Today a big carp was caught at the Glen of Rothes trout fishery on the fly.The angler took 40 minutes to get it to the net and it was retruned back to the water unharmed.It wasnt weighed due to the fact of getting it back as quick as possible ,it was well witnessed by anglers and a fancy figure wont be put on it ,but to say it was well into the 20,s.Last Carp caught on the fly was at 26lbs which was over 2 years ago.These are put back into the coarse loch at the fishery,when caught on fly.

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Kevin

Any idea what fly it took?

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Around the steel no tortur'd worm shall twine,
No blood of living insect stain my line;
Let me, less cruel, cast feather'd hook,
With pliant rod athwart the pebbled brook,
Silent along the mazy margin stray,
And with fur-wrought fly delude the prey

Aye aye..nice to here..I will be up soon with the fly rod to try for the carp in the main loch

Did it get transferred into the coarse water?

Any photos? Would love to see it ..prove a few doubters wrong

Hi not sure what fly as yet knowing the angler it was either a buzzer or a blob.
Rob yes it is in the coarse loch now never got a picture due to the long fight with the fish over 40mins and didnt want to stress it anyore than needed.
But as far as doubters go it doesnt bother me as I have said before i let the fish do the talking and we had plenty of anglers there who saw it aswell.I dont need to convince anyone about the size of them ,i know whats there and time will tell.

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Kevin

well done that man! A 40min fight must have been awesome, that will be one to tell the kids.

CONGRATS
TIGHT LINES

That's a nice fish. I heard a guy caught either a 31 or 33lb Common Carp on a damsel where I sometimes fish. I think it was two summers ago.