and un-spoilt beauty of the British countryside at it’s best with an early morning frost glistening in the fields and branches of the trees around us, or is it just the deeply ingrained instinct of man the hunter exploring the need to pit his intellect and skills against the ultimate predator swimming in Britain’s waters?
Whatever the reason why we have to fish, we are lucky to have one of the most cunning and perfect predators around in the shape of “Esox Lucius” providing us with one of the greatest challenges around - us and our intellect versus that of the Pike. An inbred instinct formed over millions of years, and perfectly honed to its environment. For many the joy of simply being there is enough, not really caring whether or not we actually catch a pike today; whilst others ambition in life is in catching the largest specimens lurking somewhere in the
murky depths of a giant trout reservoir?But for others like us in the BPS, it’s the realm of competing against others, in pitting our wits not only against the pike, but against other like minded anglers as well. Representing Britain’s dedicated Pike anglers and those looking to explore and enjoy the camaraderie of such events. Sharing knowledge, ideas and laughter in equal measure. However, not for us are those events where the angler sits down all day in fixed pegs waiting for non existent pike to munch on their bait. For us the joy and success
Come from roving with the minimum of tackle in search of feeding pike, picking up one here and one there; looking for those places that might hole a feeding pike and those that don’t. The skill mix required for our style of pike fishing is therefore far greater, and is one where the angler has to become a master of many tactics and not just a few. And at the end of the day the feeling of satisfaction even after blanking, is hard to explain to those who have not tried the art of ‘wobbling’. We have tried to include a variety of articles on our site that look at the skills, tactics and tackle required within this branch of the sport, with many other added resources and items of interest to the Pike angler. We hope you enjoy our site.
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