10-06-2006, 04:48 PM
Don,
A good book on the subject (and some good winter reading when you can't get out and fish) is Carp Fishing on the Fly by Barry Reynolds, Brad Befus, and John Berryman. It is probably the standard reference for this kind of fishing. Carp behavior, methods, flies - its all there. If you decide to fish for carp I recommend it for getting you up to speed.
Knowing when and where to fish and the kinds of behavior that indicate actively feeding fish are important if you're going to use a fly rod. They don't behave like trout or bass. If you just start flinging flies at visible fish you'll probably be disappointed and give up. I didn't fish for them for many years because I didn't now they would take a fly and the few times I tried I got blanked. For the most part I'm not into bait fishing (nothing against it, I just prefer to fish with flies) so that pretty well crossed them off my list. Now that I know they will take flies I'm chasing them with gusto - and having fun doing it.
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A good book on the subject (and some good winter reading when you can't get out and fish) is Carp Fishing on the Fly by Barry Reynolds, Brad Befus, and John Berryman. It is probably the standard reference for this kind of fishing. Carp behavior, methods, flies - its all there. If you decide to fish for carp I recommend it for getting you up to speed.
Knowing when and where to fish and the kinds of behavior that indicate actively feeding fish are important if you're going to use a fly rod. They don't behave like trout or bass. If you just start flinging flies at visible fish you'll probably be disappointed and give up. I didn't fish for them for many years because I didn't now they would take a fly and the few times I tried I got blanked. For the most part I'm not into bait fishing (nothing against it, I just prefer to fish with flies) so that pretty well crossed them off my list. Now that I know they will take flies I'm chasing them with gusto - and having fun doing it.
z~
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