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Trout Slayer

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Carp On The Fly
« on: August 17, 2004, 11:42:02 PM »

Was up at a friends cabin last weekend near Pemberton and finally caught my 1st carp....ended up being a good 5 lbs on a dry fly off the surface. :o Hammered it and took off. Anyone else catch them on the fly rod? Was using a Tom Thumb. C&Red 3 Rainbows as well for the total of about 2 hours actually spent fishing. 8)
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TtotheE

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Re:Carp On The Fly
« Reply #1 on: August 18, 2004, 12:11:00 AM »

Now THAT sounds like fun!
Any of the Deer Lake goers know if the carp rise for dries?
I know the goldfish on steroids in the lake down the street don't care for any of mine  :P
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Re:Carp On The Fly
« Reply #2 on: August 18, 2004, 12:11:11 AM »

i'm going to try to catch some in deer lake on a fly, albiet i will be using my bamboo pole.

will post results soons
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Re:Carp On The Fly
« Reply #3 on: August 21, 2004, 09:34:05 AM »

If you hook a piece of a bread crust on your fly the carp will like that sandwich better ;D
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Re:Carp On The Fly
« Reply #4 on: August 22, 2004, 12:20:16 AM »

Using bait such as bread kinda defeats the purpose IMO,  unless you tied a fly that looked like bread.   ;D In which case the carp should be accustomed to rising to bread.  I've always wondered if you could get hordes of hatchery rainbow to rise to a fly that looked like those pellets they are served while at the hatchery =D

Any patterns that can look like bread out there?  I'm thinking spun deer hair....anybody?
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Re:Carp On The Fly
« Reply #5 on: August 22, 2004, 07:44:15 PM »

LOL tie a fly that looks like bread!!! hahahahaha  !!!!!
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Re:Carp On The Fly
« Reply #6 on: August 22, 2004, 10:44:40 PM »

Hey, well done Trout Slayer.  :D
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Re:Carp On The Fly
« Reply #7 on: August 23, 2004, 01:40:01 AM »

What color are those hatchery pellets?  I swear the trout will go mad on the dry right after they've been released into a lake  :D
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Re:Carp On The Fly
« Reply #8 on: August 23, 2004, 05:22:49 PM »

Actually, the fly that look the most like a pellet is 'Tom Thumb'.  I use it very successfully on newly released hatchery trout..
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