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Title: pike backed bow
Post by: Dazv on September 16, 2011, 06:06:24 pm
hi all

so have anyone ever made a pike backed bow??? if you have i would love so much to see a pic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

cheers lads

darren
Title: Re: pike backed bow
Post by: tronman on September 16, 2011, 06:36:04 pm
Like northern pike the fish?
Title: Re: pike backed bow
Post by: JW_Halverson on September 16, 2011, 11:19:16 pm
I had a set of pike skins years back, but my dog got into them.  That was bad enough but the gas she had the next day was sinister!   :o
Title: Re: pike backed bow
Post by: Dazv on September 17, 2011, 06:12:13 am
Like northern pike the fish?
yep the fish
Title: Re: pike backed bow
Post by: Dazv on September 17, 2011, 06:12:35 am
man that sucks
Title: Re: pike backed bow
Post by: JW_Halverson on September 18, 2011, 04:49:27 pm
I have a fantasy of catching northern pike big enough that I could back a 62" flatbow without having to butt seperate pike skins together.   Pike on fly rods are just too fun to describe.
Title: Re: pike backed bow
Post by: dbb on September 18, 2011, 06:38:44 pm
Hehe what a pike that would be JW_Halverson,but i agree that pike on flygear is insanely fun ;D
I have skinned some pike tho,and it seems much of the pattern and color is just in the scales.
I plan on fishing for some burbot (Lota lota) for skins when they start wandering the streams later this fall.

/Mikael
Title: Re: pike backed bow
Post by: JW_Halverson on September 21, 2011, 12:43:29 am
Burbot, eelpout, snakes, whatever you call Lota lota, it's some of the best eating fish in fresh water.  Related to cod if I remember right.
Title: Re: pike backed bow
Post by: fishfinder401 on September 21, 2011, 12:46:17 am
im curious, what about eel skins if they are big enough, i know people around here will skin them and cover lures in it and it will stand up to huge fish attacking it, so im guessing its pretty tough
noel
Title: Re: pike backed bow
Post by: JW_Halverson on September 21, 2011, 12:51:30 am
Certainly thin enough!  Give it a try!
Title: Re: pike backed bow
Post by: fishfinder401 on September 21, 2011, 12:54:40 am
if i can get my hands on some i will, the eels i catch are to small, but i have hear of some monster conger eels, im going to start checking the local fish market more often, i saw one big enough a few years ago, and one next to me while snorkeling for lobsters at night, the was weird, especially since i was only like 10 or 12
noel