08-04-2012, 02:12 AM
I have now (finally!) joined the proud (maybe?) ranks of those who have caught a carp on the fly!
I spent quite a bit of fruitless time last winter trying to Hunt the Mighty Carp. I even staked out the *perfect* place not 5 minutes drive from my office in January, a good slow spot on the Jordan just upstream from a little impoundment. With the cold weather at the time there wasn't much of anything in the way of fish to be seen. But I knew they were there and swore to myself I would be back.
Then I promptly forgot about it. Until today.
They were feeding right on the banks about every 20 feet. Yay!! It took a little bit of getting used to, but I finally managed to drop a fly 2 inches in front of one's nose without spooking it. SLURP!
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About 16 inches. I know it's probably a baby by you more experienced carp angler's standards, but I'll take it!
This guy was a little bigger and a whole lot prettier... never thought I would say that about a carp. And maybe it was just the thrill of the hunt... But, see!?...
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Both were caught on a home-tied, Flygodess-inspired Corn Ball (yellow chenelle with a long white hackle) Thanks!!
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I spent quite a bit of fruitless time last winter trying to Hunt the Mighty Carp. I even staked out the *perfect* place not 5 minutes drive from my office in January, a good slow spot on the Jordan just upstream from a little impoundment. With the cold weather at the time there wasn't much of anything in the way of fish to be seen. But I knew they were there and swore to myself I would be back.
Then I promptly forgot about it. Until today.
They were feeding right on the banks about every 20 feet. Yay!! It took a little bit of getting used to, but I finally managed to drop a fly 2 inches in front of one's nose without spooking it. SLURP!
[inline 1st-carp-resized.jpg]
About 16 inches. I know it's probably a baby by you more experienced carp angler's standards, but I'll take it!
This guy was a little bigger and a whole lot prettier... never thought I would say that about a carp. And maybe it was just the thrill of the hunt... But, see!?...
[inline 2nd-carp-resized.jpg]
Both were caught on a home-tied, Flygodess-inspired Corn Ball (yellow chenelle with a long white hackle) Thanks!!
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