Stalked this one in the grand river. As I was walking the bank I saw it feeding in the middle of a shallow section of moving water between two riffles. I had to duck down behind the tall grass for awhile until it wasnt facing me then I had to cast a few times to get the fly to swing right so that he would see it and not a splash of the fly entering the water. Once I got the swing right, I saw his gills flare as his head turned quickly to snap up the black leech fly as it was passing him through the current. Overall, my favourite catch so far this year, from start to finish it was a text book river meat eater catch. His nose wasnt down, tail up like the usual carp I catch. this one was snapping up morsels as they drifted down river. I look forward to the real meat eaters of the great lakes flats, hoping to get out this weekend to try my hand at some carp that chase large stripped streamers. Check back here to see the results!
