http://www.visionflyfishing.co.uk/carp-on-fly.html Don't know if anybody seen this.

Thanks, thats my plan for when the coarse season closes.

What sort of weight rod would you need for carp? Sorry if this constitutes a hijacking of thread!

For heavens sake, please take an unhooking mat with you.

Never been carp fishing without one.

Coarse closed season only on rivers these days! As for weight of rod it depends what size of carp you're targetting, but if you can land a double figure rainbow on your gear you can land a double figure carp - 7wt outfit for example. Its not like you need a really heavy rod to turn a big fly over, just suitably beefy for the size of fish. Mind you, if you look through the fly fishing for other species pages you should find Skateboard Dave's exploits of many carp on fly gear, including a big double on a 1 weight outfit

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Never been fishing for carp, what is a unhooking mat and why is it required? Only done see fishing up to now so excuse my ignorance.

P

Its a soft mat used when unhooking fish to stop them getting hurt/damaged

should have put a some dog mixer in first

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Was Warren not making a point about the guy in the film not using one?

Seems he didn't wet his hands either before handling the fish.

The're only carp . Yes , soft (very soft) and thick (nice and thick) and wide (huge really) with zips (so they can be safely tucked away) and handles (so they can be carried back to the water in it).