I see on this forum many people from diferent parts on the world!
Interested me,does someone of you catch asp? (latin name ASPIUS ASPIUS). This is one of my favorite spieces.I like to hear your experience if you catch this fish,and if there is a general asp in the U.S.?
Regards Snjeshka

Generally lighter colors give the best results in the clear water, especially white and yellow;



In some cases,gurglers are also effective;

Snjeshka, I wasn't familiar with that species, so did a quick Internet search, and it appears to me that it's not a species found in the US. Looks like they get rather large too. Reminds me of some of the Shiner species we have, which are mostly bait fish. Some get sizable, but not as big as the Asp. I've caught Shiners of different types on flies while fishing for other species many times.

The picture I saw when making a search for the Asp, was of a very large fish. I can see why they're a favorite of yours.

Great looking flies too!

I primarily fish for Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, and Striped Bass, and your flies would work well on all of them.

I agree that your flies would be effective on many warmwater species in the US... and I am not aware of an "asp" fish in the US. Some of the pictures on the Internet looks similar to what we (in the Southern US) would call a Striped bass. Others look like nothing I have seen in the area.

At any rate.. looks like a good fish to go after!

Hi Sjeshka,

We do catch asp here on fly in Holland.
Topwater flies are super, Asp attack like crazy on those, I believe a lot of patterns used on smallmouth or largemouth Bass will work.
Gurglers work very well, as well as baitfish immitations.

~ floris

Never heard of them - but they look like they would fight great... and from what you folks say, sounds like they would be a BLAST to catch. Anything that would eat a gurgler is fun in my eyes

Thanks for the education!

Very nice asp,troutbuster!
The biggest asp in my area,lives in lakes.I knew seeing the fish 80-90cm.long.but never caught more than 70cm.

Hi there, I don't honestly know exactly how big this one is, I believe it's over 70 though.
I fish most on rivers and combine my fishing with other species, Asp like this fight like carp, I have caught alot of carp in the past on conventional gear.
I also believe stillwaters connected with rivers harbor very very big asp, and if you go out at dawn or little before that you will see them surface hunting.
topwaters are the key for me, it's so visible and the take is stunning.

We fish for Asp in the Czech Republic as well, we call them bolen. They are - together with pike and to certain extent carp - a poor fly fisherman's alternative to trout. We catch them on medium sized streamers (bigger than trout, smaller than pike flies) of mostly white color, combined with black and red.
The Asp belong to the Cyprinid family (i.e. they are second cousins to common carp) and to my knowledge never made it to the US.

Jindra

Well,

I'm glad I don't see them as a poor alternative to trout.
they are a lot of fun, and a challenge to fish for.

Got your point, perhaps I should have said lazy fly fisherman?
The fact is that it takes more than a hour (and about 100 km) of travelling to get from Prague to any decent trout river, but fine Asp fishing can be had in the city limits.

J.

There are all kinds of us!
I would always change trout for asp,and even largemouth bass!
There's nothing more exciting for me than an attack fish on topwater fly.
Regards Snjeshka