Grass Carp

Saltwater Fly-Fishing
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I found some ponds holding fish and caught a few on an ultralight with a breadball. I’m hooked now. What flies yall actually throwing that work? I reckon a 4/5 or a 5/6wt would be best to toss with?

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I use bets popping bugs. Yellow and red are my favorite colors. I catch bass carp and bream with it. I use 7wt line 8ft rod and about 2 foot of mono leader

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I tie 90% of the flies I use and grass carp was a species I wanted to target. I did some research and found that they are named after what they eat, GRASS! So I headed to LFS to grab some material that looked like algae. I always saw them eating on the side of the pond so I picked out whatever looked that color. I got the green and brown dubbing material and tied it strait to a hook. It looks like a clump of grass. When you throw at the fish you need to lead it by more than a few feet. They have very long and very sensitive lateral lines and they feel that fly hit the water and ignore it or spook. One thing I tried was taking one piece of bread and my fly rod to the pond and chumming the water a little to get them in the eating mood. Once the bread is all gone and they are still looking for food you toss the algae fly about 8 feet from their face. I’ve caught 2 or 3 of them now and I use a 3/4wt. It’s a great fight!

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The will eat dry flies and small poppers with no legs. Also peacock herl tied on a hook will look like grass

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In case you were wondering what the fly looks like

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I used to slay those grass carp when I was a kid on my “Wonderbread fly”. Just put a tiny piece of bread on a hook and get it in front of them. Done deal.

Capt. R. Killin
“Day Tripper”
Shamrock 20 cuddy
Ford 351W

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If I’m throwing fly its always 100% artificial. Putting bait on the hook is cheating

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Unless you’re using organic bread:wink::smiley:

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quote:
Originally posted by Flyfishingod

If I’m throwing fly its always 100% artificial. Putting bait on the hook is cheating

And you probably use only dry flies when trout fishing…

“I may be going to hell in a bucket. But at least I’m enjoying the ride”

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I don’t trout fish. I don’t find joy in catching a fish smaller than my foot

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But trout fishing is easy, you just chum them up with bits of corn first…

A long long slow walk in the spartina gives you time to think big thoughts and put your mind back into order.

  • Flatscaster
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Most of the trout I’ve caught in the mountains were smaller than my foot. I’ve caught some rather large rainbows too. I cant imagine a fly fisherman that doesn’t enjoy catching trout even if they are smaller than his foot.

Capt. R. Killin
“Day Tripper”
Shamrock 20 cuddy
Ford 351W

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Well I haven’t actually been freshwater trout fishing before so I guess I can’t really judge it. I need to try it sometime

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You’ve got to try it. Its exhilarating watching a trout rise and eat a dry fly. The trout are usually small but it gets your blood pumping. After you try that take a trip for salmon when they’re spawning. That’s a trip you’ll never forget.

Capt. R. Killin
“Day Tripper”
Shamrock 20 cuddy
Ford 351W

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I’ve know a few people who have gone fishing for salmon while they were spawning and that looks fun!