What are good flies for carp?
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Most of the best carp patterns are those that look like crayfish. Try to keep to colors as natural as possible, and match the color of the bottom. As far as tactics, they vary based on what the carp are doing. If you see a carp cruising about at a good pace, don’t waste your time. If you see them tailing, feeding on the bottom, game on. These are the easist carp to target. Laid up carp, those that are resting are also easy targets. The major key is to present the fly with in a foot of the carp’s nose. Short strips are the best retrieve, with pause every so often, it all just depends on the carp’s mood. Fair warning though carp are not the easist fish to catch on fly. Many guys on here will tell you it took them a fair amount of time before they landed one.
Carp in little ponds like that are sometimes grass carp. I’ve had takes from grassies on berry patterns, green poppers, and “grass flies”. I’ve found them spookier than common carp, but I think carp behavior varies considerably among populations. I read a website claiming that grassies were quite willing to eat large streamer patterns?
For common carp, I’ve had some success recently on a simple pattern called “Mike’s Carp Candy Fly” tied in natural brown rabbit. I second the desiriability of having a fly that rides point up. I’ve also been using a 2-fly rig with something bright white or yellow as a 2nd fly. Sometimes these local carp will eat it; even when they don’t it works as an indicator
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