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89%Fulling Mill
12-fly selection · Product code 995580
A cracking dozen pike flies in one tidy box, with big predator patterns covering bright, natural and flashy water.
88%Savage Gear
Savage Gear 3D Roach Shine Glide
A proper realistic glidebait with a clever V-joint, slow-float behaviour and a tough TPE tail. One for pike anglers who like working a lure properly rather than just chucking and winding.
86%Daiwa
Daiwa Prorex Lazy Shad
A proper meaty soft lure with a lazy rolling action, the Daiwa Prorex Lazy Shad is built for slow retrieves, shallow rigs and predators that fancy an easy-looking meal.
87%Savage Gear
Savage Gear 3D Smashtail Minnow
A floating baby-trout imitation with a plopping tail, a cracking wake and sizes for everything from pike days to big-fish hunting.
88%Savage Gear
18 cm, 25 cm and selected 32 cm variants; slow-sinking and moderate-sinking options
A big, bendy predator lure with a proper roach-like glide, built for anglers chasing a serious pike bite rather than picking away at jacks.
88%Westin
Shadtail and R2F versions
From the flexible Shadtail to the wire-through R2F, Ricky the Roach gives pike and perch anglers a convincing baitfish profile in several cracking sizes.
Fulling Mill
Pike Predator Streamer Assortment
A handy box of pike flies for predator anglers who want a few proven-looking streamers ready to go, without tying a full selection from scratch.
87%Savage Gear
9-inch and 12-inch versions, with Moderate Sinking or Fast Sinking options
A lifelike sucker imitation with a cracking tail kick, serious hardware and two sinking rates. Built for pike anglers who want to put a big meal in front of a lump.
88%Fulling Mill
Range review covering Fulling Mill Pike Streamer patterns including Dougies Baitfish Perch, Dougies Pike Clouser Roach, Clydesdale Green Perch and Paolo’s Wiggle Tail Pike Streamers.
A cracking range of handmade pike streamers for fly anglers who want baitfish profiles, plenty of movement and hooks built for a serious scrap.
88%Abu Garcia
Lure review
A proper big-pike glide bait with a slow sink, wide hunting action and enough size to tempt a serious lump.
89%Westin
Westin Swim freshwater glidebait lure
The Westin Swim brings a tidy S-curve action, plenty of size options and a seriously useful choice of densities. Here’s where it fits on the predator box, mate.
88%Savage Gear
Pre-rigged Real Eel, with 30cm and alternative length/weight versions available
A seriously convincing eel imitation with a lovely curl-tail kick, ready-rigged convenience and enough presence for casting, trolling and vertical work.
Fulling Mill
Pike Predator Streamer
A flashy, meaty streamer built for pike fly fishing. It’s all about movement, profile and provoking a hungry toothy one into a screaming take.
89%Fulling Mill
Available in Yellow, Olive, Grizzly, Black and White/Orange
A big, mobile bunny fly for pike and zander, with enough movement to make cold-water retrieves and twitchy margin work properly interesting.
88%Fox Rage
Realistic Roach soft lure, available in 14cm and 18cm sizes, with three colour options
A convincing roach-shaped soft lure with clever hook-rotation hardware, built for predator anglers who want a natural-looking baitfish profile without faffing about.
89%Savage Gear
25cm · 105g · Slow sinking
A proper big-fish pike lure with a lifelike glide, clever Line Thru rigging and enough presence to tempt a lump from cover.
90%Fulling Mill
Pike Fly Selection · Product 995580
Twelve big predator streamers, six proven-looking patterns and a handy box. A cracking starting point for pike fly anglers who want options without tying a whole drawerful.
89%Savage Gear
Gravity Twitch MR
A cracking suspending twitchbait for covering that middle layer, with a proper darting action, tidy long-cast system and enough sizes to target everything from perch to pike.
90%Savage Gear
Savage Gear 4D Line Thru Perch
A proper lifelike perch imitation with a clever line-through system, slow sink and plenty of little predator-catching tricks built in.
