04-03-2017, 02:16 AM
Hi everyone - first post here, go easy on me!
I'm an Idaho native but grew up exclusively fly fishing for trout. I live in Boise and have recently caught the carp bug and I'm dying to figure out how to catch carp on the fly in SW Idaho. Been out the last two weekends and I can't figure out if it's the ultra-high water and runoff this year or me, but I can't seem to figure this out.
I don't have a boat, but do have (or have access to) a float tube and/or one-man pontoon boat. I was at Lake Lowell today (flooded, no sign of carp), have checked out numerous local ponds (Lake Harbor, Ann Morrison, Whitewater) all with the big zippo.
I've heard all of the above hold carp. Is it the time of year, water levels, just me, or something else? Where should I be looking to sight fish for these bad boys?
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I'm an Idaho native but grew up exclusively fly fishing for trout. I live in Boise and have recently caught the carp bug and I'm dying to figure out how to catch carp on the fly in SW Idaho. Been out the last two weekends and I can't figure out if it's the ultra-high water and runoff this year or me, but I can't seem to figure this out.
I don't have a boat, but do have (or have access to) a float tube and/or one-man pontoon boat. I was at Lake Lowell today (flooded, no sign of carp), have checked out numerous local ponds (Lake Harbor, Ann Morrison, Whitewater) all with the big zippo.
I've heard all of the above hold carp. Is it the time of year, water levels, just me, or something else? Where should I be looking to sight fish for these bad boys?
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