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Flarping Update - Getting Smaller
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06/11/20 09:41 AM
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kaboboom
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OK, Flarping is using a hair rig on a fly rod. The carp are getting really spooky as the water gets skinny. I think they "hear" sudden movements, and even bumping into my leader spooks them. So I'm going smaller...size 14 Allen N203s. In the pic, the fish had an eye that looked like a red marble. A large safety pin makes a great threader, and some slitted craft foam makes decent stops. Chumming with a couple of fistfuls of rabbit feed gets them hanging around pretty quickly.
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Re: Flarping Update - Getting Smaller
[Re: kaboboom]
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06/11/20 01:41 PM
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Caribou
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I’ve got a fly rod buried somewhere in storage, I bet that’s incredibly fun.
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Re: Flarping Update - Getting Smaller
[Re: kaboboom]
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06/12/20 11:46 PM
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banker-always fishing
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Nice post. Got to give you a lot of credit catching a carp on the fly! Super job.
IGFA World Record Rio Grande Cichlid. Lake Dunlap. John 3:16 Sinner's Prayer. God forgive me a sinner. I accept Jesus Christ as my Savior !
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Re: Flarping Update - Getting Smaller
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06/13/20 02:14 PM
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kaboboom
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The fly carpers have disowned me...I throw a mini-hair rig...no weight...yarn indicator...with a piece or two of boiled deer corn. I use size 14 hooks...pretty small...I call them Pubic Hair Rigs...
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Re: Flarping Update - Getting Smaller
[Re: kaboboom]
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06/13/20 05:01 PM
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Gitter Done
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Re: Flarping Update - Getting Smaller
[Re: kaboboom]
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06/18/20 12:46 PM
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Laker One
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Nice catch. Love catching carp on the fly.
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