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    Wind and more wind

    in Carp on the Fly

    Posted

    Hooray, that's a material I've got plenty of!

    I've caught a lot of bluegills and crappies, and some bass on those! The one's I've tied are mostly weightless.

    What size hook did you use?

    Also...I was fly-fishing for bluegills during lunch yesterday, and a grass carp appeared in the area I was casting into. I didn't have time to change flies, so I tossed my yellow foam bug over by it. It turned and swam right over to it, started raising its nose towards the fly. I was getting excited, and thought, "...wait for it....wait for it..." And then it swam on by without hitting my fly. BUMMER! :rolleyes:

    Wind and more wind

    in Carp on the Fly

    Posted

    Awesome, Randy!

    It seems like there are one or two big goldfish like that in most of the ponds I fish. I haven't been able to get them to hit anything yet. I'm guessing I need to go a lot SMALLER than the flies I usually have with me.

    What did you catch that fish on?

    Wind and more wind

    in Carp on the Fly

    Posted

    I tried it briefly on Thursday evening. For the first time all year, I saw all 3 of the big koi in this particular pond. One was feeding. I dropped a fly by him, but I didn't put my polarized glasses on, and it was a dark-colored fly (mainly peacock herl). I couldn't see the fly to know exactly where it was in relation to the fish. It didn't act interested anyway. Soon, all 3 fish were cirlcling around the area in front of me, and I hoped one would take the fly as I saw it slowly back to me...but no takers this time.

    Next time I'll try a lighter colored fly that hopefully I'll be able to track better in the water.

    Wind and more wind

    in Carp on the Fly

    Posted · Edited by FishnDave

    I was told that they may be gold fish all grown up, can you tell?
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    Rick can correct me if this isn't accurate, but I understand that goldfish don't have barbels, carp & koi do. The fish in the first picture certainly has barbels. Its hard to see a barbel in the 2nd picture, although it really doesn't look like a goldfish to me.

    Prince Nymph patterns?

    in Carp on the Fly

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    I've read a number of threads on here, where good numbers of carp are taken on beadhead Prince Nymph patterns, although often the larger fish are taken on Clouser Swimming Nymph-type patterns. At least that's the way I interpreted those threads. :rolleyes:

    Although Prince Nymph is a pretty standard fly pattern, it seems most folks put their own slant on it, intentional or not. So... what size do you usually tie these for carp, and does anyone have some pictures of their own ties they've successfully used?

    (Yes, I understand its usually PRESENTATION over PATTERN, but fly porn is still good!) :yourock:

    The San Juan Worm Thread

    in Carp on the Fly

    Posted

    Yeah, thanks for the chenille, Rick! :yourock:

    This is a great thread!

    I tossed a small chartreuse SJW at a giant white goldfish (not a koi) yesterday during lunch. He looked at it, even swam over to it a couple of times, but never did take it. I was excited that it even looked at it!! I probably need something really really small for that fish... I need to buy some smaller hooks! :rolleyes:

    Dead carp

    in Carp on the Fly

    Posted

    I learned something! :rolleyes: I always see muskrats eating vegetation around the edges of the pond...didn't realize that they actually DO eat fish at times. Now I like muskrats even less. :yourock:

    Dead carp

    in Carp on the Fly

    Posted

    Do muskrat eat them? We have muskrat in the canals here as well as a good supply of coyote in the area.
    Muskrats are basically herbivorous. They feed mainly on aquatic plants such as the roots and stems of cattails, lilies, sedges, and grasses. They may occasionally eat some animal life such as mussels, shrimp, and small fish. Vegetation is collected and stored during the summer for winter use. Throughout the winter muskrats remain below the ice for great periods of time eating this stored food and submerged vegetation. They extend their feeding areas by constructing “pushups” which are piles of vegetation deposited on the surface of the ice over an opening. Muskrats bring vegetation to these pushups and eat it there. These pushups also provide the muskrats with a protected place above water and away from their den where they can breathe and rest. Repeated use usually keeps the pushups free of ice. During winters with little snow and very cold temperatures, pushups commonly freeze solid. As a result, muskrats cannot use them as breathing holes or as locations to eat and rest. This condition can contribute to large overwinter die-offs of muskrats.

    As the ice thickens during the winter, less area is available for foraging. Muskrats are forced to leave shallow ponds to spend their time in deeper ponds to search for food. Deep ponds and channels often have less aquatic vegetation than shallower ones, thus they can support fewer muskrats. Competition for food causes rapid depletion of the available supply. This may result in exhaustion of food supplies and subsequent fighting, starvation, or emigration of the muskrats. There are seldom any unoccupied living spaces available and many emigrants freeze, starve, or are killed by predators.

    Goals

    in Carp on the Fly

    Posted

    Oh...I don't know. There's something to be said about someone who "sticks to their goals". Since you've reached your goal for this year, maybe you should just stop fishing this year, and start on your new goal NEXT YEAR? :rolleyes::o:P

    Just kidding, of course. WELL DONE, Rick! :yourock:

    rivers blown out but I still showed

    in Carp on the Fly

    Posted

    That's generally the situation here, too. Murky water rules out sight-fishing much of the time. And the spillway below the local reservoir has pretty good current, usually 2-3 ft/sec. Certain spots are fairly deep (maybe 10'), but carp and especially buffalo will often hold near the surface or mid-depth near the outlet at times.

    Down river a guy can find calmer pockets to try.

    In - Fisher Man

    in Carp on the Fly

    Posted · Edited by FishnDave

    Dave,

    Great pics and great fish. Had a chance to fish the Miami area a bit several years back, with similar fishy results! Never managed an oscar, but did find a Jaguar Guapote, which has a serious pair of teeth on it.

    I saw some Jaguar Guapotes...and badgered them for quite some time, hoping to get them to strike, but they never would. The male and female were sort of herding their young fry along the shallows. They are really protective parents!!

    I would have liked to have caught a Red Devil, too, but didn't see any of those.

    fly patterns

    in Carp on the Fly

    Posted

    Your flies look absolutely fine! There are a good number of us that do NOT tie flies to put them into a frame...we CATCH FISH with them! I've been tying for maybe a little over 2 years, and I can laugh at the ugly "things" I first tied, and even THEY caught fish! I remember some abominations of materials bound down with way too much wire... :rolleyes:

    Making them more perfect or pretty is more for us than the fish, I suppose.

    I have the utmost respect for guys that can tie those fancy, colorful Atlantic Salmon flies. Maybe someday I'll give that a shot. For now, I wanna catch some fish! ;o)

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