For those who have encountered a big musky or pike, you’ll know how ferocious they can be. With a mouthful of daggers, they are every fish’s worst nightmare. Fishing for these lurking beasts can be one of the most thrilling species and also the most frustrating. Although they’re known for their aggression and appetite, they can also be exceptionally wary following your presentation, seemingly analyzing and testing it.

Like them or not, musky are the thing of legend and I wanted to do a piece that encapsulated that attitude with graphite pencil.