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I too am a bad caster. However my opinion is that you should be more concerned with does your casting ability compliment your stalking ability. If you can only stalk to within 50 feet of a feeding carp comfortably and can only cast 40 feet for example, you'll never be able to target the fish. Conversely if you are good at stalking and can consistantly get to within 20 feet of your target and can accurately cast to 30 feet undetected you have a better chance of success.
As stated earlier my casting ability stinks. However my stalking ability is such that I am lucky enough to get to well within my effictive range of my abilities. So, in my estimation there are quite a few places that you can catch fish or even cast across a stream without a great amount of casting ability. Just learn your personal limitations and fish within those limitations. Hope this helps a little.
Tight lines to you!
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Yes this is a terriffic site. The man's wit mixed with his wisdom is quite a unique recipe for his success. The "Ask Ian" columns are a real gem stone. Through his site I have learned about the "Puke Fly", have tied it and plan to fish with it this season. Also check out his Canadian registry. There may be some familiar names added soon.
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Proves the old point-the best time to fish is when you have the time!
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Very nice pic Sask and very good reasoning on your part Scott. Love to see the next generation in action. WTG!
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Congratulations, WTG! Mirrors are very special. You will remember that for a long time.
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Lowell, that is one of the most beautiful fish I've seen! What is it about the fish you get there?
It is the spring water that feeds that pond I believe. Of course my belief is that any carp caught with the fly rod by a fluff chucker as experienced as Lowell has to be a beautiful specimen. Call me biased!
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Neil,
I believe that the post from Scott should be removed unless he can point out the snow in the picture...
If I understand what I think you are trying to say Phil, I agree. Snow outside the picture does not count!
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Disreguard my one question as the answer is here on the thread. Congratulations on 4 more fine accomplishments. That's four more gold for the fly rodders in the carp olympics.
At this point Lowell should be right there in the center podium. Seriously-CONGRATULATIONS! You work very hard at acheiving each carp you bring to capture. Keep up the good work there sir!
Looks like I have to make a road trip to your pond soon!
Keep up the good work.
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Gotta love them nerve testers! Good luck next time.
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The master of the bread fly strikes again! Chalk another one up for the "lefties". Great fish Lowell. Wish you could have had that double. Oh well, that is why it is called fishing and not catching my friend!
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WTG there Lowell! Just something special about winter carp on the fly rod. Beautiful specimen. How many is that for you on the fly rod for this year so far? I see big numbers from both of us on the fly this year. Keep up the good work!
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CONGRATULATIONS! Carp are not too far behind. What was the lucky fly pattern?
Tight lines to you sir!
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Welcome Gig,
Carp are great fun with the fly rod and yes you should see your backing with a 6 weight. Hunting is also the right term as most of the time spent is looking for carp that are feeding. Once you get your first one, you will be hooked and not the fish. For me this is turning out to be a way to put the challenge back in to carp fishing. It is kind of like taking a ride at the amusement park as a kid and never wanting to get off.
Good luck with you pursuits of a carp on the fly. Again welcome to the board and feel free to ask away with all the questions that you want to. We would also like to see some pictures of your captures. Also if no one is looking perhaps you could sneak them back in the water to be caught another day!
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Bill,
Don't take this the wrong way, but it's kind of refreshing to hear that you get skunked once in awhile. Congratulations to Ben! Keep those mirrors and Koi honest down your way. Any spawning activity in the pond yet? Tight lines to you and the boys!
Ray
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Welcome to our forum. Fly swaps are really neat. I'm relativily new to fly tying, so my patterns are pretty simple. If another one forms count me in. Again welcome! Take care!
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Good site there John. I think that tying up the flies helps to get you mentally prepared for the trip. Good luck this weekend! It appears as though the only thing missing in your preparedness is the carp themselves. Hope to see some beautiful pictures of the gold. Tight lines and good hunting!
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Were the carp feeding (mudding) or just cruising. If they were just cruising, then you would be very hard pressed to get one to take anything. Your odds are increased dramatically if the fish is naturally feeding. Also with that many sets of eyes looking at you it would be almost impossible to make a presentation that went unnoticed by at least one pair of eyes. My advice is to keep an eye on these fish until they are very actively feeding. It seems that at those times they are less cautious. Hang in there as frustration is part of the total picture of things. It is how you handle that frustration that has the potential to make you a better fisherman. Have you tried a nymph pattern? Maybe like a hare's ear nymph or a pheasant tail nymph? Maybe it was just time to watch and learn a little bit too. Good luck to you. They have to eat sooner or later.
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Mr. P,
It is a White river. The wife usually buys things like the stuffed animals, however she did buy some saltwater jigs and some of the Berkley peeler crabs. I'll have to sneak a picture of her PB on here sometime. Didn't quite make the 20 pound club (6 ounces shy) and it was weighed on her Bass Pro Shops spring scale. Good fishing to you sir.
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macfish here. Eich, congrats! You do seem to have a special way with the fish. What sort of fly were you using? Was it one of the traded flies? Jonathan
macfish- The fly was a variation of Lowell's (kingfisher) bread fly. Glo bug yarn tail, brown chanile body to simulate the crust of bread, and glo bug yarn wing material. Real easy to tie and becoming one of my favorites along with my own version of a corn fly. Just yellow chanile wrapped around a size 10 nymph hook to simulate a single kernal of corn. I honestly thought these two patterns were too simple for a fly swap. Trust me if they are easy for me to tie then they are real simple.
