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 Fly Patterns for Carp??
#1014093
02/27/06 12:43 AM
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BigLou
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anyone have suggestions on good fly patterns for carp?
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Re: Fly Patterns for Carp??
#1014094
02/27/06 01:14 AM
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Starless
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Sorry...Don't know the first thing about fly fishing, let alone good patterns. But try asking or emailing Long Haired Dave, he's the resident carp-on-fly Guru.
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Re: Fly Patterns for Carp??
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02/27/06 05:12 PM
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Dave Speer
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BigLou, I'm updating my web site and the new version has fly patterns for carp on it. I'm about 98% done so by Thursday morning at the latest it will be up. You'll see a link "carp flies" at the top of the page.
My website is down below in my signature.
When I gets the cravin to chase fat girls, I call on Bass Bug
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Re: Fly Patterns for Carp??
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02/27/06 09:16 PM
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Carpaholic
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also, check out the Fly Fishing Section of the Carp Anglers Group Forum. We've recently conducted a carp fly swap. Lot of proven patterns and even a few pics of carp caught on them. The link is www.carpanglersgroup.com/forum/index.php Just look down the page til ya get to Fly Fishing 
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Re: Fly Patterns for Carp??
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02/27/06 11:03 PM
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Dave Speer
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Scratch that... I got the update done today... http://trashonthefly.com
When I gets the cravin to chase fat girls, I call on Bass Bug
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Re: Fly Patterns for Carp??
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02/27/06 11:13 PM
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Brewboy
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When I was a kid fishing the Brazos river behind Lake Whitney dam, I used to catch carp, shad, and assorted sunfish on small dry flies. Simple patterns like black knat and blue dun worked for me. The flies I used were small around size 14 or so but they caught the big fish just fine on my wimpy noodle fly rod.
I didn't really know what I was doing back then but still caught fish. I didn't really learn to flyfish until I lived in the UK.
Scott Townson
PB Common - 39lb 9oz
PB Smallmouth Buffalo - 50lb 2oz
PB Mirror - 18lb 4oz
PB White Amur - 25lb 12oz
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Re: Fly Patterns for Carp??
#1014099
02/28/06 03:29 AM
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TheFirstNameThat
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I'm not a fly fisherman, but what I've heard from experts is that the best fly to use is the one which is identical to the food source of the fish in the water your fishing. In other words, figure out what's buzzin' around the water and swimmin' the top of the water and supposedly you got yourself a prototype.
-Alan
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