First grassies

[Poke 'Em]

I've caught lots of common carp before, but never any grassies. Until today.

Caught 4, lost two, broke off one. Good day. Nothing huge, but I'll take it.

[SteveGibson]

What is your technique? What fly? Give us the 411, please!

[Poke 'Em]

Okay, I cheated a little bit... I caught them on a bread fly. Bleached deer hair spun and packed. I tried some grass flies at first, and got some looks, but no solid takes. My color was a little off from the grass around the pond I think.

So I ran home real quick and grabbed some bread and chummed a little (does that make me a bad fly fisherman?) and that was the ticket.

[bobbyg]

Did you catch them on the feed or just blind fishing?

Bob

[Poke 'Em]

I was sight fishing. When I first arrived, I could see the fish but they weren't really feeding. So I tossed some grass clipping in the pond, and they started feeding on those, but by fly didn't exactly match. So that's when I switched to the bread and was able to catch them feeding on that.

[mikeinmo]

regardless of method it looked like fun to me.

[FishnDave]

I've tied up some flies for them, but have never attached one to my fly line. When I see grass carp, they usually see me, and the best I can do is spook them! I REALLY wanna hook into one!

Good job getting a hook in some!

[Bill-B'klyn]

after you have spooked them, find a place to sit. in a half an hour or so they should return near the same spot. cast about two feet in front of your target & let the fly sink. twitch the fly as the carp closes the distance to about a foot in front of your fly. the carp will either take your fly or pass by it.

Bill

[FishnDave]

Today during lunch, I FINALLY spotted some without spooking them, and made some decent casts to several fish with a grass carp fly. Unfortunately, they didn't seem to be eating, nor interested in eating, and pretty much ignored the fly.

I couldn't get anything else to hit either...watched a decent catfish nudge my fly with its nose, but didn't bite, and the bluegills wouldn't take anything either. Finicky buggers today!

[Poke 'Em]

I went back today with the 3 wt (had the 7 wt yesterday). Managed to catch one and missed a couple others. Unfortunately no picture, though, as the fish escaped to freedom as I was trying to get the camera ready.