I have caught Carp on the Chili Pepper and Al's fly by Drifting and a slow retrieve. Tony
--- Ian Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: --------------------------------- 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 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
