Something New To Do With The Flyrod

[Cable]

Went out chasing carp with a couple guys from the Orvis Plano shop yesterday afternoon. Never thought it would be as much fun as it was. Sight casting to these strong fighters was a blast. This was on Ray Bob.

Me with my first fish:



Ben the fishing manager at Orvis with a nice one:





Def something different to kill time during the summer. Highly recommended.

[jerp]

Looks like fun! What type of fly were they hitting?

[yaqui]

freshwater red fish...
info on the fly pattern please.

[Cable]

freshwater red fish...
info on the fly pattern please.

The fly was tied by the guy at Orvis. His take on a 'Backstabber'. This is the fly we used.

[Draco]

I catch a lot of carp on the fly rod but in rivers. The water is clear enough to sight cast to them. It isn't a classy fight, just bull dog power, and if they get in the current they will be into the backing quick.

[Uncle Saggy]

Heck yes! Poor mans bone fishing :-)

[BTLowry]

Went to the fly fishing thing at the Freshwater Fisheries Center in Athens a few years ago and there was a guy doing a talk about fly fishing for carp

I thought this was going to be something more like what I did with my dad's when I was a kid.
Figured out I could let out a bunch of line and use it like a bullwhip
I tore some wasps up in the eve of the house and ruined the end of the fly line

[Shane]

Carp are actually pretty challenging to catch on a fly. They're spooky suckers. You have to be stealthy. I usually use a black or an olive woolly bugger, casting to them as they are feeding in the shallows. It's hard not to spook them. I try to cast out ahead of them a few feet or behind them and hope they turn around. Once they get to where they can see the fly, I'll strip it a little to get their attention. As long as you don't line them, you've got a chance.

[Porterhouse]

When I lived in Lubbock used to catch them on fly tackle in the playa lakes around town. An 8 pounder on a 4 wt is serious fun.

Got the idea watching them blow up on bread people were feeding ducks. Me and a buddy then perfected the "wonderbread wonder" fly... Think cotton ball and epoxy. Do a little chumming and hook up.


Far from the purist pursuit that is casting large nymphs and woolys to them in clear shallow water.... But it was fun!