I spent the evening stalking carp at Riverbend Ponds. I witnessed shouldering carp and many mudders. Thinking this would be a nice repeat of some of previous trips I tried an egg pattern, but nope not this time. Eggs were not on the menue. Tonight it was a Merkin style Crab fly. The carp were picky and spoked real easy, but I still had a blast casting to and casting on top of carp all night long. I can honestly say I have mastered the art of putting the fly
right on top of them! Oh well its great practice for Michigan and Beaver Island this July.
Good job Lonny!
ReplyDeleteI have Merkin Style flies I tied for carp, gave most to my boys but still have some. Hmmm, time to think about that for my next trip. Nice looking ponds! My boys and I were fishing together yesterday, rare event, nice fishing, but like I tell all you Coloradans, I don't find that clear water often.
Bully for you! Gregg
Thank you Gregg, yes we are lucky in Colorado with all the clear shallow water to fish. I hope to get out tonight after a meeting at work and try my luck again. Its an exciting time on the ponds right now. Hope you can get out more.
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Merkin style eh? Do you get a nice soft landing?
ReplyDeleteI swear that sometimes I will cast in the complete oppostite direction but the fly somehow sprout wings, take a right turn and somehow land right on the fish.
Trevor, the landing is really soft, but like you sometimes I wonder if someone else is pushing my fly around at the last minute. I swear I was aiming left when the fly goes right. The carp are more spooky now and anything that makes a loud or wet presentation spooks them.
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Nice report Lonny! The carp on my local flats are extremely spooky too. Small, light flies will take them though. Sometimes.
ReplyDeleteTy, I hear you, the smaller the better it seems. Any splash makes them spook which is strage as they are jumping and making a total fools of themselves. Love it.
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What time are you normally going out to the flats Lonny? I have ventured out to the prospect ponds flats the past couple weekends, and I havent seen a single carp out there.
ReplyDeleteNoCoFly, I have not been out to Prospect ponds recently, but I do know Arapahoe and Riverbend are really warming up and the carp are on the eat. Maybe we could hook up and do some scouting together and compare notes soon.
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