What fly should i use for carp

On such days, fish often swim under the surface very actively, devoid of meaning, and respond to the impact of our flies moving near them.

Try to be ready for a quick strike. But do nit miss, these fish are easily spooked and waiting for another fish in extremely hot days is a very challenging and hard discipline! In the size of 6 - 10 great stalking fly for the hunting of big summer carp standing still under the water surface. Our Shop FlyFishingPoint s. Mobile version Desktop version. Send an e-mail E-mail Subject Message.

One of the best ways to fish a lake that you know has carp in it is to find the people who are feeding bread to the ducks. The carp will gather in the area feeding extremely aggressively on the falling bread that slips through the cracks of the feeding ducks.

When this is going on there is nothing delicate about your cast or your presentation as there is already a great deal of commotion from the feeding ducks and the carp are used to it. Stealth is not needed here! White is obviously the color of choice in these situations, although it is the same color as bread there is another reason for the white color. As the carp are feeding so aggressively the water tends to get pretty churned up and muddy and it becomes hard to see the fly.

Due to the lighter color, it is easier to see in the water even when its been really badly churned up. In watching the fly, even when not being able to see the carp, once the fly has disappeared then something has taken it. If there are no ducks present or there are carp who are mudding and feeding then the tactics will change a bit. Ideally the "dapping" technique will get the fly in front of the carp without spooking them from the splash of the fly hitting the water.

Due to the type of material that the glo bugs are tied out of they will absorb a lot of water making them heavier, thus producing a bigger splash. So if dapping it is out of the question then the 'drag and drop' technique is the way to go, placing the fly a little further away from the fish than normal.

The 'drag and drop' technique, for getting the fly to the fish without spooking it, is one of the most effective ways of getting the fly into position. The trouser worm pattern is one of the more time consuming ties out of most of the patterns out there today.

Due to all of the hole punched pieces of foam it is a rather tedious tie, but in the end a very productive pattern in the right conditions. With all of the foam on this fly it has to be tied with dumbbell eyes rather than the bead chain eyes. If tied with the lighter eyes the amount of foam will prevent the fly from sinking down and it will just float on the surface. This pattern as stated in its name is made to imitate an aquatic worm either coming out of the ground or moving along the bottom.

It can be fished either sitting still and waiting for the carp to come along the fly and pick it up as its feeding. Or it can be dropped in the feeding range of the carp and in a sense "jigged" along the bottom. It can be tied in a variety of different colors or combination of colors depending on what the fish are focusing on when they are feeding. The signature tail of this pattern can also be used in combination with various other patterns.

A lot of the other hybrid patterns can be used instead of a chenille tail on the trouser worm to give the fish a different pattern. This fly pattern was conceived by another pattern that I used to tie which was very similar but with a single piece of chenille out of the back like in the hybrid patterns.

I had a thought of maybe tying the fly with two tails rather than one and it absolutely crushed it on the water, and is now one of my top flies I reach for when I am deciding on what to throw first. I was unsure of what it would really imitate, I would say some sort of invertebrate or a nymphal form of an insect perhaps.

Either way the carp tend to love it and not just in my home state of California, but in carp fisheries across the country. This pattern is also my go to "dapping" fly, as it is tied with heavier dumbbell eyes it allows for a lot of connection with the fly. Dapping with this fly is really similar to tight line nymphing for trout. A great deal of information is detected in the tip of your line and the 'feel' through the rod.

This type of carp fishing is one of the only times I have ever felt that distinctive "bump" when a fish has taken the fly. Keeping the line taught is crucial in being able to detect a strike and the heavier dumbbell eyes allow that by keeping the fly on the bottom even though there is some tension being applied to the leader.

When setting the hook, set it towards the tail of the fish rather than pulling up river or ahead of the fish as this will maximize your hook up rate. This pattern is also tied with bead chain eyes and has been a really good fly for fishing the 'flats' on the lakes. Still casting it and letting it fall next to the carp, although it has also proven itself by being 'stripped' slowly into the fishes feeding range. From left to right in the photo below 1: Whip Finisher- This tool is used at the very end of tying the fly to tie the final knot so the fly doesn't come undone.

The thread is put through the top loop and then placed in the bottom notch, a triangle is then made with the thread and wrapped around behind the eye of the hook. This has to be one of the hardest parts of fly tying for beginning tiers to learn.

However they will have different lengths and shapes of the scissor blades that will be used for different purposes in tying. The thicker bladed scissors are used for trimming thicker and tougher material, while the thinner bladed scissors are used for more finessing situations. The dubbing will have to be long strands of material so that is can be pulled out and give the look needed. Once the dubbing is tied on the hook and the fly is close to being finished.

This tool is used to pluck strands of the material loose and give the fly the look that is needed. It is a needle on a handle with either pieces of it 'cut out' or the end of it 'roughed up' so it catches on the dubbing.

Used for manipulating material on the fly as needed and also used to apply the head cement at the end of the fly. Relatively basic tool but extremely functional and useful when tying up patterns. These will also come in a million different types and sizes and each will have different uses for different situations.

The variation in the tip material will be the most relevant, as it will make or break your thread. They like rusty, orange, olive, brown, and black. I fish and guide in the waters of North Carolina where we have the more calm and gentle carp that have very subtle takes. Fly selection and speed of current. These unweighted flies are those you throw at the sunning carp.

You want to send your fly straight to them and get it down on the bottom right in front of their faces. Fly presentation is important when carp fishing — if you throw the fly too hard and smack the water, the fish is going to spook. Pursuing carp on the fly takes a skilled and accurate cast, so before heading out on the water, take a few practice casts to get ready. It pays off to take the extra time to prepare for the main event.

The most known and productive action method for carp fly fishing is called the drag and drop. To do this, drag your fly away from the carp and let it sink, mimicking a fleeing crawfish or nymph.

This is usually used for slow-cruising carp and sometimes for the feeding carp. Follow these tips to increase your number of hookups and catches when fishing for this elusive fish.

He has been fly fishing since he was 6 years old. From the pumpkin seed sunfish to the big bull trout to the tarpon of the salt flats, he has experience in it all. He's been guiding locally for 10 years and then decided to take it to the next level so he opened High Grass Guides with two of his buddies, hoping to make it into a living.

Jakob has a passion for getting new anglers involved with his obsession of fly fishing. Have chased carp for several years. The Carp Flats of the Snake River. Retreat to the river.

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