Carp are a very smart and studious fish. Your best bet to catch one on the fly is on your first cast, with a fly they have never seen before. After that, your chances decrease exponentially. Pound the same carp water a few days too soon to one another and they shut off completely. Its either adapt or get shut out. I changed tactics, hoping to induce a strike. I tied some damsel carrots modeled after that famous carp carrot tied by a Mr. P and added John Montana's split rubber legs to produce this bad boy...
Battered & Bruised...
The first casts produced a few follows but none wanted the damsel carrot. I switched spots and found some fresh fish. A bruiser awaited my cast. He was facing the opposite direction which helped out tremendously and a long accurate cast over his left shoulder produced a directional change of his head. Strip...strip...BOOM! My first ever carp off a strip set. I was pumped...
Going For The Land.
Losing My Grip...
He Sees His Escape Route.
Right Between The Legs...
Just High Enough To Get Over The Leader...
Round Two Didn't Go His Way...
Carpin Ain't Easy.
Pucker Up.
On an earlier day, my bro also had some luck. After a bobble, he produced the carp face. Behold...
An Acrobatic Carp..
The Carp Face.
Whiskers...
Check It...
Mr. P- http://themrpblog.blogspot.com/
John Montana- http://carponthefly.blogspot.com/
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