Catching carp on the fly rod...

General Fishing Discussion
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Just got me a new fly rod. Have a lake behind my apartment with largemouths, peacock bass, mayan cyclids, etc in it. The largest fish that I have seen so far is big carp about 8-10lbs or so that come up in the shallows some times. Anyone know if I can catch one of these things on a fly, what type of fly would be used, and how I would present it to them?

Also, here is a picture of my first catch on the fly rod…

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Peacock Bass?

-Capt. Chris Rapchick

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Roger… Didn’t even know they were around here until I moved down here and saw them in the lake.

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I tied some the other day off of some pictures that I saw, literally make it look like grass I can post the pictures if thats something your interested in seeing

Bragging may not bring happiness,
but no man having caught a large fish,
goes home through the alley.
-Anonymous

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yeah def confused about the peacock bass, people pay thousands to go catch them elsewhere

Bragging may not bring happiness,
but no man having caught a large fish,
goes home through the alley.
-Anonymous

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skinnee, sick that that bass is in the pond. they’re in a bunch of those canals in s fl.

hurricane is dead on, you want the fly to look like grass

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I have had some luck here in Chs with. a small white popper. Placed right on front of them.

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they’ll eat breadballs too. skinnee knows this

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Saw a fly fish show on the tube this weekend where they were catching carp on dry flies. It was up north somewhere but, guy was slayin 'um. He was matching the hatch - some sort of cicada dry fly. Carp were up feeding on surface hatch. He was catching 5-8# carp on a 5-6wt rod and was having a blast. They really made some strong runs and often went into the backing.

I bet that peacock was fun!:smiley:

J Ford

http://www.joinrfa.com/

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skinnee - a few guys in Colorado got big into carp on the fly. Wrote a good little book on the subject. “Carp on the Fly”, go figure!
http://www.amazon.com/Carp-Fly-Flyfishing-Barry-Reynolds/dp/1555661866

Out West they call them Rocky Mountain Bonefish! I remember the book saying ‘where else in Colorado can you sitefish and hook a 20lb fish that will take your line into the backing?’

I was still trying to figure out catching trout, so I did not do much carp fishing. I recall they had a lot of flies imitating local seeds and berries and sight fishing, landing the fly a few feet in front of the carps cruising path.

Check out the book or search for Rocky Mountain Bonefish.

sealevelPete

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jford,I watched that too … pretty good stuff

Bragging may not bring happiness,
but no man having caught a large fish,
goes home through the alley.
-Anonymous

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Thanks for the tips. This definitely gives me some ideas. I’ve seen them a lot out there and when they are feeding, they are eating off the bottom. My cast isn’t at all that great yet, so maybe I will eventually get lucky. I can definitely see how the fly stuff is addictive though.

And yes, I think that the Peacocks are all over down here. I think that people make the trips to South America to get the really big ones. I’ve seen pictures in tackle shops, etc down here, but don’t think I have seen any evidence of any over 8lbs or so yet, so that might be why people travel to the remote places. Who knows though. Also, one of the guys in the fly shop told me that they had some kind of big freeze down here a few years ago that killed off a lot of them and that they are still recovering. It’s just pretty cool to see them and the largemouths hunting the same shallows…

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Skinneej, tie a dry fly that looks like a whole slice of bread. I’ve seen carp eat them before.Not the flies the bread! When you get that fly tied, post pictures of it.

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Yeah, skinneej try that grass fly you want some pictures of it ??

Bragging may not bring happiness,
but no man having caught a large fish,
goes home through the alley.
-Anonymous

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quote:
Originally posted by Hurricane701

Yeah, skinneej try that grass fly you want some pictures of it ??

Bragging may not bring happiness,
but no man having caught a large fish,
goes home through the alley.
-Anonymous

Please.
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they are probly grass carp!try weighted trebble hooks, throw across there back and pull hard! I have some in my pond that go close to 50#

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Got 2 more pigs today in about 30 minutes of fishing. Pretty (**() fun! They put up a great fight on the fly. It’s only a matter of time before they name this lake after me…

Also, found out that they FLA state record is like 9 lbs. That’s probably why people go to South America. I think that they get enormous down there.

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quote:
Originally posted by skinneej

this photoshop is much better than the one at the top of this thread…we gotta keep an eye on you…

The Morris Island Lighthouse www.savethelight.org

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When I come back through Miami to go to Charleston in September, I think you need to show me a spot to catch one. I need to mark one of those guys off my list.

-Capt. Chris Rapchick

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no motor

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quote:
Originally posted by Rapchizzle

When I come back through Miami to go to Charleston in September, I think you need to show me a spot to catch one. I need to mark one of those guys off my list.

-Capt. Chris Rapchick

yella bote
no motor

Definitely. I'm fishing about 100' from my front door. Although not sure what the bite will be like in September. They are about to spawn and were pretty active today.