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Hi Pi.
Nice to meet you. My name is Patrick 'Patrice' Guertin and I'm the State Chair for BC.
So...a beginner huh? That's good! I've got over 20 years experience fishing for gold and can probably give you a tip or two in any discipline, be it float, ledger, stalking or fly rod.
I have a few questions for you if you don't mind.
Have you purchased any carp rods or reels yet? If not, I can point you in the right direction. Purchasing from one of the CAG sponsors will be a great way to help out 'the cause'.
Did you join CAG yet?!
How do you intend to fish for carp?
Have you caught carp before?
Can you cast a fly rod??? Do you want to?
With regards to the location that those fish came from... I won't disclose that particular lake to you right now. It's very special to me and on my doorstep so to speak....but I'll definitely be up for a meet and greet and introduce you to some of the boys.
Noticed that you are in Chilliwack. I'm currently in Burnaby but working in Northern Alberta on a 14/7 rotation. You'd be surprised but the carping starts early in the lower mainland....mid April is guaranteed a run but they are catchable throughout the year. You just have to put the time in. And I mean put the time in. Most anglers in the Lower mainland wouldn't bother to even think about trout fishing in the winter, let alone carp!
Carp are well established in BC. Most of the sloughs, if not all of them in your area contain them, as does Hatzic Lake. I have a small-ish but growing group on a local BC Fishing Reports Web site which might interest you. Do a web search for VANCARPERS and you're sure to find it. I go by the name Part270579 on most websites I use. Also, check out my buddy Claytons' youtube page BCOnTheFly. I also have a free website at dirtyhaul.com. Pop on over and have a read. Lots of useful info.
All the best Pi. PM me and I'll forward my contact details to you.
Kind Regards,
Patrick Guertin
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Wow! The 2012 season has finally kicked off here in the lower mainland!
Check out these beauftil, wild fish!!!
^^After losing two fish prior Raymond set out on his own and managed his first carp, EVER!
^^Now THAT'S a custom carp rod!!^^ Built by the guy below!!
I'll get more pics up as the fish come.
All the Best,
Vancarper
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Nice fish, its good to see an established carp population in BC! Would love to fish for them in BC one day.
Come on OVER!!!!!!
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Alright! WTG.
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Okay people!!!
Carp fishing on the west coast of Canada is not exactly brimming with participants....until they see the immense size of these little(chuckles) fish averaging 10lbs! These fish are dwarfing their usual rainbow trout captures, and when they find out we are taking them on a fly rod, well, little eyes light up!!!!
So what I'm asking is: Any CAG members that have fishing friends or family in BC just to send them a little email, PM or simply bring up carp fishing when you are next on the phone...point them in my direction and I'll get em signed up and onto some carp!!!!
I'm really not interested in any kind of 'payment' from the powers of be i.e. cheaper or reduced membership, something that has been discussed in a previous post somewhere on this forum. BUT if CAG is currently offering something like that, I'd like to see it go to the member that introduced my new BC member to CAG.
My contact details can be forwarded to anyone who want them. Crank callers will be hunted down, stuffed in an old sack of dead bream, ground down and sold fertiliser!
You see....Help ME, Help CAG and maybe help yourselves?!
Tight lines,
VanCarper
....and let's get BC up there with the rest of the Carpin' states and provinces!!!
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Some photos of carp on the fly rod, taken in the lower mainland.
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Okay guys. I've been super busy since I got back to BC!
Right then....who used braided line? I do! And who used a mono shock leader? I DON'T!
I've compiled a systematic technique that eliminated the need for that horrid mono shock leader. My idea came from the furled leaders used in fly fishing, which incidentally I've just started making to sell to the public via my newly created website...more on that another time.
The idea is to strip of 90 feet of your braided mainline (I load my reel up with 300yds of 25lb Berkley whiplash). Now I'll do the rest in steps.
90ft will give you a leader of:
90/2=45ft 45ft-15ft 30/2= 15 SO those calculation add up to this:
15ft of braided x2, and 15 ft of braided x4. I hope that makes sense! Effectively, 90ft of braid gives you a 30 ft leader.
(Those that understand the above calculations should get a gold star!)
1) lock the clutch down on your reel and make sure no line can be pulled and that the reel will not move. Personally, I keep my reel on the butt section, on the pod and strap it down good and tight. Make sure the braid runs through the butt ring.
2) Take some masking tape and create a nice wrap around the line. Take some self griping pliers and CLAMP the masking tape good and tight. Tape the pliers to your pod.
3) Straighten out the line.
4) Place the line in the end of a rotary battery drill. Pull taught.
5) Place a stake in the ground MID WAY between the pliers and the drill. Now go back to the drill and start twisting!!!!
6) Keep on twisting until the line wants to twist up on itself; you'll know when this is if you release the tension on the drill and move it towards the reel.
7) Now, the next step can be tricky: but I've been doing this whole thing in a 2nd story apartment with limited space! Start to walk the line back toward the pliers, keeping tension between you and the plies by going AROUND the stake you placed at the midway point.
8) When you get to the pliers, put the drill down and keep that tension on!!!!
9) Walk back to the stake and put your finger into the loop formed by the line as it goes around the stake. Pull the line off the stake and keeping tension with one hand, release your finger out of the loop, keep the line tight. You will feel the line want to twist together. Control this twisting all the way back to the pliers and drill.
10) Now back at the pod, you'll need to tie these two "bit's" of line off. I actually use the sliding stop knot for this. It's small. It's neat and it does exactly what you want it to do. And providing you tighten it down enough, it will not slip under normal use.
That's the first part. Now what you need to do is repeat this for the next furled section BUT remember not to half it this time. (You want 15ft of twisted braid before you re-grip with the pliers.) It has to be divived in three, meaning you have to move the pliers 15ft down the line. You will end up with a 30ft tapered leader with very small knots and fantastic bite indication.
Like I said, I've not seen anyone ever use this, so I've named it after my wife, CJ.
If any of you are sturgeon anglers, I use the same system to slice two lines together for a full 150 yard of double line, and 18 yards of quad line. I can cast like a cannon with this and no fear of snapping off!
N.B. If you want to use rig tubing, like I do, you can either put it on BEFORE you start furling, or like me, use 10 lb mono and pull the braid through after. The former is much easier.
Leave you feedback, it's always appreciated!
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Ahhh...Tinca-Tinca
Tench are a close relitive of the Carp, but are not as closely related as say carp and goldfish. They are a beautiful creature and put on a dogged fight. Gorgeous green to olive scales, small red eye and a paddle like tail make this one of Europe most pretty fish.
Tench are also one of the only cyprids that can be 'sexed' just by looking at them. Males have large 'gonads' that are clearly visible near their vent.
You can usually gauge how big tench grow the size of the males. If the average male is 4 lbs double this to get the average female size.
Amazing to think that the doctor fish is in the Okanagan lol. I'll be searching for 'em next summer for sure!
Bc Carpin'!
in British Columbia Meet, Greet & Questions
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Yeah, that was on 'dough' and a bobber lol