Re: CARP

[John R]

I've hooked up with carp using Beadhead haresear nymphs or small BH stone fly nymphs, but also had luck with small fuzzy salmon egg pattern in light pink color.  I've also used topwater parachute fly for surface feeding Carp.  I think the fly is less important than the hunt and the presentation.  Ideally you can sneak up on a feeding fish going tail up near the bank and drop your fly 10 feet in front of him where he is heading.  As he approaches, slowly lift the fly into his travel path and try to strip set as he sucks it up.  Get ready for a long exciting run.. or five.

 

When hunting carp, find clear water on a sunny day.  Get good polarized glasses, and you still need to get lucky to locate them before they see you.  There are Carp in the Potomac near Fletchers, Chain Bridge, and down by Reagan and the duck pond.  Also try the C&O Canal and random ponds.  Many ponds in Sterling have Carp stocked in them if you don't mind fishing next to a strip mall complex.  Just check your local ponds on a sunny day.

 

-John R

 

 

 

On Wednesday, June 6, 2012 8:00:23 PM UTC-4, JP wrote:

I just joined this group with the hopes of obtaining some info about fly fishing for carp. Appreciated help would include locations to go and tried and true fly patterns, as well as the best methods for fishing listed flies. Of course, a simple google search could reveal all of those, but I took it upon myself to find a dedicated local group of fishermen who might be able to give more detailed advice. I've been to the Chesapeake and Ohio canal spin fishing for carp (which resulted in a strong hook up with one on a mulberry and the subsequent loss of a large fish due to the 8 lb test mono and only about 25 yards of line), but I strive to learn how to fly fish for them. Of course, this is not my only divergence into fly fishing, I've been to plenty of pristine mountain streams as well as the local warm water hot-spots (mainly four mile run), but, as the title of this topic might suggest, I have been thirsting for another hook up with a golden bone since that fateful first encounter on the canal.

All help is greatly appreciated.

P.S. I live about 10 min outside of DC and am currently a junior in high school. Hopefully I haven't violated any age-requirements there!    

[Scott Stankus]

20/20 club - with carp!

http://finewater.blogspot.com/2012/05/20-20-carp.html

--Scott

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[flyrodder]

I've caught plenty of Grass Carp on a 10 black wooly bugger and even smaller. Just toss it into a group of them skimming a river and they will down it pretty quick.

[J.T. Griffin]

John R. Any chance you could point me toward one of those carp ponds in Sterling? I live out in Ashburn and would love to check one out.