Wet flies for carp

Nothing like the feeling of a 10 pound carp on the fly rod. Unfortunetly, I have only caught one while using a fly. I was wondering what makes a carp decide to eat a fly. Carp
(especially in this murky water)are very taste and scent oriented. Why would they have any desire to eat a fly? My guess is that you must put action in the retrieve. My question is, how fast to retrieve, how much line to retrieve, how often to retrieve?

[LadyFisher]

Anthony,
There are some excellent articles on getting carp to eat in the Canada section, start here: [url=http://www.flyanglersonline.com/features/canada/can144.html:f09f9]http://www.flyanglersonline.com/features/canada/can144.html[/url:f09f9]


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[billknepp]

Anthony,

Carp feed on aquatic insect's in much the same manner as trout do...I have taken many of them while dead drifting Nymph's and Dries for trout..in many types of water..They can at time be seen and caught while selectively feeding on midges...
I will get a few flies out to you soon..

I've watched a Carp move three feet to intercept a nymph in the clear waters of the upper Penns Creek ( a Hare's ear tied in the round ) always a good choice in any color water...I've also caught Carp on a Black Ghost streamer Experiment and keep an open mind while fishing for these awesome and often skittish fish...

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Everyone wants to excel in this sport but at the same time we let traditionalists place restrictions on our tactics, methods, and ideas. I always assumed that fly fishing was a sport that allowed imagination, creation, adaptation, investigation, dedication, education, revelation? : Fox Statler, On Spinners (Not the dainty Dry Fly kind) "Spinner'd Minner Fly"

"Wish ya great fishing"

Bill

That carp that moved three feet for you fly must have been starving! That is pretty rare.

[FIREMAN]

Ive taken carp like trout also. Right out of their feeding lanes. My best fly was a black stone colored nymph, my next best is a natural colored squirrel nymph with rubber legs.

Good luck,
Seege

[darrell]

Anthony - lots of different flies up here are used on carp - common fly - don't think there is one. Clousers, snails, wooly buggers, baitfish ...... one thing though - on the bottom, almost as they have to find it.

That said though, I've only foul hooked one on the fly rod so far. It's only a matter of time.

Darrell,

[billknepp]

rare...Maybe....But the point is...they feed on pretty much what all fish feed on. so any flies that mimic what is in your waters will work.
I've seen them move to a fly on more than one occasion, all depends on your stealth,The "presentation" of the fly....and 20 other small details that need to be brought together for successful Carping, (All of which fall into and or are a part of presentation )
I hope you enjoy many Many more of them..
That was a very nice pic of the fish you posted...

[billknepp]

I also sent you an email Anthony...Just in the case that your spam might nab me...

[rrhyne56]

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[jargo432]

I go after carp now and then. I've only had three hookups, one on a black bugger and the other two on a nymph. I was only able to land one of them. I've had so many swim right by my fly that I think it's a luck thing. One thing I do know it your presentation has to be at the right depth. If you can make it suspend an inch off the bottom I think you'll have better luck.