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Super Bowl Sunday was super for me in that my wife and I went to Bass Pro Shops (yes she enjoys shopping there too) to look at the fly rods. As luck or destiny would have it there was an 8 wt. there on sale for $60. Lately I've been working a lot of overtime at work so my wife said go ahead and buy it. Boy do I ever love that woman.
Now for the story. Today I had some time to go fishing and try out the new fly rod. It casts great-a lot better than my $2 yard sale special. Did I mention how cold it was here in Pennsylvania today. I think the high was 31 and with the wind it made it feel like it was in the teens. A crazy day to be out fishing, but there I was bankside. Guess you steelhead guys are used to this kind of stuff.
Long story short I fished about 3 hours and caught this guy. Worked hard to get him, but that makes it all that much more sweet. Weighed in at 7 pounds 4 ounces. New rod works great on fish too!
Boy I'm happy. 
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At this time of the year there are many fishing expos being conducted all over the country. My advice is to go to one that you know is in your area with the intent of going to seminars and fly casting demonstrations. These people are more than willing to take the time to help you. Take your own equipment with you to the expo. You may have to get it checked in at the door, but at least you'll be getting free lessons on your own equipment. Go with what you can learn in 1 session and try not to learn it all in one day. If you start by learning to roll cast, then work on that until you feel comfortable doing that pretty proficiently. I am by no means even a good caster, but I do not want to lose site of the fact of having fun. I consider myself to be only one step farther than roll casting. 1 false cast and let it fly. Yes, my distance is not that great, but I figure that my stalking ability more than makes up for my lack of distance.
That is excellent advice about practicing and as far as the encouragement goes that is priceless. I would like to offer my encouragement as well. Right now everything is hard because it is all new. Don't get overwhelmed. Stay calm. Be methodical if that is what it takes to get your casting to fall into place. Being in a hurry was a lot of my problem. Watch your back cast. Let it straighten out. Like I said earlier though start with the roll cast. And don't be afraid or embarrassed to use that to fish. So what if that is all you know at the time. Good luck there and tight lines! I've never heard any of the fish making fun of my lack of casting ability anywy and I'm sure they won't make fun of you either.
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Dave,
That is the same body of water that yielded me the "baby phone" award this New Year's Day. The fish there are beautiful. It seems as though there are no in between fish. Either 10+ or 2-. Weird! There are a lot of 20+ in there too! Hard to get because all the little guys usually beat them to the bait, but it sure is fun trying.
If we did have more time, I'm sure that we could have hammered them as well. It was a great day none-the-less. Nothing like good fishing and good friendship. The enlightened side sounds good to me Lowell, so that is what we'll call it!
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Koi are really a spooky fish as you guys already know. There is a lot of movement with casting a fly, so you have to give them plenty of room. Crouching down to a kneeling position helps to conceal your movement. The presentation should be put no closer than 3 feet away from the Koi. Be very mindful of the direction of the line. If you have to change position before casting, then back up from the pond and try a different angle. Actually some hunting skills come in handy too. If you can use any kind of cover to break up your silloette, that is to your advantage. Dull colored clothing helps. Be mindful of reflections off of glasses, watches, line clippers around your neck and anything else that could produce an unwanted reflectoin.
That being said, more often than not if the Koi is with another carp, the other carp will 99 times out of 100 take the offering before the Koi. Those are the times that you just have to say that at least you did not spook the Koi. Believe me I know how frustrating it can be at times. There is a poster here at the school where I work that kind of is a motivational thing for the students and I believe it is revelent here as well. "Keep your eye (i) on the prize." If you want something bad enough, and work hard at obtaining it, you will be rewarded for all your hard work. It is really a learning process, and yes there is luck involved too.
Tight lines and good luck to you all in you quest for those elusive fly rod carp and Koi. Take care! Hope this gives you some information and encouragement.
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Here"s a picture of Lowell's (kingfishers) monster of February. That day at least Lowell and I proved that at least two left-handers can do things right.
Congratulations Lowell! I believe the mirror went 11 pounds 2 ounces if memory serves me correctly. As far as the Koi go you really have to be lucky and try to get the mirror carp (at least the ones in the ponds where we fish) to be feeding and isolated from the Koi. I believe that prebaiting helps to keep the Koi's guard down just a little. I am by no means a Koi expert, I only know that I worked my tail off and had expert help from Bill (WG66666) to even get the koi that I was lucky enough to fool.
Lowell is a very experienced fluff chucker as he puts it. It was really a great day in February. Certainly was a pleasure and an honor to share bank space with Lowell. I am certainly looking forward to doing it more than once again this year.
Good job there Lowell and again thanks for all of your help and encouragement. Tight lines to you sir! Take care until we meet again on the dark side or whatever side you see it as. 
Marabou Cottonwood Seed Carp Fly
in Carp on the Fly
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I've noticed that you guys are mentioning a Cottonwood Seed type fly and thought that I might lend some assistance in showing where to find the tying recipe. AnthonyR I don't know if you got your fly tying equipment yet, but if you did this is an easy pattern to tie. Go to the fly anglers online website (www.flyanglersonline.com), click on the "keyword" search and type in cotton seed. This will take you to the Marabou Cottonwood Seed Carp Fly made by C. Boyd Pifer. Like I said, it looks real easy to tie. Hope this helps.