Stupid idiot, take the photo after the landing.
Tagged: carp, hooked not landed
Posts tagged “carp”
I had a small window of time to get it done today, my only alloted fishing time this week. The carp were getting it done, too. Full on spawn. Funny how pheramones and the need to proliferate trump all. On a normal day these fish spook at the sound of a footstep on the bank at 80 feet. Today, I could have lobbed grenades in the water and they would have doubled back and reconvened with purpose. All I could do was break down the rod, pull out the camera, and get some grainy voyeur shots for posterity.
Tagged: carp, photos of fish, spawning
Oftentimes it seems presentation trumps selection, but sometimes it really is the fly. Thanks JP, for the carp crack.
Tagged: carp
Do you know what “nemesis” means? A righteous infliction of retribution manifested by an appropriate agent… –Bricktop
Tagged: carp, sonsabitches
You all no doubt saw the WSJ Brownline article and video already (nice net work MG). Here’s more carp love coming your way from the renowned Montauk guide Amanda Switzer on her destination site The Angling Post. Money Quote: “They have mouths that look like a woman’s reproductive organ…”
Tagged: amanda switzer, brownline, carp
OREGON: The Caddis Fly goes salty, deep for rockfish. MINNESOTA: The Darth Clam.
If it weren’t for the suckiness of this natural disaster, I’d be inclined to make a comment about John Montana rappelling onto the scene from the news copter. (Link via Outdoorpressroom.com)
I’ve already declared 2008 the Year of the Carp. One reason for that, besides occasionally obsessing about weird fish, is I’m tired of living vicariously through the exploits of John Montana, who posts all about whacking carp on one of my favorite blogs, Carp on the Fly. He also routinely competes for the Slab of the Month on Moldy Chum. (I think he won the whole year once.) There are several stages to the carp fly fisherman, and since I’m still at the flailing like an idiot stage I figured I’d pick his brain about how to get it done. He was kind enough to answer my questions: 1. What is it about carp that makes a grown man dedicate so much of his free…
Tagged: carp, carp on the fly, Fly Fishing
(Photo from Carp on the Fly.) Why have I declared 2008 the year of the carp? (For me anyway; Eric Byrnes of the AZ Diamondbacks has declared it to be “The Year of the Mustache.”) Because when I check out other blogs like the DayTripper and read stuff like this: There’s an age old question. What happens when an unmovable object is hit with an unstoppable force? I don’t know about all that physics stuff, but what I do know is that when you take an unmovable object and combine it with an unstoppable force, you get a Carp. I don’t care if you’ve got a 10wt and 50 pound test, you aren’t going to make one of these fish do anything they don’t…
Tagged: carp, Fly Fishing
Never fish Central Park during a school holiday. I headed up to the Park and met up with Randy Kadish and Matt Stansberry’s brother Nate to try for some bass. So did about 800 other people. I guess when you’re in a city comprised of millions, expecting to find fly fishing solace on a 70 degree day in the Park when school’s out is not realistic. For every ten feet of water I worked, a guy with a spinner and a soft plastic rig would be working ahead of me. Sloppy seconds doesn’t get the bass. Kids were throwing rocks in the remaining heretofore undisturbed water. We were lucky to get a couple of bluegill and crappie. Still, there’s something gratifying about clicking through the…
Tagged: bass, bluegill, carp, Central Park, crappie, Fly Fishing, New York City
