[Had a Triple Crown?]

I just recently had a grand slam of a Koi, a common mirror butterfly, a ghost carp and a couple commons in a 3 hour period

[Mirror, mirror on my line]

nice mirrors for sure

[A pretty good January so far!]

nice work man

[a 70lb 8oz buff has hit the banks of emma]

just heard about it myself, way to go Jason

[Incredible Prizes!!!]

sounds like a fun contest

[Winter fishing California Style]

gotta love California in the winter

[New member of the Ed's Bait and Tackle family]

congrats on the new baby

[Team Jackass Teases Emma]

Nice work Team Jackass

[ATC]

I think I am going to give it a shot

[What's your favorite size hook?]

surprisingly most of the carp fishing on the fly around here is at tailraces and clousers seems to be the ticket #2-6

[Favorite blank session]

my favorite blank was xmas eve fishing town lake with my son. It was nice just hanging out

[Another picture of the Fantail Mirror I caught]

That's such a wild fish. Coingrats man.

I think Koi breeders would call that a butterfly mirror.

I thought so too but if you look at the other pictures you can tell it is a common mirror-fantailed

[Another picture of the Fantail Mirror I caught]

Here is another picture I had taken with my phone of the Fantail Mirror Carp I caught yesterday with my Grand Slam

In case you missed my thread about my grand slam here is the link

http://www.carpanglersgroup.com/forum/inde...showtopic=26667

[2007 Year in Carpin]

nice work man, it was a good year indeed

[the first]

[Here Fishy, fishy, fishy...]

I catch a lot of cats on boilies, they really like tutti fruiti

yep, just caught one the other day on a k-1 tutti frutti

[A Pictoral History of my CAG Experience]

Awesome thread Brian. Got me up to speed

[rod weights]

I nine foot 6wt is good all around rod. If you know there are 20#+ in there go with an 8wt

[Carp Fly Fish Video - The Hooky Man]

very nice production man

[NACA LOOKS GREAT!!!!]

Just got mine today and I am impressed. I've already read most of it and plan on reading the rest tonight during my night session

[Thanks to all for my 1st successful year of carpin!]

nice fish, love the picture of you holding a fish next to a no fishing sign

[Backing and line]

go with bass leaders and that tippet will work. On my 5 wt I use anywhere from 2x to 0x tippet depending on the structure in the water

[Backing and line]

yes you need backing. Go with 20lb dacron for your 6wt. The leader is what attaches to the end of your fly line and is tapered so it makes smooth loops. The tippet is connected to the leader and is basically a 12"-18" piece of mono or flourocarbon that gets broken off in case you get hung up and keeps you from trimming down the leader everytime you switch flies. For bass, redfish and carp go with a 6' or 7 1/2' tapered leader and 2x tippet.

[Backing and line]

Dustin, buy the cv2 line from bass pro, it is like 20-25$ and nice line for the price. Go with the 6wt line since it will be easier for you to cast on a 5/6 rod. like they said earlier, make sure it is wf-6 (weight forward 6 wt )

[1st Mirror on the fly]

nice mirror, congrats