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Shmogley said:
Hey TCP! nice fish!
can one of you who knows send me some info about how to go for carp on the fly?
like what kindof gear you had and maybe some flies that are known to work?

ive been focusing on upping my fly game this spring and carp would be an awesome target to practice handling big fish :)
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Hey,

The fly you would use for carp depends on what they are eating of course. In a smaller creek I would use a san jaun worm or a small buggy looking thing like a carp crack from roughfisher.com .
In bigger rivers and small lakes you can use bunny leech and crayfish patterns when they are feeding more aggressivly. The fish is omnivourous. Big lakes require big flies, like large leech, or streamers .

I normally use a hybrid soft hackle pattern by carponthefly.blogspot.com called the hybrid carp fly. its basically a soft hackle with a peacock herl body and a red chennile tail. hybrid of san juan and soft hackle. Almost always works for me on river carp. thats what the fish i posted there took. he turned and gobbled it up upon seeing it float down near his head first cast.

For the outfit, youll want an 7/8 wt setup. I use 20lb flouro leader of about 4 ' and a 1x tippet of about 4' from there. I have 30lb braid as my backing behind my fly line and its spooled up to the max on my large arbour reel, that way on the big lakes you can let the fish run that 100-200 yards they require without loosing everything

Tips: #1 you have to see it to catch it (dont bother with a fish that you cant clearly see)
#2 cast past the fish, feathering your line down to avoid a large splash, drag the fly on the top water to within 6 inches of the fishs head then let it drop. wait for the fish to move on your fly.
#3 dont bother with cruising fish, look for fish that are actively feeding on the bottom.
#4 when searching for fish, if you see mud clouds coming downstream, there is a carp upstream on the feed bag, get over there!
I got more tips, but those there are the essentials.

I normally cast to carp that are within 5-10' of me. you have to creep up on them without spooking them, it is absolutly essential to be able to see the fish take your fly, without seeing the take with your eyes, you will havea a very slim chance of catching anything. when you are on the great lakes flats, these rules dont apply, those fish will chase a moving fly.
 
i used to fish for carp/drum a lot at hamilton, i caught my pb 17lb carp there but thats when i was 10-12 :mrgreen: can someone recommend or hint at a spot near ajax/pickering for these guys i tried the rouge mouth but got nothing (you can PM if you'd like, i won't share your spot :mrgreen: ) currently i have a 7ft mh bait caster with 12lb mono but i can equip it with 50lb braid, i have no problem with this setup on salmon (12lb) so should it work with carp? thanks in advance guys
 
12lb mono should be fine, I use 12lb flouro no problem, just make sure that you set your drag for a carp run
 
i would hit the pickering power plant but i don't think it would go to well with the authorities if they see a 15 year old swimming with a rod trying to catch a fish :mrgreen:
 
ChasinTails said:
should i have it set to what i have it set for salmon, higher, lower?
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Are you banking your rod? Cause unless you want your rod dragged into the water, then set your drag low.

My progression is, high on the cast, then as the line sinks, crank it back down (pretty much to the lowest setting)

Then as your playing the fish, gradually increase.

:mrgreen:
 
ok, no ill usually just sit on a rock and hold the rod, if I'm on my bait caster can't i just free spool it then when it takes off (or maybe in this case sits there) ill put it back in "gear" as i set the hook
 
Just received some Scopex flavoured pop up boilies, a few packs of PVA bags, size 8 wide gape hooks, 3lb nanofil (for hairs)... and a new finger guard.

carp bits.jpg


Might head out today and drown a few worms while walking the banks and checking out some spots for the weekend.
 
Do you guys have a favourite boilie size and flavour/scent that is your go-to, assuming you buy your boilies rather than make them yourself?
 
richardjai said:
i was gonna pick up the scopex flavor ones. whats scopex?
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From what I understand the first non-commercial ones were based on burnt butter. The commercial ones are based on N-butyric acid? Which I think is what is used for the fake butter stuff that you put on microwave popcorn?

either that or it's unicorn poo, but I think that might be rainbow coloured ones.
 
Hey CA,

Here's my plan to catch my first carp on my float rod and centerpin. I'll chum with corn and use corn or bread under my float.

I'll be fishing close to shore where I scouted carp feeding.

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6X5Tgxwh83c[/video]
 
If anyone wants to come hit carp on a fly rod I will be scouting out some flats in the coming weeks as the move in to spawn. Its a whole lot of fun and not overly difficult
 
PUMP KNOWS said:
Hey CA,

Here's my plan to catch my first carp on my float rod and centerpin. I'll chum with corn and use corn or bread under my float.

I'll be fishing close to shore where I scouted carp feeding.

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6X5Tgxwh83c[/video]
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^This guy knows what hes talking about^ Mr. Pullen.

Watched alot of his videos and its all great

Def follow his advice :razz:
 

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