90%Fox Rage
18cm / 7in and 23cm / 9in versions
Need a big bait that keeps ticking over in the top few feet? The Fox Rage Replicant Shallow is built for slow, shallow predator work, with a clever detachable harness to help save the lure when a pike gets its teeth in.
89%Westin
Standard HypoTeez ST, with the R'NR rigged version also covered where relevant
A soft-bodied Westin lure with a cheeky paddle-tail kick, realistic finish and useful size range. Pick the right version and it’ll cover everything from perch and zander jobs to chasing a proper lump.
88%Fulling Mill
Product code 995580
A proper box of pike flies covering perch, roach, baitfish and flashy attractor patterns. Handy for building a predator fly collection without buying twelve different flies one by one.
88%Westin
BuzzBite standard and SR models
A compact crankbait with a tight, aggressive action, sensible shallow-to-mid-depth options and a cracking pause game for perch, chub and other predators.
90%Abu Garcia
Atom Spoon
A proper classic for a reason. The Abu Garcia Atom Spoon gives you a wide, lazy wobble, simple tackle-friendly fishing and loads of scope for pike, perch and other freshwater predators.
90%Abu Garcia
Droppen Spinner — available in 4g, 6g, 8g and 12g sizes
A classic teardrop spinner with a low centre of gravity, useful sizes and enough flash to make perch, chub and trout sit up and take notice.
88%Savage Gear
Sinking twitchbait
A compact sinking stickleback imitation with a proper shimmy, useful casting weight and enough flash to tempt perch, chub and other predatory fish when they’re keyed onto small prey.
90%Savage Gear
Gravity Twitch
A suspending twitchbait with a proper darting action, long-cast system and useful shallow-to-midwater running depths. Handy kit when predators want something that hangs and kicks.
86%Westin
9cm / 5g / 6-pack and 13cm / 14g / 5-pack
A flexible, smelt-style paddle tail for predator anglers who want a believable baitfish profile without loads of rod work. Pick your size, rig it straight and let that tail do the chatting.
87%Savage Gear
Fat Minnow T-Tail; RTF options detailed separately
A chunky soft lure with a T-tail that works at slow retrieve speeds. A handy shout for predator anglers who want to cover water without winding like mad.
85%Abu Garcia
Floating range; 11 cm / 26 g version referenced
An adjustable lip gives this floating wobbler its party trick: you can explore different depths without swapping plugs. Proper handy for searching a swim, though it still pays to learn what each setting does.
86%Savage Gear
10.5 cm / 28 g and 15 cm / 70 g
A duckling-shaped surface lure with spinning feet and a seriously noticeable wake. It’s a cracking specialist option for pike that are willing to look up, rather than an everyday answer for every swim.
87%Westin
BabyBite SR and DR; choose your diving depth
Small enough for perch, with plenty of presence for pike. The BabyBite makes sense when you want to cover water without turning every cast into a rigging job — just pick the right diving version.
87%Westin
Range overview: 7, 10, 14 and 18 cm
A roach-shaped soft lure with an easy-working tail, rolling body action and sizes that stretch from perch-friendly snacks to proper pike meals. Just mind the jump in weight as you go bigger.
86%Savage Gear
18cm / 80g focus; 25cm also listed
A chunky, jointed roach imitation with convincing detail and a line-through hook arrangement. Cracking for deliberate pike fishing, but the 18cm version’s 80g weight calls for tackle that’s up to the job.
88%Westin
Original ShadTeez range: 7cm, 9cm, 12cm, 16cm and 19cm
A chunky baitfish profile, an easy-working tail and sizes for perch through to pike. The ShadTeez keeps things simple — just get the rigging and retrieve right.
88%Savage Gear
Swim & Jerk — 13.5cm, 16.5cm and 20cm
A jointed, slow-sinking baitfish imitation that swims on a steady wind and glides when you break the rhythm. Cracking for working shallow predator water, provided you pick the size your tackle can comfortably handle.
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