02-08-2012, 05:40 PM
[cool][#0000ff]When carp have become accustomed to slurping up bread...for ducks or for carp chum...they will hit almost anything white on the surface. I have seen them sucking in cottonwood fluff, styrofoam pieces, etc.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I use to make "wonderbread hackle" flies by stacking white deer hair on a hook...like I was making a bass bug or a muddler. Then I trim it down to leave a little hook exposed. I actually began making it to imitate small white marshmallows being "cast upon the waters" by trouters on Deer Creek. But found that carpkind also liked it. You can make the same thing with densely packed white hackle feathers (if you can find them) and then dressing them to keep them floating.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Also, a lot of carp can be seen up cruising the surface and slurping early in the morning when the water is calm. They are often sipping in small clumps of dead midges...casualties of the night before or early morning orgies. Any floating mass of greenish or greyish material will usually get a test slurp. That's why the hare's ear patterns are so effective.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Carp are surprisingly piscivorous. They have to eat the fry of other fish to get enough food to keep them alive in some cases. So small minnow imitations will also get et when carp are hungry.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Since carp raid the nests of almost all nesting species they will also accept fly patterns like glo bugs. Otherwise, try tying a small green or brown pattern with an orange, yellow or pink head...or egg sack. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Finally, I have lost count of how many carp I have caught while fishing chartreuse flies and jigs for crappie or white bass. They love that color. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I use to make "wonderbread hackle" flies by stacking white deer hair on a hook...like I was making a bass bug or a muddler. Then I trim it down to leave a little hook exposed. I actually began making it to imitate small white marshmallows being "cast upon the waters" by trouters on Deer Creek. But found that carpkind also liked it. You can make the same thing with densely packed white hackle feathers (if you can find them) and then dressing them to keep them floating.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Also, a lot of carp can be seen up cruising the surface and slurping early in the morning when the water is calm. They are often sipping in small clumps of dead midges...casualties of the night before or early morning orgies. Any floating mass of greenish or greyish material will usually get a test slurp. That's why the hare's ear patterns are so effective.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Carp are surprisingly piscivorous. They have to eat the fry of other fish to get enough food to keep them alive in some cases. So small minnow imitations will also get et when carp are hungry.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Since carp raid the nests of almost all nesting species they will also accept fly patterns like glo bugs. Otherwise, try tying a small green or brown pattern with an orange, yellow or pink head...or egg sack. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Finally, I have lost count of how many carp I have caught while fishing chartreuse flies and jigs for crappie or white bass. They love that color. [/#0000ff]
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