This is my second carp in two days for this month, so far !
2 4 2 in December
This is my second carp in two days for this month, so far !
Nice fish! What rod was it on?
Andy
Light-lining into the future with rods from the past.
It is a Fenwick, made for the Japanese market; a 3 pc , 6'10" , 7 wt called the "Floater Bum".
Last edited by Bill-B'klyn; 12-03-2011 at 03:52 PM.
Hi Bill,
Nice fish, great that you are still catching fish this late into the season.
Regards,
Gandolf
Is that an automatic reel on the rod? That takes me way back to when my younger brother got his first fly rod and reel. It was a fiberglass rod and a horizontally mounted automatic reel. He still has that outfit.
No, it is the state of the art , Italian made, ATP 37 semi automatic fly reel. It has an adjustable drag and removable spools.Originally Posted by cycler68
no big spring inside either and lighter than the old automatic fly reels of long ago. They are very popular in Europe.
The "Floater Bum" is fiberglass.
Bill
That carp has some unusually large fins on it...Must have some "fantail" in its family tree?
That's pretty COOL!
David Merical
St. Louis, MO
Do you think that fish may have started off in someone's goldfish bowl? The tail reminds me of some of the goldfish I see in pet shop, not to mention the coloration.
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I wondered that too, since large goldfish CAN look a LOT like common carp. It COULD be a carp/goldfish hybrid...but if I recall correctly, pure-strain goldfish do not have barbells, which the fish in the picture does. Carp DO have barbells, however.
It could also be a pure-strain carp with a gene mutation that results in long fins. This occurs on rare occasions in many fish species.
David Merical
St. Louis, MO
Very cool!
Why the lip grabber on the carp?
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