Step back in time ten years or so and fly fishing for carp was exploding. It became so popular that it served as fodder for fly fishing films, spawned new guide services, turned previously unknown ...
Fly anglers are figuring out that carp is not a fish to look down your nose at. They are challenging, strong, accessible, and most importantly, flat out fun to catch on a fly rod. You don't have to ...
LEWISTON – They are abundant, challenging and strong. Even so, people wrinkle their noses at the lowly carp, a species that some have nicknamed “sewer salmon.” But the warm-water fish does have a ...
Mark Boname is a fly-fisherman who gets that a lot. The long-time trout fishing guide of the North Platte River has discovered a new obsession: carp fishing. In the summer months he's often seen ...
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. Let's get something straight we're not fishing for bass, which are so aggressive they'll hit an old doorknob, or trout, which are so dumb they sometimes don't recognize food even ...
Don't dismiss carp. If you do you are missing out on a fly fishing opportunity to sight cast to a fish that will test your ...
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A couple years ago, I went fishing on the West Branch of the Delaware River at one of its less charming, but still very fishy, access points, the village of Deposit waste water treatment plant.
I was walking along the banks of a remote stretch of the Pecos River when I spotted something at the water’s edge: a blue plastic box, the size of a small book, out of place in this unpeopled land of ...
In this edition of The Evening Hatch: • Until you've experienced the sight-fishing challenge of targeting feeding carp, or trying to stop a ten-pound specimen on a blistering run with a 6-weight fly ...
The Jurassic Flats Carp Clave is a gathering of carp-curious anglers and experienced fly fishermen in Boardman, Oregon. Anglers come for different reasons. Some have fished for trout all their lives ...