Those 'tangy carp give me heart attacks. I've been wading several times, and have had unseen ones go airborne a few feet away when I spooked 'em (I mean, really, would they be the perfect game fish if they jumped when they were hooked (not that they aren't at the top of my list now)?)
I had one of those 'tangy fish stalk my line/leader connection as well, wish he would have been back 7 or 8 feet to see my fly. Of course, he got about a foot from me, and jumped a couple feet out of the water (I wish I had been ready for that, I could have reached out and caught him)
brhoff, if you don't mind, what's your go-to fly for that river? I pretty much stick to olive woolly buggers with a bit of krystal flash for the lower visibility, but I've been thinking about trying some other patterns.