On Oct 16, 10:28 pm, Willi wrote:
Larry L wrote:

Some interesting musings.

The things that capture my fishing attention seem to change over time.
Lately I've been most interested in new places and new species.

This Summer I futility attempted to catch a Grass Carp. There's a small
shallow pond about a mile from my place that has about a dozen Grass
Carp ranging from 10 to 30?+ pounds. Huge, handsome fish. Although some
people have reported some success with traditional flies, mine have been
totally ignored. They're plant eaters and I think it's tough to imitate
plants. I probably tried for them about a dozen times. I'm casting to
actively feeding fish but mostly they move to avoid my fly. A fly
falling too close to any one of the fish, sends it on a tear which in
turn blows up all the other carp. Fish that size freaking in water less
than two feet deep is pretty wild. Obviously that puts an end to the
fishing. Most sessions last about ten minutes.

Willi

I have a fly customer in the Marines posted at camp liberty in Iraq.
They found some success in catching those carp with the "Green beauty"
pattern. I don't know if they are grass carp though.
He said a slow steady retrieve seemed to work, but was experimenting
with patterns and pausing retrieves.
He sent me some nice pix.

Lloyd M
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