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Poke and Okie,
Keep me posted on your river adventures. I really don't have my river carp fishing refined to the point that I feel confident yet. I'd like to hear about your successes and failures...

Poke,
Congratulations. That's a nice fish. Concerning your query, are you sure there are carp in the lake? Is there a good population? I'm a big believer in scouting new lakes or new spots on a lake...

I agree with Poke, this is a good thread. A really nice exchange of ideas is going on here with some very civil and thoughtful disagreements. I hope it keeps going. I too am learning some new and...

Dave,
You make some good points but to expand on some things you said, I would like to point out that in my opinion:
1.Although "some" fish may indeed feed all day in the Summer, the best action is...

A couple of other things I might add:
1. Don't leave home without your polarized sunglasses when sight fishing for carp. Next to my rod and my flies, my sunglasses are the most important equipment I...

Poke,
Good advice, man. I knew you'd have some words of wisdom. When are we going again. I'm getting itchy.

Jambalaya,
Good post. Those things can be soo frustrating at times but once you know...

Here's another tip. Okie put me on this: Use a short, light rod. My carp rod is a 6 1/2 ft. 2 wt. The advantage of this rod is that it's very accurate; you can dap easily with it (much harder to dap...

DVC,
Beware, it's very addictive. I hope I'm not partially responsible if you lose your job and family over this. Be careful. Oh, and have fun. Seriously, I hope you have at least half as much fun...

Nutty,
Welcome. Don't be a stranger here, join in. I'm glad to hear from another carp devotee. Okie's advice is good. Pay attention to what he says. I've seen him carp fish and he's got it down. ...