Carp flies

JT · Senior Member

Carp flies

keith bigelow · Webmaster

Hi,

The carp was caught while I was nymphing for trout with Bono. Sorry, I don't remember what type of fly.

Teleblue · Member

In my experience, I have caught carp on nymph flies ranging from Copper Johns to size 18 zebra midges. I seem to be surprised most often by the "golden ghost" when I nymphing in deep medium flow holes.

lightfoot · Senior Member

You want carp try fishing the canal off of Brown road behind B & J landfill durring the middle of the summer. It's nothing to see 100's in an hour. Most of the water that time of the year is only a few feet deep.

bono · Master Fly Fishing Guide

Catching carp in Putah is rare,I'll stick maybe one or two a year.Egg patterns will be your best bet but they'll take just about anything. And the earlier post was correct about the slower deeper runs being the best carp water.The picture you saw with Kieth holding a fat Carp was in the access 3 area,and I also do not recall on what fly.When Kieth hooked the fish I saw the golden color and thought it was a large brown.When we got him to net I saw the white belly and small mouth,so as a cover up I told Kieth it was a rare strain of rubber lipped brown trout hoping for a large tip at the end of the day.But Kieth not being the gullable type didnt buy my story!!!!

Spunk · Member

Hey out on BROWN ROAD???? i shoot clay pigeons out there every sunday. u really can fish in there? wat types of fish are in there>?

-- Edited by Spunk at 13:36, 2007-02-28

lightfoot · Senior Member

I've seen salmon in there in the winter and have seen people tossing big jigs etc for stripers.� The only thing I've bothered with is the carp though.� Seems like a light spinning outfit with worms would be a hoot.� Many of the carp in there go well over 10 lbs.

Granted now I'm tempted to show up out there on a Sunday with a case of pigeons

Spunk · Member

�lmao brother ur more than welcome i have one of those clay pigeon machines and a hand thrower LOL i go all out hehehehehe last weekend i went to wal mart bought 300 shells foe abut 45dollars LOL so i tore it up ,after i shot for a long while i look down it was a circle of red shells LMAO!!!!!!

but i picked it all up as usual. i pick all the trash up eveyweekend as idiots leave there trash behind.
Wow so there is fish there,do u have any tips or spots there is? i usually just shot off the� first {the only bridge lol} there to the right....... then i go for a walk down the leves, i flushed a few Pheasents also and alot of ducks but dont want to shoot them incase Fish and Game come LOL

Spunk · Member

hey lightfoot i killed a few clays for ya today lol

lightfoot · Senior Member

I was thining about that but ended up working on my Jeep all day.� Two cases of pigeons and lots of shells sitting in my garage

Spunk · Member

hey light foot u know if u take a right just before the bridge on brown rd down the dirt gravel road,then take a left go all the way down theres aplace called Hastings island shooting reserve for Pheasents i had taken a scout down to it ,on the way to it on the side of the road in the ditches i counted 23 Roosters and 37 hens ...PHEASENTS....... before i even got to the place ,the place is over run with pheasents ..thought i had died and gone to heaven!!!!!!!!!!!

and i tried the spot of land before the bridge flushed a major amount of quail and rooster

-- Edited by Spunk at 19:38, 2007-03-07

-- Edited by Spunk at 17:29, 2007-03-08