10-28-2019, 01:22 PM
"Were all them carps present in deer creek back in the flower power hippie days?"
[#0000FF]Oh yeah. It was a hoot watching those poop fish cruising around in the tie-dyed scales, tokin' on rolled algae joints. Their big group "love-ins" in the spring were amazing. Not many people have heard about the lesser known "Carpstock" gathering.
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[#0000FF]Since you are a fly flingin' carp chasin' fan, I'll pass along this old remembery. Seems a lot of otherwise law-abidin' Deer Creek trout chasers chummed the rainbows to the surface in the evenings by flipping small marshmallows out onto the water. The trout slurped them up...along with some that had hooks in them. As a more frequent fairy wand waver in those days, I liked to present small white trimmed deer hair floaty flies that looked just like the marshmallows. Got plenty of trouty takers too. But on one occasion I had looked away from my fly for a few seconds and when I looked back...it had disappeared into some expanding rings of water. When I tightened up I found myself hooked to a freight train...a big carp.
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[#0000FF]Had a real tug of war up and down the bank for a while...until it finally decided to join me on the shore. I'd like to tell you I kissed those big lips and sent it back to fight another day. But in those days I was a member of the kill carp contingent. Stomped its head in before releasing it unharmed.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]Always been carp in Deer Creek and they are great for sight fishing in the clear water. But they ain't easy. Takes some good stalking and proper presentations. And there are some real tanks in there. But unlike some lakes, the population is held in check by the abundance of hungry mouths. The predators eat enough of the newly hatched carplets every year that the numbers remain pretty stable.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]Oh yeah. It was a hoot watching those poop fish cruising around in the tie-dyed scales, tokin' on rolled algae joints. Their big group "love-ins" in the spring were amazing. Not many people have heard about the lesser known "Carpstock" gathering.
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[#0000FF]Since you are a fly flingin' carp chasin' fan, I'll pass along this old remembery. Seems a lot of otherwise law-abidin' Deer Creek trout chasers chummed the rainbows to the surface in the evenings by flipping small marshmallows out onto the water. The trout slurped them up...along with some that had hooks in them. As a more frequent fairy wand waver in those days, I liked to present small white trimmed deer hair floaty flies that looked just like the marshmallows. Got plenty of trouty takers too. But on one occasion I had looked away from my fly for a few seconds and when I looked back...it had disappeared into some expanding rings of water. When I tightened up I found myself hooked to a freight train...a big carp.
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[#0000FF]Had a real tug of war up and down the bank for a while...until it finally decided to join me on the shore. I'd like to tell you I kissed those big lips and sent it back to fight another day. But in those days I was a member of the kill carp contingent. Stomped its head in before releasing it unharmed.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]Always been carp in Deer Creek and they are great for sight fishing in the clear water. But they ain't easy. Takes some good stalking and proper presentations. And there are some real tanks in there. But unlike some lakes, the population is held in check by the abundance of hungry mouths. The predators eat enough of the newly hatched carplets every year that the numbers remain pretty stable.[/#0000FF]
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