RE: [VFB] fishing report

[Reuven Segal]

Ian:   I was going to fish the Goulburn on Sunday but with the previous day’s torrential rain thought it would be too muddy. Also the river dropped to 8000 from 10000 meg so gave it a miss. The guy I was to fish with fished a large lake near his house in Kilsyth (Lilydale) and managed a small trout on a BMS and a huge carp (buried in his garden) on a deer hair cube representing a piece of bread which he also used for berley (took some of those dirty bait fisherman with him!!).   Can someone post the great sites previously mentioned for carpies over in England?   R   -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Ian Mitchell Sent: Monday, 27 February 2006 5:27 PM To: vfb@troutnet.com Subject: [VFB] fishing report   Hi,   I went to a reservoir on Saturday afternoon to chase some trout. I have only fished this reservoir once before.  There was something chasing the smelt in the shallow water so I tied on a small smelt fly, and managed to land a few small English perch.  I had hoped it was trout chasing the smelt, but if they were I couldnt catch them.   I went for a walk and saw a bigger fish move in the shallows, at this time i had a stick caddis and a bloodworm tied on that I had been slowly retrieveing.  I cast to the disturbabnce and started a slow retrieve.. I saw a swirl near my fly and the leader shot forward so I struck into a soolid weight.  The fish took off in a hurry , my first thoughts was that it was a decent trout.. but I qucikly relised the fight though hard was not trout like..  once I got it in close I founfd it to be a 15 inch Carp.   I managed to catch another one of similar size.. it was fun fishing.  I found a big school of them in some other shallows but couldnt tempt any of them.   Successful flies: stick caddis and Bloodworm   Just wondering what other flies and tactics people have used..   cheers ian   PS The carp were knocked on the head and disposed of as per our regulataions. Homepage:- http://www.angelfire.com/on/theriverbank SwapPage http://www.angelfire.com/on/theriverbank/ftswaps.html