Official Carp Time Swap
Its that time of year and lots of people are talking carp. It time for another carp swap. First 12 in. Lets make sure we have all the correct postage. If we get any international swappers please pm me |
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Built a fly box
I picked up a box at Joann Fabric and turned it into a new box to house the majority of my carp flies. I thought it turned out pretty well. It will hold 129 flies, as constructed. Ea |
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UV Beer Belly bucktail
If you use beadchain in place of the lead a slower sink will result. You will also find them much more pleasant to cast. Beadchain is available in at least 3 sizes. I mostly use the medium but th |
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More carp flies
Ok, so I put these to the test. Fish food mabey.[attachment=41011:carp.jpeg] Sorry,for the bad phone pic. I picked up this little guy on the orange one.
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rough fish
Hahaha this is a great thread. I think a sub-forum wouldn't be a bad idea! Ive heard Carp and Suckers called all sorts of things but they (especially Carp) will truly put your angling to the test. Ive |
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tarpon waters and the power of a fish
someone I know who regularly fishes for carp to 20lb+ plays his purely off the flyline. It looks nuts to see the first time but he lands fish amazingly quickly compared to a bent fly rod. So basically |
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Carp time!
I hear alot of talk about carp and I love fishing for them. I lost a huge submarine last year. I smell a carp swap.
Kevin
Carp swap, I would be up for that one. |
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How to fight bigger fish?
Sorry Silvercreek...I did not go into the details of the Medalist Modification. I can't imagine anybody going to the trouble in this day and age. For nostalgic reasons I have considered doing one of m |
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dubbed leach/streamer, whats your opinion?
until recently i worked with the guy who created the ddh, a great fly!
hes the one who got me into fly fishing and tying for the most part,
anyways i recently tied up a bunch of streamers in th |
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Dang
Do you guys have a pic of the fly? I'm thinking it might work on carp.
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Easy ties
I've caught bream, bass, catfish and carp on this simple fly that I came up with in the early 1980's and I'm still using it and catch fish on it.
Squirrel tail hair and bead chain eyes - black thread |
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Carp on fly video
I took a virgin carp fishing friend out today to give him a shot. He fished for a good hour with me guiding him at his side; Luke had about 20 - 30 shots but only two takes that he missed the hookset |
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FTD sea dragon dubbing?
Anyone use FTD's sea dragon dubbing? I've been thinking it might be a good replacement for pricey long-stranded chenille I use on my bass streamers, and maybe double on something I can use for c |
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(Mulberry) Patterns for Carp
In Maryland, we have a bunch of canals that are loaded with carp that feed on the mulberry hatch each year. I've been tying a few berries, but wanted to know what's your favorite fly for Carp? And if |
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Petitjean Magic Heads
I'm debating on getting some of these just for the pleasure of more accurately imitating Damselfly larvae. They undulate more than any fish I can think of other than eels. I remember the first time I |
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crawdadish bass getter,the Chewy.
Looks good!
Be a good one for carp in a smaller version.
I did tie some for carp. on a size 6 hook.Insted of useing wire dubbing brush,I did a dubbing loop, to keep it lighter. works good fpr carp.Als |
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Swap Pics
Cool looking set, some look they could be used for carp |
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April Flies From The Vice!
flies from the last 2 days, tied some emergers, both no names that i just put together for my area.
secondly some dubbed leach/streamer patterns, the a man i work with created the ddh and this |
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Dubbing brush flies
Good stuff, what do you plan on catching with them
I tie them for Barred surf perch,surf fishing Cali.central coast,Tied smaller it is a good carp fly,After work today I got a nice Large mouth bass.o |
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Opinions on a 7-8ft. 4wt.
Got 7' 9" 4wt i built myself. I have caught Bluegill, crappie, smallies and a 7Lb carp on it. Dont know much about LL Bean stuff but i imagine its good stuff. Good luck! |
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Carp feeding in New Orleans...
I used to catch carp ... in Indiana. Sight fishing on the Wabash and Eel Rivers.
Very little sight fishing in Florida. Coffee stained water everywhere and two foot drop off from the bank i |
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Grayling Fishing Locations
I've caught hundreds of carp. We used to catch carp on flies in the 80's way before it was a fad. We did it for the very reasons you state, available, decent (but monotonous) f |
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How do you like to catch fish?
I started fishing with dynamite. But I quickly depleted the fish in our local pond ... and the cops were starting to figure things out.
So I moved on to a harder way of fishing, I got the genera |
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New Carp Fly
Very nice work, timeflies--and I must compliment you on having the coolest username I've seen so far. :)
That looks like it will have just the right profile in the water. I like the flash |
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Stripping basket
I made mine from an Ikea child stool $4.99
Pictures are taken from the Web, mine is painted Olive Green on the outside, so I don't spook Grass Carp.
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RBF: Swelled butts
[/size]Hi Booers,I just love the swelled butt picture of fly rods, they are so beautiful!! I am making two Cattanach 7042#4\ 7 ft fly rods. (Only my 3rd and 4 |
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Another Dubbing Thread
Got me a coffee grinder the other day thanks to you Simon....I am gonna start workin up some rusts, browns, tans, black and olives for carp flies this year....who knows, I might give generously to my |
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what weight rod for pike fishing
I just bought an 8 weight blank to build into a pike/carp rod. I think that will fit my bill....Most of the pike around here are not HUGE but we have occasionally gotten into ones in the 15 to 2 |
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New from Idaho
Welcome to the FTF. When I lived in Boise (about 20 years ago) there were some huge wild browns right there in the Boise River. I've got an eight-pounder on my wall that I caught in back of the Fish & |
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Michigan Tie In?
I hope you can make it Christopher
The best way to help right now is to let people know about it. I am starting to get a few things set in stone I have had the HOA contact me and the president is in f |
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4th Annual Opening Day Swap
fishingbobnelson- that was a nice fly that you tied for the Blob swap, i am going to try some of those Blobs out on Friday for carp,sunfish, and bass. |
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Skitterbug SBS
That's way cool looking; I've never seen a fly like that. Nice work on the SBS.
I was thinking the same thing! I see this working for panfish and carp when the mulberry's fall! |
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Hey carp guys, what do you think?
Nice crawfish, Hopper. If the carp don't like it, I am sure the bass will ... but if you crawl that through a carp's path, I think you'll catch a carp!
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What do fish see?
I would imagine the way you fished the bugger to how you fish the stone will be different. If you retrieve the bugger in the same manner as the stone I think it would work. My belief is fish are switc |
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What flies are good for Gar
I have gar where I fish at and was woundering what patterns work best. Will they take top water flies or should it be streamers? I saw the great post about gars in the carp fly post. I |
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What fish do you like to fish for?
I mostly fish panfish and then the bass just seem to come to the hook. If there was carp in my local small creeks it would probably be carp.
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How to tie a Crayfish
Size 12 mini craw pattern I made up a few years ago. This is simple as it gets plus the hook is riding up and is a 10-15min tie.
It outfishes bigger sized crawfish patterns and is a dandy on car |
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RBF: Flaming Rod
[/size]Hi all, It might be a silly question ...,, but a serious answer will be appreciated.. I have some strips cut, roughed and straightened reading for cooking.., for a Mark 1V carp rod, quite |
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Hello all from Napanee, ON (Near Kingston)
Welcome! The wife's auntie lives in Brockville, needless to say i find myself fly fishing the 1000 islands area quite often in summer. Awesome place, has everything from perch to gar, to huge carp, sm |
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barbed or not?
I have fished for the majority of my fishing years for members of the Cyprinidae family and more recently trout and salmon. Along the way have been salt fish members of the Pollachius and Gadidae
For |
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Grass Carp
here in UK grass carp will take ALL baits common carp do. But they are much more picky, baits need to be smaller, they don't eat weeds anymore than other carp species which led to lots of disappointed |
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Blue Dragons
Very nice ties! That is the predominant color in my area though i will occasionally run across some cinnamon colored ones....Years ago i was fishing a pond in my bellyboat using a similiar pattern a |
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Blind Squirrel Recipe?
I've seen a few mentions of a fly called the Blind Squirrel, for panfish & carp, but cannot find a recipe. Can anyone help me out with one? A photo would be sweet too. Thanks!
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Clear Cure Goo?
