I'm heading back out to Hawaii tomorrow with a box of stuff that looks like that. I just call them bonefish flies. Never fished for carp on the fly rod before, but I'll give them a shot this year.
The backstabber is a great pattern, I carry them in orange, purple and black. Carp suck them right up.
"Next to a healthy 10 pound carp a brook trout can look like a minnow in a clown suit"
Thanks Bill, those look like some good ones for sure. Appreciate the link!
Good Fishing,
Chuck S (der Aulte Jaeger)
"I've traveled a long way and some of the roads weren't paved"
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Id have to agree with the backstabber. Ive used it here on Lake St Clair and it has been one of my top producing flies by far. Catches everything, especially largemouth. I may tie them a little smaller than recommended and use a size 4 B10S hook. Also a great fly for sheepshead. Fishing instructions are easy: cast out, let sink, hold on!
One of the files I tie for carp, I call the Carpinator. It is a scaled down Gotcha pattern, tied in freshwater colors. It is my absolute best carp fly.
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In our urban lakes here, 90% of the carp my wife and I catch are on crystal white wooly buggers
note that a white wooly bugger is one of the flies in this collection. a truly remarkable fly for fishing.