Carp flies…….
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San pedro crabs, crazy charlies, even a Clouser has been tied for such pursuits. also, larger Hare’s Ears. I have been told to stay away from flashy materials and to not even bother if the carp are not feeding in shallows; that is to say, one ought not waste time casting to cruising carp, but I am sure others have diff. info., so, take from this what you can, and don’t be shy with the results.
Good luck mate!,
DustyOnce I found feeding carp on a flat, I was able to get them to take all manner of flies. I typically fish an olive bugger (flashy and non-flashy) and do quite well. I like doing this because I can easily switch from spooking carp to fishing deeper water for bass while I make my way to the next feeding carp. I have caught carp on large and small nymphs, but I have a much better hook-up ratio with buggers. Crayfish patterns are worth a try in addition to everything mentioned in above posts.
I think that most of my hookups are due to good solid carping techniques and not bait selection. More often than not I present the fly based on how the fish is feeding. If the fish is tailing and digging in the mud, I will bump a fly on the bottom in its feeding path. If the fish is cruising along the flat, I will hang a fly in front it.
A guy I know that used to work in a local shop catches carp on dry flies, something I have yet to accomplish:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=mmwz0Tc5B90This is a great topic and I hope it sees some action.
This last year has been the first time I spent some time looking for carp on the fly, and I love it. Got several on tiny, flashy klousers, but the best producer was the Rubber Legged Dragon (RLD). Google it up–easy to tie, very fishy, and floats hook-up which is a nice quality in a carp fly.
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Check out my spring Carp/Drum/Buffalo spot!
Here is what I’ve found that works around here.
Clear water big Carp = no flash! Dark natural colored bugger style flies with rubber legs work best. Big Trout patterns work well also like #12 PT’s, GRHE’s, etc.
In stained pond water this guy is a Carp slayer!
Find a mudding fish and put this fly in his grill. You’ll see it’s gills flare when he sucks it in then just set the hook and hold on. Sight fishing to Carp is one of my favorite things to do with a fly rod period!
Don’t know how I missed this thread. I have caught a lot of carp on the fly. I would say that I spent about 150 days this year targeting them. Here are some of the flies that I like to use. Chartuese clouser, yeah figure that one out. Good during pre and post spawn. Whitlock’s rubber legged squirrel nymph, Befus swimming carp, hex nymphs, mulberry fly, just sucker spawn that is black and purple, crayfish imitatitons. A tip that I will give you is that it makes a big difference when your fly is close to the color of the bottom. Here a just a few of the carp I took this summer:
Purdue,
How the hell did you keep that pretty shirt so clean landing all those carp!
Seafood,
Thats my Patagonia Sunshade shirt. It really wasn’t that clean, you just can’t see all the carp slime on it. I think that was my 5th carp of the day, so thats a whole lot of slime. Now that I think of it my truck still smells of carp, ahhh the smell of victory ;D
150 days is easy when your a college student and the creek I fish is only about 25 minutes from my apartment. Don’t have those big responsiblities yet that limit my fishing time. Keep in mind I fished from early April all the way into November for them.
I have issues spooking carp all the time, but I work on a pretty large flats for a lot of my carp fishing so if I spook one I go down the flat 50 ft and find another. Carp blend in really well with the bottom where I fish so I will often get within 10 ft of a feeding carp and not know it, but I always find out right away when I hear a whoosh and see a big mud plume. It’s all part of the game.
On the mud flats they kick up mud and silt and it falls on their backs making them even harder to spot. I just look for the plumes of mud and target those fish.
Here’s BD hooked up in a typical flats fishing scenario TN style.
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