A decent, short piece on getting ready to chase muskies with a fly rod:

https://www.hatchmag.com/articles/4-tips-beginner-musky-anglers/7715607?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly

I wish he'd spent a bit more time on gear recommendations, like the difference between a re-purposed saltwater rod and a purpose built musky rod...and staying away from metal line guides, but decent other than that.

One other thing popped out at me:

 

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The easiest way to do all the above is using fish finders. Spending a day mapping and learning the layout of the water and locating high concentrations of baitfish may be the best investment you make in becoming a successful musky fisher. The knowledge of knowing where not to fish is just as important as knowing where to fish, especially if musky do hold in only 5 percent of the water.

 

...I don't know about musky rivers in other areas, but other than the bigger, deeper areas on our rivers around here (I'd say less than 5% of the overall productive water) a transducer hanging in the water wouldn't survive the first day's float.

On 12/18/2022 at 11:57 AM, Further North said:

  

 

 

...I don't know about musky rivers in other areas, but other than the bigger, deeper areas on our rivers around here (I'd say less than 5% of the overall productive water) a transducer hanging in the water wouldn't survive the first day's float.

Yeah, most places they live around here you can’t have a transducer