I had hoped the rains would stop so my favorite stream would be fishable again but last Thursday and Friday the skies opened again.
The river was up in flooding stage in no-time so I tried another canal session at my side of the border.

Goal for today was to catch a perch.
The last two sessions at the canal remained fruitless, I came no further than hooking a fish.
Today I finally had a solid take of a good perch and was able to land it.
I noticed that the water was not as clear as usual so that might have helped.

I probed the canal thoroughly but had just one good hit.
It was a short session which I ended at the junction of an old canal to the harbor.
Nothing much moving until a pike tried to nail the polar minnow I fished.

The pike missed the fly but remained in the surface looking for escaped prey. I quickly tossed the fly back in and twitched it a few times resulting in an instant attack.
In hindsight not a wise move as I had only a trout net with me.
So I played the pike hoping to somehow perform a gill grab but the hook came out so all was well.