Well here I am again, moaning and groaning on this forum, uh-oh... I'd like to apologize to the moderators if this is in the wrong section, please feel free to move if necessary!

I'm looking for some advice and peoples opinions on fly fishing for Carp,


It's sad to say, but I'm getting slightly bored of the trout fishing scene (for many reasons), so I'm looking to get into something newer which may help me as an angler and maybe spark my passion for trout fishing once again. I feel I've exhausted most methods and techniques of fly fishing for trout. Its not that I've given up, but I just want to try something different.

With many new carp waters opening around Scotland I think it would be a good thing to get into and it really does interest me. I'm keen to learn new techniques and use other tools to catch something I've never caught before! So my questions to you guys today are:

- Is my 10 foot, 7 weight Hardy Demon capable of handling carp? I'm guessing so but it's slightly on the light side? Which in a way, is a good thing!

- There are many new carp waters in Scotland, but what ones are most prolific in numbers of decent sized carp?

- What fisheries are most developed when it comes to carp fishing?

- Do most of the fisheries allow fly fishing on coarse waters?


Sorry if some of this doesn't make sense, I'm knackered! Thanks for reading and all responses are appreciated,

Ross Callaghan

Ross,I'ma bit confused by this post.RE:-
''but I'm getting slightly bored of the trout fishing scene (for many reasons)'',
Then you add
''but what ones are most prolific in numbers of decent sized carp?''
Carp stocky bashing.

Jim

__________________
The Fishermans Friend is the Flirty Fly,Fickle Food for Fleeting Fish.

Ok,

"I'm getting bored of fishing for trout" followed by
"What waters are most prolific in numbers of decent sized carp"

Where did you get the idea of carp stocky bashing from that?

Stocky bashing would be catching a number of smaller fish yes? As most stockies are small. I asked what waters have the best numbers of larger fish, not numbers of fish. I'd much rather catch 2 good sized carp than a load of little ones. I made it pretty clear that I wanted to fish for carp as that's something different, I didn't portray anything of stocky bashing for carp, and even if I did it is still something completely different from trout stocky bashing.

How is that so hard to understand?

This is what got me confused,sorry if i misunderstood.

jim

__________________
The Fishermans Friend is the Flirty Fly,Fickle Food for Fleeting Fish.

Hi Ross, I can't help you with the Scottish specific questions but as far as the rod goes it'll be fine, certainly for carp up to 20lbs provided the lakes don't have a lot of snags in them. Then it would be prudent to consider something a bit heavier! Carp will not be as acrobatic as trout but will pull much, much harder and for longer, particularly if you get a real mad one. How were you thinking of catching them? On the top or sub-surface?

heres a wee baby just over the 18lbs.

Full of power,not easy to catch,so if you dont like blanking and want to fly fish for them its something you will need to get used to.

they really are nice fish on the fly and fight is different as whistlekiller says,they dont come in easy and will take you to every snag in the water to get free.

__________________
Kevin

Backing Washers

__________________
Your fish ----> ><((((º> My fish ----> ><(((((((((º>
__________________

Cheers Danny

Co-Founder of S.S.F.D 2010

I've not heard that phrase before but it's fairly apt! One other thing, try and retain at least a modicom of control over a charging carp. One of my first fly caught carp captures kited off to my right as I tried to get the line back on the reel and wiped out several other anglers, who were legering with sonic alarms. It was quite embarrassing and if you use bright orange fly line and red backing like I was that day you'll have a job denying you're the culprit!

Castle Douglas - Ian MacKinnon is knowledgeable and has his own ponds. Here you can get help as well as carp
Greenhouse Holidays - Guesthouse - Holiday Cottage - Fishing - Gallery. Might be worth giving him a ring if you are in the area.

Trish

Thanks for the response guys,

I'll give that a look, cheers trish!