Wednesday, June 22, 2011

My First Carp




I have been casting to bubbles, tails, mud clouds and anything that looks fishy in the water for quite some time with no rewards and maybe a couple bites (and the bites could have been my imagination!). Finally, I got my first carp on the fly rod with a black and olive size 6 backstabber. I even found a new fishing spot. There is a country club in town, and by country club it is a bingo hall with a playground. The place has a pretty decent lake and they allow folks to fish from dawn to dusk. Of course, I stopped by there this morning on my way to work to give it a go. Carp were everywhere and this place is minutes from my house literally on my way to work. I spent an hour casting to every likely candidate with no luck. However, I snuck up on a couple carp in real shallow water rooting things off the bottom. I cast and droppped the backstabber right into the middle of them and one shot after it. I set the hook and held on! The carp was only 2.34lbs, but it fought hard. Now, when you fish before work you are not thinking, "hey, I may have to get dirty or wet." I had to land this thing and I couldn't just haul it up on shore and I was in my work clothes. Stupid. So I clamored down into the muddy water and landed my first carp. The fish was feisty enough to splash muddy water all over me and my shirt to get even. I got some weird looks when I got to work.

Thanks to all of you who blog about carp fly fishing. I have learned tons from people sharing their insight. Here are a couple that have helped me out:

I can't wait to land another one!



5 comments:

  1. And now all your co-workers really wonder what swamp you crawled out of. ;) Congrats on your first carp...a mirror! Good omen, I'd say.

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  2. Congrats, and it sounds like you broke the code. Next try hunting them on lakes when they're busting up bait balls, that's a blast too.

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  3. Every first carp, especially when you land one and were after them, in other words you know their worth, is great cause for celebration. Good work!

    Gregg

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  4. I have a small pond I find carp eating fry on in late June, even if you did not know what is going on you soon would figure it out as the takes can be hard and un carp like. Have special flies for this as I am sure you do JGR.

    Gregg

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