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Special Interest => Fly Fishing => Topic started by: bushwacker on January 19, 2013, 09:09:12 PM
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Carp are more than enough for me for now. Sight cast and landed 2 from 3 casts yesterday on a surface hopper pattern with WayneD while looking for a bit of bass water. Must have gone at least 55cm each and fat as fools.
Incredible fight on a 6 weight they just never give up. Will post some photos when Wayne gets his finger out :))
Oh yeah he got 2 bass on a whirlygig aswell
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Here's some pics of the carp and one we took just for Dave. Little fella made Steve take a step backwards.
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carp are great on fly gear. A few years back, we found a backwater on the Murray River full of them. We spent hours sight casting to them using 4 wt tackle and had a ball.
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Good one Steve
you have to show me how it's done at the carp busting.
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Will do vince :thanks
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Just a wild guess here, but you haven't caught a Bonefish have you?
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Just a wild guess here, but you haven't caught a Bonefish have you?
NUP ;D
these are just a handfull enough i was implying.
Would be a hoot tho but not in much of a position to travel to chase bones at present.
Have you Dale ?
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No, but a guy on here copped a flogging for catching Forkies and now you're telling us that sh!tpokes are better than Bonefish!
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:Oops) my bad :-[
Gah dammit
Pest controll anyway
Foot in mouth disease
Sorry
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I'd love to have a go chasing the Carp Steve - shitpoke or not ::) as long as their not put back ain't nothing wrong with that. I take it Dale is joshing ;D well at least I hope so. If you want a pseudo bonefish experience chase big mullet on fly especially big sea mullet as they go hard particularly in shallow water. And yes I have never caught bonefish either but have caught 50 cm sea mullet thick as long necks on a #4 weight. Well done fellas. Cheers Pat.
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It was just a reality check is all Pat.
I still have fun with them and try and get rid of a few and THERE AINT NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT
Steve
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l can imagine carp on fly would pull really slow and hard [like a cod?] , and bass just as hard but more aggressively. Golden Perch pull slow and moderately hard. lve onl90y ever caught Bass and Goldens on fly in freshwater. Golden Trev's , small mackerel , tuna , flathead , bream , whiting in the salt.
Flyfished for bones in Mexico several times in the early 90's , it was awesome. The first run does your head in , often peeling 75-150 metres of line [inc backing] on the first run. Small fish [under40cm] generally come straight in after that , larger fish will have a second run much shorter , then come in easily. I used 7 and 9wt gear.
Had a few shots at 'Permit' , but spooked all of them...LOL. They are very spooky in clear water 50cm deep , but they look amazing cruising for shrimp and crab over the sand flats. a small one is 40cm , a 'good' one is 60cm. a bi one is 80cm!
Caught a few 'small' tarpon 60-90cm. Hooked a very big tarpon 1.8m+ in Belize but busted off on a jump :(...
If i won lotto , l would be back there tomorrow.... lol
Barney.