Re: Carp
Carp fishing is one of my favorite pastimes with the flyrod. The address below is to an article I wrote for the old www.flyfishingreview.com site and it details a bit about fishing for the Golden Ghost. Washington lakes hold more truely huge Carp, and I'm talking world records here, than any other place in the continental US. I've been chasing these beauties (it's all in the eye of the beholder) since the early fifties and place them near the top of freshwater gamefish on the fly! One way, and my favorite is to sight fish for them just as you would Redfish and that's the gist of the following article. http://community-2.webtv.net/fishing-folks/Carpflyfishingthe Some of my favorite Washington flys for carp are: Wooley - worm, black body, grizz hackle and red tag, size 8 long shank hook with a bit of weight. San Jaun Worm. Various Chironomids. Hex nymph (in lakes with Hex hatches). Good luck chasing Carp and Good Fishing Chuck S
Re: Carp
Beleive it or not alot of Europeans and Japanese people pay a lot of money to come to the US to flyfish specifically for carp. Pound for pound they are one of the scrappiest fighters. If you ever go to the newsgroup alt.binaries.pictures.fishing the Dutch are very proud of their catches and post pictures on a routine basis. Flig - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 7:29 AM Subject: Carp You guys are some sick puppies for intentionally pursuing Bugle Lips. Lol!! Seriously, I hear they are quite the fighter and are gaining popularity with fly anglers but as a trout snob I find them incredibly ugly. A good carp lake to consider if you come to the Columbia Basin is the Potholes Res. Just off the boat ramp at the State Park you will find about a dozen rolling in the shallows at any given time and they are big. My father in law hooked one on a bass rig one time that we had to chase down with the boat for 20 minutes before it got tired. Well over 12 pounds. Mike
