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wunnus Member

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Talking to someone on another forum and he suggested that carp are the future for fly fisheries.

They are cheaper to produce than trout.

They fight harder than trout.

They live much longer than trout.

They will tolerate less than perfect water conditions.

When they grow too big for comfortable fly fishing they can be sold on to coarse fisheries to fund replacements.

 

It would be interesting to spice up a few put and take trout fisheries with a few carp. It could catch on.

I wonder how long it would be before Korda or Palletrax come out with some indispensable flys :P

 

 

I have fished for them on the fly... their eyesight is really carp (typo there) and you need to be patient for them to find the fly.

Where as rudd are so damn quick there is hardly time to straighten up.

Could we not get GM rudd and dace so that they became as gross as the pot bellied carp , then we got a real chance.

"Muddlin' along"

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Steve Walker Member

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I have fished for them on the fly... their eyesight is really carp (typo there) and you need to be patient for them to find the fly.

 

I think their eyesight is pretty good, but I reckon they can't see what's right in front of their noses:

 

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I think their eyesight is pretty good, but I reckon they can't see what's right in front of their noses:

 

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...or what is below their waistline !

 

That photo reminds me of a rude seaside postcard that used to be on sale in Brighton, in which a corpulent gentleman has lost sight of his nephew William. :lol:

 

 

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They catch 'em on the fly here:

 

http://www.fishingworld.com.au/news/blitz-...r-tonne-of-carp

 

Not too many repeat captures, though, I gather...

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They catch 'em on the fly here:

 

http://www.fishingworld.com.au/news/blitz-...r-tonne-of-carp

 

Not too many repeat captures, though, I gather...

 

Whatever he might think about carp, landing a 20lber on the fly had to have put a smile on his face whilst he was playing it.

Why else fly fish ;)

Let's agree to respect each others views, no matter how wrong yours may be.

 

 

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