Thanks Denis, I'll give it a shot, Thanks!
Ken -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of denis goulding Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 1:27 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [VFB] Carp & Bonefish - Pondering Ken, Try egg fly's they work big time, if u can get some small pom poms tiny ones in a arts and crafts shop slide a goldhead bead on first then add a drop of superglue and then thread your pom pom up the hook..Asize 10 grub hook is about the biggest i would go.The gold head just adds weight, help get the fly down, u needn't retrieve it just throw it in front of a cruising fish and watch the line shoot away.. Regards Denis Goulding >From: "sofla_flyfisher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: [VFB] Carp & Bonefish - Pondering >Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 00:11:16 -0500 > >Gary, I just read that, my "carp on the fly" book came today (which >probably kicked off the ramblings). Darn, and I thought I had a >semi-original thought! > >Denis - Unfortunately that was just 100% pure, working to many hours, >not catching enough fish, me. No other excuses! > >Ken (BC) - yes, it did hurt my head! > >Jimi - I'm still trying to figure out what they preferred. I wasn't >ready for carp that day. I had been fishing the saltwater flats with a >friend all morning (caught some barracuda & some jack crevalle) and we >decided to try one of the "almost never miss" peacock bass lakes. >Unfortunately, it missed. But there were a bunch of carp in there. They >were tailing, mudding & cruising around. I was sight casting to them but >they weren't taking my fly. On an encouraging note, my casts didn't send >them running. Couldn't find a saltwater fly they liked and they didn't >seem to see an unweighted wooly bugger. Also, these were common carp, >and I've been prepping for grass carp, don't know how much difference it >will make. The fly I'm tying for the swap is an olive marabou clouser. >It looks very "veggie" for the grass carp. > >Ken _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail
