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    Carp N00b here

    in Beginning Carping

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    Look for tail fins of carp. If the tail fins are almost out of the water then their noses are down on the bottom. These carp are the easier ones to get. This being said I have had to present my fly for over 1/2 an hour on one occassion to a tailing fish before he finally took my offering. Hope this helps.

    Ray

    hey guys

    in Beginning Carping

    Posted

    Jake,

    What you did was dumb. Your a kid but your old enough to know better. Trust from others is something you earn. It is not given lightly by most. It will be a long time until folks will truely trust you. Welcome back and I hope you stay to your word.

    Wise words of which I share that sentiment with!

    Ray

    Matt90

    in Carp Locally & Fishing Reports

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    Hi matt90--Welcome to the site.Wow 17 and just getting started.Dam good place to learn from.Just remember don't listen to these rich experts.You don't need $30,000 in equipment to catch a carp.Keep it simple and have fun.

    Dave

    What he said. Welcome to the forum!

    Pre and post Colonoscopy Syndrome

    in Pictures, Stories & Video

    Posted

    The two that I had Horace went fine. Both times however I woke up early and saw the inside of my colon being projected on to the wall. Reminded me of a big screen TV with the health channel on it. You should be fine. Hopefully the pollups they find will be small and non cancerous. You sir will be in my prayers. Keep us informed and best of luck with the procedure and on getting a proper pull down afterwards.

    Ray

    The "word" for the day is PVA

    in Pictures, Stories & Video

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    Let me start this topic by trying to remember everyone involved and thanking them for their contributions that have helped me to become a better carp angler. First there is Matt, Louis, and Donnie. It has been a few years since I've first met them, but these three guys first allowed me to see their methods and ask questions. Little did I know that some day I would be trying the very things they were explaining to me. Thanks fellas. Next I would like to thank a guy that I haven't heard much from lately and that is Pete (sweetcorn). He further showed me how this PVA stuff is suppose to work and kindly donated some PVA bags a couple years ago that unfortunately had quite a bit of rain damage to them and could not be used. Next I would like to thank Lowell (Kingfisher) for his unselfish and untireless answering of questions (the same ones more than once) and his his encouragement in my times of support both with bait fishing and with the fly rod. Next thanks go out to Justin, Rob Byer and Scott Osmond for their words of encouragement and tips on bait making, boilies in particular. Then too allow me to thank Horace (Ol Captain), Dave (mrcarp2000), Jerome, Jonathan, and NY (formerly NJ) Rob for their kind words of encouragement. As a forgetful person, I am probably doing someone an injustice by unintentionally forgetting them. So if that is the case please do not be offended as I am doing my very best. All of the above mentioned people had a part in allowing me to tell this story.

    Karl from Scorpion Tackle (see there's one name I forgot to mention) sent me a variety of PVA bags as the prize for winning the first part of his caption contest. That was the "extra" motivation that I needed to give this method a try. So in having a few hours only this afternoon this gave me the window of opportunity to try this method I loaded up the truck and headed for the ponds.

    The temperature (upper 40's) was much lower than my anticipation of catching some gold in my few hours of opportunity. So when I pulled into the parking lot of the pumphouse pond the thoughts of doing things as I had been taught were racing through my head. The wind was blowing pretty good so that made it feel a little colder than the thermometer told me the air temperature was.

    My mix was simple enough that a caveman...no, I'll leave that statement strictly to Geico. But my mix only consisted of bread crumbs, pieces of coconut, non-dairy creamer, and Active Range (from BCT) pellets. So you see it was quite simple. My hookbait was to be a boilie in the chocolate pudding/peanut butter flavor. This is the inaugural trip for these boilies too! This combination just had to work.

    The first rod was set up in such a hurry that I totally forgot to put the non-dairy creamer in the PVA bag. This was found out after the line was already in the water. We'll blame that on the excitement of the moment. After placing the first rod in the bite alarm I made my way back to the truck to start on the second rod. This time I remembered the non-dairy creamer. Also I wanted to try to snowman my boilies on this rig to see if that made a difference. As I saw this PVA bag hit the water and start to break up I noticed that "cloud" that I have heard about. Wow! It is actually working like it is suppose to.

    This gave me the opportunity to take a walk around the pond to see if there were any carp feeding in the shallows. This is used as kind of a guage as to when to begin fly fishing. About 3/4 of the way around the pond the alarm for the second rod gave that lovely sound of a solid run. I thought that it was way to soon to have the PVA break down and a carp to be feeding on my homemade boilies. But like I said this was my first time and all of this stuff is new to me. Besides I don't think that the fish read any instructional manuals. About 7 minutes later I was ready to slip the net under my first PVA carp. That final lunge came. You know the one. The one that happens when the fish sees the net for the first time. The worst thing that could happen did. The hook pulled and my heart sank about as fast as the fish swam away. It's a good thing that it was cold otherwise my mouth would have been full of flies with the way my jaw dropped. "Oh well at least I had a hookup" is what I told myself, sounding as convincing as possible.

    Oh yes what to do. I have about an hour of allotted time left to try again, or should I just leave the one rod in the water and fish with that. My decision was to go to the truck and load up this rod again to give me more chances of getting what now may prove to be that elusive first fish on the bank with PVA.

    These ponds and this one in particular is becoming a little niche in the history books for me and people that fish with me. Three years ago my stepson Jed had gone fishless in one of the other ponds which yeilds more fish in numbers. At 3 AM we switched ponds and about 45 minutes later he switched his luck which entered him into the Hall of Fame. Many carp came to me with the fly rod from this pond including the one in the pinned article under fly rod carping. Jim (Carpncat) caught his first mirror carp from this pond in this last FFF. Would the humble little pond yeild yet another milestone event in my carp fishing life? Read on and find the answer. No No No, don't fast forward to the pictures, read and find out please.

    Okay, after loading up the rod with another fresh PVA bag, I casted out with new found anticipation. A look at the watch told me that I had maybe about 45 minutes left. My mind started wandering again. Would I be fortunate enough to get another run. Me second guessing myself is often my worst enemy. So I forced myself to settle down as best as I could.

    Just then the alarm went off on the first rod that I had made up (you know the one that I forgot to put the non-dairy creamer in). A solid hookup and the battle was on. Give-take, give-take, "Don't be an idiot and lose this one at the net too" was what was going through my mind constantly. Like I have said before sometimes I really beat up on myself, but honestly that only makes me better and keeps me from making as many mistakes!

    This battle lasted about 10 minutes and then I put the net uder what was to be my first carp caught with the aid of a PVA bag. Another milestone made and another old dog learning some alternative tricks with my new found friend, the PVA bag. A quick look at the watch told me that I had almost 1/2 an hour of fishing time left. This time I decided to put the one rod away as this would leave me with a little more time to leave this one rod in the water at the end of the session. I now know that the two short beeps that I got with this rod before it was time to leave were line bites. Thank you for letting me see that first hand Jerome.

    So in a little less than two hours of fishing, I had two runs with one fish caught and two line bites. Thank you everyone who was a part of this event. When I go fishing even when I am physically by myself, many of you go with me in thought and prayer. Thanks again! Enjoy!

    First is the picture of my ingredients.

    Next is the picture of my first PVA caught carp.

    And finally a picture of the swim which to some of you looks very familiar. Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoy this! :D

    Ray

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