Tim Angeli
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There have been a number of relatively recent posts about restoring similar (possibly identical) boats. Here are a few of the links:
http://www.itinerantangler.com/cgi-bin/board/YaBB.pl?num=1239671538/0
http://www.itinerantangler.com/cgi-bin/board/YaBB.pl?num=1245002529/0
“Gheenoe” in the search pulls up a bunch more threads that might be of interest to you as well. The above two links should be a huge help to you, especially the top one.
Tim
Awesome shots Jason, as usual. I’m looking forward to seeing what you capture once you start getting the baetis up there.
Tim
OK, Tim. I’ll bite. What’s an NF Special?
Sorry, wasn’t trying to be deceptive. It’s the fly in the second photo.
Anyone have any idea what happened to this LL Bean waterproof sling pack? It appears to no longer be available (on-line at least). I’m assuming they discontinued it.
Also, anyone have any further info on when William Joseph is planning to release their Hydro series?
Thanks,
TimNice pictures, I love that area. Your whitey shot reminded me I need to restock my boxes with NF Specials.
Good stuff.
Here’s my favorite with a tutorial courtesy of Charlie’s Fly Box. Very easy to tie and highly effective. I often add a strip of clear mylar along the back of the fly.
http://www.charliesflyboxinc.com/flybox/details.cfm?parentID=84The BTS Mysis Shrimp is another great pattern.
Tim
Zach,
I haven’t read all the responses throughly, just scanned through them (need to head out to go fishing!) but thought I’d throw in my 2 cents and hope to not repeat anything that has been said above. I’ve fished carp on the flats of lake michigan during the spawn a few times and have had days where there were thousands of carp up on the flats. In my experience, there are large “balls” of carp that are actively spawning. No sense messing with those. However, you will see single carp following these balls of thrashing spawners. These single fish are often looking for food kicked up by the large, thrashing ball of spawning fish. That’s where I’ve had my best luck.
Another tip for carp, and I’m not sure if this is relatively common knowledge or not, is to try to get in position to cast to a fish coming toward you. That way, your fly will be mimicking a baitfish/crayfish trying to flee from the carp, which is what they normally see with natural food (as apposed to a relatively unnatural presentation of the fly traveling perpendicular to the fish’s path).
As far as flies, natural colored crayfish and smaller (4″ and under) sculpin patterns have worked well for me. Rainy’s Carp Tease is a great carp fly too.
This fish came from a situation similar to above…a single fish swimming in and around the large groups of spawning fish. Target the fish at the back of the groups, and hold on.
Good luck,
Tim
