Recent comments

thanks for the insight. the

thanks for the insight. the river i fish is about 40ft across at most and is usually slow flowing and relativey clear, the carp can be extremely spooky and the other day i had to drift a run full of large fish for over an hour before oi got one two pounder. it was a test of endurance and patience that no other kind of fish has been able to give me. im beggining to think that the really big ones only bitea fly under almost perfect conditions with a perfect drift.

Sorry, a problem with the

Sorry, a problem with the fotos :?

Picture 2

Picture 2

I'm tying one as soon as I

I'm tying one as soon as I post this message. Really nice for my style of fishing.

There are so many variables

There are so many variables to your question that it is hard to answer. There are a lot more specifics to Carp fishing than I thought when I first took it up. When the mulberrys are ripe in the DC area you can find Carp waiting under the trees and a black deer hair ball about the size of a......well, mulberry, works great. I have had zero luck casting to moving fish. That is traveling fish rather than milling or tailing fish. Are the small rivers that you are talking about fast and clear or slow and muddy. Or maybe somewhere in between. Stalking them is fun but you really can spook them if you are not careful. And the jump not only at the sight of you but at the sight of line hitting the water. When they are mudding they are better targets. They are face down and concentrating on the bottom. A brownish or reddish nymph thrown into the area where they are feeding can get them. The book Carp On The Fly by Renolds, Befus and Berryman is a pretty good read. It covers a huge area of fly fishing for the Golden Bones. You can get it brand new on Amazon for as little as ten bucks. Have fun and check your backing.

thanks Randon

thanks Randon

As it is I think thi

As it is I think this photo is way overrated. I'd say about 2, but try cutting off the right area with the pine trees so the angler appears in the golden spot. Then we'd be talking!

Another way overrate

Another way overrated pic. Only after a hard fight can you get a fish to "pose" so steady. 5 for the picture and 0 for the imagination. You get 2-3, let's say 2.

Honestly, this photo

Honestly, this photo is way overrated. You get 1 since I hate seeing trout get squized.

Very good though not

Very good though not very original. No more no less, you get 4 dude.

Technically amateuri

Technically amateurish and compositionally disturbed. You get 1, dude!

Excellent studio com

Excellent studio compostion. Sharp and detailed. 5 is what you get dude!

Try pushing the butt

Try pushing the button that says "Flash" next time! You get 2 dude!

I like the shape of

I like the shape of these salmon... when they are jumping a waterfall. You get 0 dude!

Leigh,

I have a v

Leigh,

I have a version of the Weta in a fly... drop me a line and I will get you some...

What spey fly uses Merganzer

Hello,
Could you tell me what spey fly uses Merganzer and Cermerrains feathers.
Thanks nice sight.

Your flies have insp

Your flies have inspired me to try to do these flies justice.The manner you have presented them has started a itch in me I will have to scratch!!!!

Thank you very aktu

Thank you very aktual fly for Russian

this is the best tip

this is the best tip i've had in ages.I've been checking every sink since. Many thanks

Nicely composed pict

Nicely composed picture. I like the background. I don't like the green "butt-tag" and the immense eight turns of ribbing: You get 4.

Quack-quack, dude th

Quack-quack, dude this is 3 tops!

First article that t

First article that told a beginner like me how to set up my fly rod. Used simple terms and gave good instructions. Thank you.

And with the water temp at a

And with the water temp at a brisk 42 F and the air temp 50, I just had to go back today and try for something on the bottom. Although it is only a two acre pond there have been eight pound Largemouth Bass taken there. I brought alomg a few tiny crawfish imitations that I often take big Bluegills with and sometimes a small bass. In the cold water you simply crawl them along. I picked up three bass, the bigger one is hopefully attached to this post. It was fun on a 6X leader on that tiny rod.

Let me answer my question for

Good to hear. Nobody else had obviously tried these rods. Personally I like the short and light rods, but unfortunately I have no bluegills to go try such a rod on. Wish I had, but the access to convenient small water/small fish is not good where I live.

Martin