Mark, I discovered carp fishing last season when the draught was keeping the trout down.
I became enthralled with these strong fighters. They are the first fish that took me into my backing.. Several Times.. before I was able to land them and that's just the small ones 18" the larger ones will tire you out before they do. I've had most of my success on white & Black wolly Buggers early in the season, and smaller nyphs in the 16, 14 size in BH later in the summer. I also tried a Bread fly. Just a small white tuft of fuz on a hook that represents bread. this worked well after visitors were done feeding the geese. I'm looking forward to trying some modified Bonefish flys I've been working on. Jackie [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > From: Mark Klemick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2003/03/12 Wed PM 12:10:07 CST > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [VFB] More Carp Stuff -- Continued Pondering > > Hi folks - > > In the lower reaches of Penn's Creek where it's too warm for trout, I have > often watched teams of silver carp rootle around in backwater eddies where > there is only mud and leaf detritus. They will stir up the bottom a bit and > then you see them tailing. > > In thinking about this, away from the stream, I've been wondering if perhaps > they're stirring stuff up to uncover bugs in the muck. Given the fact that > it's the Burrowers (various Drakes) who like to live in mud and muck, I'm > planning to drift some huge green drake nymphs past the carp on my next visit. > > > Carp will really put a bend in your rod and take off like a freight train. > They're very fine leader-knot testers. > > I would agree that carp don't seem to be predatory but they sure are > opportunistic eaters, so they might respond to nymphs. However, it may be that > they're more biased in favor of smell as opposed to sight. > > So, here are some questions... Has anyone fished for and caught carp on nymphs > in the past, and if so, did larger sizes seem to work better? Also, has anyone > done a stomach check on carp? I never have. > > > Mark Klemick > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Web Hosting - establish your business online > http://webhosting.yahoo.com >
