Favorite carp fly?

[Clay]

#12 white woolie bugger.

I also prefer white and it's not so much the pattern that makes the big difference, it's the color. The color is also not for the fish but for me.

Unlike some, I hardly ever feel a fish take the fly. The carp that I catch don't strike a bait. They inhale it while standing still and if they don't like it they spit it out. One of the BIGGEST secrets in taking carp on the fly consistently is that if you are waiting for a strike like a bass, trout, panfish - you ARE missing a whole of fish. I wear polarized glasses and see the fish eat, then cross their eyeballs with a solid hook set. I can see white the best so it is very successful for me.

Try tying your favorite patterns in white.