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Post by Michael Hartman on Mar 12, 2011 19:49:54 GMT -5
    Well, im going to be honest here, i had no idea what i was doing. I was looking at the Carp-O-Rama pictures and decided to whip up something that looks like a Barry's Carp Fly. I think it looks okay. You guys tell me if you think it will work, ive never fished for carp so theres no like background to what this fly references to. Thanks, Mikey |
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Post by Michael Hartman on Mar 12, 2011 20:17:31 GMT -5
I liked it enough to make a second...  |
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Post by cluster on Mar 12, 2011 22:28:28 GMT -5
i like the tail on the second one more. ... looks nicer longer. i haven't fished for carp though. Do carp primarily feed on the surface? Maybe someone else can chime in, but i question the dumbell eyes. Of course i am not speaking from experience. looks good though
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Post by Michael Hartman on Mar 12, 2011 22:43:26 GMT -5
Thanks cluster. Yeah, im not getting much feedback. I looked at Barry's Carp Fly and it had dumbell eyes.. so i used the 2 i had left.
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Post by johnjarosz(jj) on Mar 13, 2011 7:02:22 GMT -5
Mikey...are those lead (or ti) dumbell eyes? If they are, the eyes will be on the bottom when you cast into the water & the hook point will point up. The same idea as clousers. If that's the case, is that supposed to be a wing on the top, as you're showing it in the pic?
Flip the whole thing upside down & take a good look. You just might have tied it upside-down.
When tying clouser types, tie on the eyes, flip the whole thing upside-down (hook point up, eyes on bottom), & then continue tying, i.e. wing on top, throat on the bottom, etc, as you normally would. Check out some tutorials on clousers on this site & you'll see what I mean.
The reason to tie upside down is to make it snag-free, with the hook point riding up, which makes sense for a bottom feeder like a carp.
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Post by Justin Damude on Mar 13, 2011 7:15:27 GMT -5
Ok I am not a very good carp fisherman but I have caught my fair share. point 1 carp are spooky as hell so lead eyes from my experience is a no no. try bead chain eyes. point 2 carps eyes are big as hell very acute vision and they feed very selectively so do some research and thin yours up a bit. look at nicks cheesy poof that thing catches the hell out of carp. i dig the motivation this is just CONSTRUCTIVE criticism. Oh and crimp the barbs down
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Post by Nick Pionessa on Mar 13, 2011 7:26:03 GMT -5
as with all flies there are reasons to do different versions. in the lake where it's shallower and there is no current they don't need to be heavy but they do need to land point up. any point down fly seems to snag on the bottom immediately. bead chain works well for this. in the river where you have a bit deeper water and current sometimes you do need some weight just to get it down a couple of feet in the rocky areas. now in the river on the weedy areas we have been using very light flies since the bottom is covered with a fine slimy weed and if the fly goes into it you will need to clean it off.
the point is you will need several versions of weight to be effective on a wide range of bottoms and depths. all that said i'm sure that fly would work just fine. it's the right colors and looks nice and buggy.
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