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Hey Steve, what is your normal carp setup? Like rod length line weight tippet sizes and ext. Thanks, Nick.

Alright thanks for the fast reply and tips but I will be fishing all flies with it (light enough ones for the rod obviously) but I am going for trout smallmouth bluegill and carp with the rod it might be difficult but the fish are very spooky so trying to light weight it.

So if I gathered the informartion correctly I should be looking for a shorter stiffer rod for tight quarters? Will this work for me in open waters as well?

I had a question on what kind of fly rod i should get i know what size but i am not sure what action. i am at times fishing in tight quarters then sometimes i am not. i like the shorter rods if that helps at all. it will be a 5/6 weight rod but what would you prefer as action wise? hope that explains what i am looking for.... Thanks, Nick.

well i brought home 1 and threw back about 5 i found that they really loved these gold bead-head nymphs. tied on a size 8-10 i lost a lot of fish also but all around it was a good day.

I am fishing in Michigan at a river 30 minutes from me. but this river is water color is pretty dirty so do you think i should go with neon green, hot pink ect colors... or darker colors?

well i am going to go fishing for some steel-head for the spring run and i was wondering what flies should i bring with me tomorrow? Flies i am already bringing........ Egg pattern, Wooly buggers, nymph's, egg sucking leech's, mostly all the basics i think? what would you guys bring and suggestions would help i will quickly tie them up!! Thanks, Nick.

Derp..... i scanned right over that one. haha thanks.

well i am going to go fishing for some steel-head for the spring run and i was wondering what flies should i bring with me tomorrow? Flies i am already bringing........ Egg pattern, Wooly buggers, nymph's, egg sucking leech's, mostly all the basics i think? what would you guys bring and suggestions would help i will quickly tie them up!! Thanks, Nick.

Thanks for the help guys, i really do appreciate it. I will post something tomorrow after i get back from the stream. it is suppose to be 75 so the fish should be pretty active so good luck to me!!

one more thing.. i think i need a better fly rod i got a cheap fly rod combo and the line could be better so i am going to get one of them next. it is a 5/6 weight rod though.

i would enter the swap but i feel like my flies wouldn't be good enough i have only been tying for about 1 1/2 i can tie some good ones but not all of them are perfect. and i don't have much materials. i will look forward to the next one though...............but back to the carp im fishing in about 1-2ft of water it is clear in the area i am fishing the bottom is sandy then mucky in certain areas and their is other fish in this stream such as bass and minnows. i am not so sure on what they would be eating i know they always hang around this over hung branches and fallen down tree's but if i can hook up to one of these bad boys it would defiantly be a good fight.

thanks for the tips guy's and i am new to this site... i have heard of the swaps but i don't know what they exactly are... unless you wanna fill me in? haha

I have a creek down the road from me and it is loaded with carp. sad thing is i can't get any of them to bite, i'm guessing they are spawning right now but wont they still bite flies? i have tried the wooly buggers and backstabber flies. any recommendations or tips would help thanks!

wooly buggers look good but i could tell with a couple you cut the tail, so it looks like. Try not to do that and it will give it a better look to it. here is a good video from YouTube you can find other one's also.

when ever i tie my mouses when trimming them i always make the bottom of the mouse flat, it also starts to form the body and helps you in the further process i also use a empty pen and it works fine for me i was told by my local fly fishing shop that those would work fine, but to get the mouse to look a little thicker i grab a thicker clump of deer hair but just don't grab too much.

well the pattern i am trying to tie has a extended body and i really liked the look of that pattern and various patterns that match to it.

Hi, my name is nick i am new to this forum i have been tying flies for about 4 months now but anyways... i am trying to tie some hopper patterns but i seem to have trouble when i tie on my foam it just spins around the hook i'm using 2 mm craft foam and 6/0 thread. I do put a base layer of thread and i make the foam about the same gap of my hook but i just can't seem to get it to stay still. any tips would help, thanks!