i’m looking for patterns for carp. a mullberry fly would be nice
I haven’t tried it but I once saw a pattern for a mulberry fly. Just spin purple deer hair onto a 1X size 8 hook. Use green thread. And add black deer hair if you want it to be bruised looking. That’s all I remember it saying. Seems simple enough.
Check out this site [url=http://www.nkyflyfishers.org/carp.htm:d6269]http://www.nkyflyfishers.org/carp.htm[/url:d6269]
G
Here is the pattern [url=http://members.tripod.com/invictaflies/id168.htm:161a0]http://members.tripod.com/invictaflies/id168.htm[/url:161a0]
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The best fly by far for carp that I’ve used is the Yellow CCC posted on this website in the Fly Archives, 4th Quarter 2004.
I’ve caught carp every time I’ve used it.
Semper Fi!
I tie one that I call carp corn. It is easy to tie. Just some yellow chenille and a cdc puff on a #6. 8 or 10 dry fle hook. There is a pic of some on my web site. John
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Corn imitation works well also
Philip
How many people actually fish for carp with a fly rod? I hear the are hard to catch. Mr. Bob Clouser say’s his crayfish works great for carp, some of his clients caught some on the river this year.
jkilroy, of course people actually fish for them. I’d say that about 80% of my fishing these days is carping. They are smart, hard to catch, big, hard-fighting, and abundant. What’s not to like?
Most folks seem to forget that carp are just another fish. Asking “what flies catch carp?” is like asking “what flies catch trout?”. The answer is simple- “The fly that looks like what they’re eating.” There is no black and white answer.
Okie, after I cut the grass around the ponds, I will thow some clippings in and get them going. I take a #12 hook and tie some of the clippings on, toss it in and wait for the fun to start, works with the corn also, chum and then let it sit. 
Philip
If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there’d be a shortage of fishing poles." - Doug Larson
Okie,
Aren’t they real hard to catch? Don’t have to work hard to catch them?
Jkilroy,
If they were to just grab any ole thing tossed at them in any ole fashion…they’d be trout…and Everyone would fish for um!.. 
My Bro in-law used to get so Pi$$ed at me…We’d make a day trip up to coburn on the Penn’s and when he’d find me hours after parting for the day.
I’d be stalking Carp and long forgotten the trout we went there seeking!..lol…I may only have caught five fish to his 20-40 but I think I worked harder and there fore appreciated mine more… MHO…
“I’ve often wondered why it is that so many anglers spend so much money on,and pay so much attention to.the details on the wrong end of the fly line.If they took as much care in selecting or tying their flies as they did in the selection of the reel and rod,They might be able to gain the real extra edge that makes it possible to fool a fish that has,in fact,seen it all before” A.K.Best
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
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Kilroy, yes they are very difficult to catch. Or at least they are most of the time.
That being said it’s still very possible with the right approach. Just today I went fishing with a friend of mine and she hooked up to and landed two fish. She had never picked up a fly rod in her life.
Carp fishing is something that you often have to take an outside-the-box look at. Take a step back, think about the conditions and the fish, and formulate a plan of attack. If it’s not working, change something. They’re tricky and catching them can be a lot of work, but if you aren’t having fun you’re working too hard at it.
Carp in the UK grow massive, 30-40lbs, and you can catch them easily by putting anything on that looks like bread, sweetcorn, dog biscuits, etc etc… when they are feeding surface they will take them.
Now landing them is a whole new ball game!!!
Some of the lakes and rivers in the North Island of New Zealand are infested with Big Koi Carp. They are considered a pest and are hunted be Bow Hunters as in Bow and arrow.
I like to fish for then using a Madam X Parachute and have a ball when they get in the mood and try to test my skill? or Luck.
I find you have to let them swim away after the take until they stop that is the time to tighten into them. They seem to mouth the fly before taking it in. Missed a lot untill I saw what the devils were up to. Oh Yes! they do fight well. Jax
Getting Old has it’s advantages. It slows you down just enough to get your timing for tightening into a trout Just Right.
We have a flyrodding for carp contest in Nashville every year. The winner for 2005 was 47 pounds. We have some very good carp fishing for those who are so inclined. In fact, we have a number of guys who will go out on the mudflats after carp before heading down to fish or bonefish on the sand flats. It is a very similar form of sight casting, I’m told. (I never fished for bonefish, I have fished the flats for carp.)
Ed
You stalk carp in shallow water, just like you do Bonefish and Permit on the Salt Flats in Fla. In fact, it’s great practice for that. If you lose a carp, who cares? Just re-rig and go get another one. Then you’ll be ready for that trophy Permit or Bonefish when the time comes. Most people don’t get near enough practice at fighting a big, strong fish on light line. Carp are ready made for this, and there’s plenty of them. What’s gonna hurt more…losing a 10 Lb. bass through inexperience, or a 10 Lb. carp for practice?
By the way, if anyone’s interested, I also eat carp and have lots of great recipes for them. I’d be happy to share them.
Semper Fi!
Anyone got any Gar flys? we used to use the brushed nylon. I’m gonna have to try carp this year, I have gotten back into the fly fishin’ and am remembering what I forgot as I go. Later,
Kirk
Black Sabbath Black Bead Emerger #14.
The Recipe is on flytyingworld.com
Incidently, this pattern has caught every freshwater fish including catfish. It is a major go-to pattern (a must have in any fly box).
I’ve even started using them in #10’s for White Amur (the freshwater counterpart to a Tarpon).
Thanks, during the summer we have a spot below a dam that the water just kinda sits there and the gar are great fun to catch! they do some crazy stuff when you set the hook, just a little difficult to get off the hook!! Later,
Kirk