Monday, June 11, 2007

June 11th Carp On The Fly Report

went back to my new hotspot today again. my friend brandon came with. we arrived down there at about 1 o'clock. right when we got down there we seen around 4 carp feeding very near the surface. we played rock, parper, scissors to see who could have the first fish, i won.
so i dropped the fly right in front of its nose. she hesitated a little bit. then turned to the left. i twiched the fly a little bit and she took it. i made a solid hook set and the fight was on 5 minutes later she was in my net. she was about 3 lbs 8 oz.
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a little bit later we seen a few more carp feeding on the surface. it was brandons turn. he dropped his hook and corn in front of the biggest ones face. then right awy a small one came up and took it and darted away hooking itself. so after a short battle she was on shore. she weighed about 3 lbs 4 oz. he didnt want a pic of it.
the next fish was mine. but i had to wait a half an hour before we seen some. i dropped the fly and immediatly the carp took the fly. it was a big one i fought her for about 10 minutes then she broke off in the rocks.
brandon's turn again. he seen a small group of carp further down the shoreline. he dropped his hook in and immediatly had another carp. very small one less than a pound. he didnt want a pic of her either.
then i seen another group feeding on the surface. with about 10-12 carp!!! i dropped the fly in front a the closest nice one. she took it immediatly. i set the hook and began the battle. she was in the net after 10 minutes. she weighed about 10 lbs 3 oz.
(ps it was very windy today as you can see by my hair)
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1 comment:

Wendy Berrell said...

Jake:

Nice fish. Glad to see you chase with flies. I'm the only other MN carp-related blog that you'll run into I think... I live down in Rochester and we've got a lot of good carp water down here. Let me know if you ever make it down.

JW
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