[VFB] Carp in the Portland Oregon area

[Wes Wada]

I should also mention that Andy Burk has a fine Carp fishing article in 
the March-April issue of California Fly Fisher magazine.  His favorite 
carp fishery is Lake Shasta in the spring.  That issue also has an 
article by Ralph and Lisa Cutter, which is the best I have ever read on 
the whole subject of surface tension of water and how it traps bugs 
above and in particular just below the film.

Burk and the Cutters alone are worth the subsciption to the magazine. 
Many hours of enjoyment and learning. Thanks to founder-editor Richard 
Anderson (Truckee, California) for such a great publication.


I'm getting carp fever!!  Anybody know specific waters where in 
Oregon, especially the Hwy. 97 corridor or Eugene to Portland where 
there is a healthy population of carp?  Or maybe the Columbia River 
ponds?
I asked longtime Portland-area resident Max Peel about this, and he 
said he knows people fish for carp in the various sloughs that parallel 
the Columbia River and that lie between the river and north Portland.  
He particularly remembers the area around Terminal 4 as being a favored 
spot.

This is all Greek to me, but I will be looking into this carp 
opportunity.  Hopefully VFBers in the Portland area will beat me to it.

Wes Wada
Bend, Oregon
(4 hours south of Carp land)