04-02-2013, 06:19 PM
i fish for them myself, personally, in the summer or on a warm spring day. tigers are ambush predators so i fish near structure. I like fishing a HUGE popper right next to the trees. many a times you will see a tree shake and them something like a torpedo attack your top water fly. pine view is a good bet, behinde the no wake line. there is a ton of structure to fish there and you might also pick up some decent bass on accident. as for depth and such, i have caught them both relativly shallow, and very deep. I got one next to the boat year before last that went 40+ inches while small mouth fishing a sinking line and clouser looking for smallies, and i was DEEP at the time, and in that same day i got one on top water. you should be ok with a 7 wt, i prefer an 8 or 9 because i throw huge articulated flies at them. as for pike i go to CO to hunt them and wall eye during the summer, there are a few lakes there managed very well for large pike, but i use the same tactics, only i use a 7wt and the flies are just a little smaller. not saying the big meat will not get them as well, just the way i prefer to do things.
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