fly fishing for pike

Hi folks, Sorry for the time away.  I will be leaving for Florida this weekend and be back in at the beginning of May.  My reports will become more consistent then.  Been trout fishing on several small streams with little results.  After all of the warm March weather, things settled down and it has been a pretty typical April.  Trout streams I have been on have been in the low forties.  No hatching bugs and very little interest from the trout.  The Willoughby River has been producing a few rainbows and the suckers are already in the river.  Water levels have been fairly low and the very clear.  So, what I like to do in April is cast large flies with 8wt and 9wt outfits for northern pike.  Spent yesterday afternoon in a canoe chasing northern.  Water temperature was 51 degrees on the calm side of the lake and 54 degrees where the wind was pushing the surface water.  Nice afternoon and the perfect conditions for chasing pike in shallow water with cloudy skies.  We fished a floating line and sink tip line.  The set-up with the sink tip produced more fish.  I think keeping the fly down in the water column for longer was the key.  We landed 4 pike with no fish exceeding 30" and we lost or missed 4 other northerns.  The fly of the day was 2/0 black and chartruse bunny bugger.  Working the fly all the way to the boat was important as we had several strikes very close to the end of the retrieve.  Pike fishing should remain good and a nice time fish shallow water for large predators.  I off to guide today.  Remember to clean your gear and keep the non-native species at home.  Have Fun, Willy