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nice fish! it keeps getting warmer out here in OR, and i can't wait some good carping weather! i've picked up a couple this winter, but keeping dreaming of sunny days, shallow water and big carp!
great fish!
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i hit my local pond today looking for a Feb. carp. this year i have two goals with carp on the fly. one, catch a 20 lb carp (easier said than done in OR.) two, catch a carp each month of the year. i barely squeaked one out in january, but took care of the Feb. fish with little fanfare today!
I arrived at the pond, and there was not much going on. i did spot one nice fish, but he was with this massive koi that frequents the pond. that sounds like a good thing, but that koi spooks if you even think about casting to him! of course, i cast to him anyway, and spooked both fish immediately. i walked around for 20 minutes and spotted 2 more carp rooting in the shallows. i couldn't see their heads, but had a good view of their tails. i dropped the fly in the appropriate spot and the lead fish went vertical and his tail sped up as he got excited. i tightened up and fish on! this fish was about 7 lbs, which is the 2nd biggest i've caught out of this pond. the big koi i always see is easily over 10, and seems to be the king of the pond. i kept fishing and walking and saw a few more fish, but despite a beautiful sunny day in OR, there were not large numbers of active fish today. i spotted the big koi and his buddy a few more times, but as usual he had no interest in my fly, and pretty much spooked every time he looked at it. i tried several flies, but really on got good shots on the koi with a hares ear and the carp wooley.
nice day to be out! if anyone can help with this koi, i'm all ears!
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any tips on catching koi? i've got a couple of ponds with some big koi in them close the house, but i've only managed to hook one. i have yet to try prebaiting or chumming for carp/koi at all, and would like to try to get one without going to chumming. does anyone have any flies/tips for a guy who is currently koi-less in Oregon?
congrats on the feb. fish. i picked up a carp in january and i'm heading out in 30 minutes to see if i can get a feb. fish as well...winter fish are tough!
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this summer i took a friend of mine fishing. told him we would be stalking carp in the shallows and he suddenly decided he didn't want to go. to pursuade him i told him the lake had smallmouth bass he could fish for. as we walked to the water i pointed out a couple of dark shadows cruising along looking for food. one was about a foot long, the other twice that big. i said "if you want to catch bass, cast to that small shadow!" didn't take him long to ignore the bass and aim for the big boys!
i have had smallmouth rush that fly and beat the carp to it...it is the simplest pattern i know, but really is effective. can't wait to see everyone's flies!
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i caught one in a local pond last week...they are definately slower than during the warm months, but if i catch a sunny day they start feeding and i can get them to take. i don't chum for them, but i'm sure it would work here in OR during the winter. the key for me in the winter months has been finding feeding fish. if the sun isn't out (which is often in OR in the winter!) i have virtually no chance of catching a carp in the winter.
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i mailed mine last wednesday...you should have them any day...
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i'm about half way through mine...after much internal debate i decided to tie these unweighted. I generally use a lead underbody, but i do carry some with no lead. this fly can be deadly when fished to suspending carp, and the leaded ones tend to sink too fast. i tied them without lead and figured it is a simple matter of adding a small split shot if it isn't sinking fast enough. i figured if i tied them heavy, i'd be limiting everyone's options!
looking forward to seeing everyone's flies, and i'll have mine in the mail sometime this week...
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#1 carp wooley
#2 rusty crayfish
#3 hare's ear
if i chummed for carp with bread/corn i'm sure those would be in my top list, but i haven't tried that. so far i've found that one of these three presented correctly does the trick.
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good deal...i'll get tying!
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if i'm in i have no problem with that...
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any way to let me jump in on this one guys? my apolgies, i have not checked online in a while, but i'm always game for a flyswap, especially for carp!
if i can still get in, i'll tie the carp wooley. developed out west here by paul haufman, a killer pattern that is simple, but deadly.
hope you guys can squeeze me in!
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i have a really simple crayfish pattern i tie that works well. it is more of a general imitation, not very specific but it does the trick here in OR when the carp are chasing small crayfish. i tie it on a size 10 hook.
burnt orange marabou tail
burnt orange chenile body
grizzly hackle palmered up the body
3 strands of peacock herl to form a shell back (clip the hackle of before making the shell back)
dumbell eyes for weight.
sometimes i use ribbing, but most of the time i don't bother.
again, far from a direct imitation, but it is my go to fly when i see carp chasing crayfish on the flats, and it hasn't dissapointed yet...
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Mr. P, do you know andy "ap-emerger" from Oregon. he got me into carp on the fly and there is a growing contingent of carp fisherman down here. i've been chasing them for a few months now and despite available steelhead, salmon and trout, carp are easily my favorite fish to chase. i had to force myself to make a trip to the Deschutes a while back! most of my buddies here have either:
1) not yet caught a carp, so they think i'm crazy
2) gone with me a few times and are quickly falling prey to the same obsession.
i do some fishing in the columbia gorge on both the WA and OR sides...some great water out there.
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nice report! i've had some success in rivers, but the water is so slow moving it is basically a lake. i like that pattern too...can you post tying instructions? that might work well out here in the west.
thanks!
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hello all...i'm new to carp fishing on the fly. i live in PTLD, OR and just recently got into this fish, and man are they a challenge! i've had some limited success and landed a couple of fish, but getting them to consistantly take my nymph patterns has been tough...i've fished to tailers and cloopers, and generally had a blast trying to catch these spooky fish. just found this forum online, wanted to say hello and thank you all for the good info. i'll be reading everything with interest!
tight lines!
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great looking flies everyone! can't wait to try them out!