Re: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Canal Carp Action

For flies, I've found any brightly colored nymph works best. The key is a slow sink rate so you can see the eat and bright color to help maintain that visibility as long as possible.

Zachary, by all means I encourage you to get out there any give it a whirl, but if you're new to fly fishing, you might find this type of fishing very frustrating if you haven't gotten your casting down yet. It will require highly accurate presentations, and you usually have a window of no more than a couple feet diameter that you have to drop the fly into in order to get interest. That being said, it's a great way to train yourself to be accurate once you have the fundamentals down.

On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 10:23 AM, Zachary Manning <zachary.manning@gmail.com> wrote:

Any suggestions for repeating your activity there in terms of flies and lines? New to fly fishing and would love to catch some fish!

On Monday, March 23, 2015 at 2:19:49 PM UTC-4, Jeff Silvan wrote:

Are you guys sick of my carp posts yet? I hit the canal for the first time this year this past weekend. I went out with Nick on Saturday and we got skunked. Really muddy water, and not many active fish. We had a couple looks and Nick ended up getting one to eat, but the hook didn't stick. I went back out on my own yesterday and it was completely different. The canal was way muddier. It had 6 inches of visibility in most places. I found one stretch of clear water where there were a few fish and finally connected. Dave and his wife ended up riding past me and stopped to help with the landing/photography/release. After that, I switched to using an indicator - something I rarely do - and ended up picking off two more. I learned a lot about indicator fishing for them yesterday which will be good for the future. The carp seem to be a lot bigger this year. Maybe they put on some weight over the winter. I also got hit by about a 10-12" largemouth and ran into a group of deer.

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