Frankly, I don't care if somebody wants to coat their flies with maple syrup, I'm just looking for information I can use.
Well, dammit you let THAT cat out of the bag.... Want to ca |
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got my Congo hair (EP material) any tips
Anything you can do with EP you can do with Congo hair. Use different colors and lengths and permanent markers to imitate specific baitfish. use as a substitute for bucktail on clousers an |
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Has anyone ever heard of a Double Renegade?
I was always taught that a double renegade Meant that 2 brown (furnace) hackels were used. While those tied with 2 white (or cream) hackles was a cream-puff renegade. And if you use 2 grizzly hac |
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Which Rod??
i have a 6WT rod that i got about 2 years ago and i love it but i need something a bit bigger for the river down here (striper/ hybrid and really large carp) lol but i do agree pretty much all m |
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Taking a big step in life.
I'm not sure if this is the place for this but, it's saltwater fly fishing related so, here goes. I've lived in Southern California all my life (39 years) and have recently decided to get out of here. |
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Stillwater Blob Flies Swap!
Thanks SSC and Jimbo, that makes sense. I threw them in the sink and liked how the conehead foam arse fly sat up at the bottom. I think that one will work for carp as well. I plan on swinging the oran |
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No more batteries for my UV light!
3-AAA. Most LED's can withstand up to 36 Volt DC so I would not recommend using AC voltage directly unless using a step down transformer to DC voltage.
I am running 12VDC Adapter.
3AAA c |
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Red Fox Pelt Uses
Here are a few patterns that I mentioned above,and a few I did not:
http://www.flyfishohio.com/Foxee_Red_Clouser.htm
http://www.flyfishohio.com/Mixed_Media.htm
http://www.flyfisho |
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First salt excursion of 2013
beautiful fish- Im in the mix of putting a poling deck on my Jon Boat for this season (for sight fishing carp). If you have any advise PM me... Great pics!
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New World Record Northern Pike!
I've had a pike try to take a 6lb carp before. That fish was under 20lb. BIG pike are all about being in the right place to take advantage of the feeding spell cause when they take big prey they're go |
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Hello from NE Ohio
Hello Everyone,
After wanting to get into fly tying for a while i finally got some tools and materials for Christmas and am excited to dive in! I am fairly new to fly fishing as well but |
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Catch and release Salmon
there are many fish Better suited than salmonoids to that ie carp.
I don't know anyone in my region that eats carp, do you have instructions on preparing/ recipe?
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FTF Video: - Tailwaters - Carp Classic VIII
<a href="http://flytyingforum.com/video/Carp-Classic-VIII/238/"><img src="http://d3nh6es96whrr8.cloudfront.net/videos/images/vid50f9d5510375e_640.jpg"></a><br>Annual fly fishin |
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RBF: large slide bands
Hi people, I have made a boo carp rod with a handle of OD of 31mm.I really like this width as it is very very comfortable.Many will say its ridiculous no doubt, has anyone else done this?My question |
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What would be a good fly for Catfish?
Crayfish, Sculpins, and Clouser Deep minnows are all good choices for cats until you find a suspended school of fish, in which case switching to a mid-water streamer (Deciever or the like) will get th |
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Fish Tally
Ah Joe you say that but you have only given in to being beaten by your wife, sons and daughter and now console yourself that you are happy with your lot. I suffer the same delusions unfortunately and |
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Crayfish Dilemma
I chase carp on the fly and we use a lot of crayfish imitations. This is the one that I use and they are pretty easy to tie once you get them down. Google carp fishing patterns and you should get a to |
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bass fly rods
I have 2 Medalists 1500 series that are approaching my old Medalists in quality. I bought one for carp fishing and the other for the salt. Sadly, the 1595 has not seen a lot of use |
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RBF: TC misunderstandings???
There seems to be a lot of comjecture about TCs and line strength.I believe that a 1.75 TC is more than suficient for all UK fish.I would go so far as to state that 1.5 TC is adequate.1st... A rod wit |
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Anyone use a GoPro?
What I do with my GoPro 2 is use it on my head as a sort of secondary camera angle. I film from my kayak most of the time. I like to have a small HD camcorder mounted over my shoulder on a |
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