Nice fish!
Isaiah 41:10
Nice fish.
Rick
Very nice David!
iaflyfisher
Thanks, fellas! They sure are fun to catch, but also very difficult and challenging.
David Merical
St. Louis, MO
You are right about the fun and hard to catch part. Congrats, that is a nice one I have a few around 7.5 - 8 lbs. One on a 3 wt.JLD GRASS CARP 2005-2.JPG
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Nice grassy Dave! What kind of hook did you use to keep the grassy on?
Interesting you ask that, because I'd been thinking about that. I tied the fly, but I use a lot of different hooks. This one looks like a Mustad or Umpqua #8 hook...maybe a dry fly hook, but more likely a nymph/streamer hook. It was bent out somewhat after this catch. I've had problems with Grass Carp straightening hooks in the past. This was the smallest Grassie I've caught so far, so I was surprised how it had bent the hook.
Do you have any suggestions on hooks that are less likely to straighten?
David Merical
St. Louis, MO
I've been using TMC 2457 in the past, but have slowly been switching to Mustad C068. I haven't had any carp straighten one out yet. The Mustad hook is offset, if you can live with that. I've been trying it because of the price; $3.45 vs $9.25 for a pack of 25. Hooked one the other day on the Mustad, #12, but lost it. More than likely it was all me; lost sight of fly in muddy creek, and just felt the tug, a jump, and got off.
I'm cheap, all my old friends know that so might as well tell you. I tie almost all my bream flies using Eagle Claw Size 8 Aberdeen hooks and some trout flies, they are about the same size as a Mustad 14 nymph hook. I've never lost a fish because of hook failure, but if I get a fish on I think is over a couple of pounds I try to get them on the reel and use the drag.
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