common carp

Fly fishing articles tagged with common carp

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The Dynamics of Fish Spooking: How Group Behavior Affects Catching Success

Why do fish spook? Why don't fish spook? Let's investigate.

from the road

Story From The Road: A Year Spent Avoiding the Familiar

What happens when all of your favorite spots were suddenly black listed? A year chasing new water

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Blind Casting for Carp

What is the best approach when water is too murky, or you can't see any fish? Chances are slim, but never hopeless...

from the road

Story From The Road: Home Waters

These days I'm watching seasons unfold on an algae mat, a place with no glamorized re-telling, no shadow casting, no-one haunted by these waters

warmwater

The Warmwater-Saltwater Connection

Can local warmwater fisheries help fortify the angling skills necessary for saltwater fly fishing?

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common carp

Carp Flies Don't Have To Be Dull: Bright Effective Flies You Need to Try

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Weird Flies That Work: Stanky Leg

the fly fishing equivalent of a tube jig

behavior

Wait... Carp Don't Have What Organ?!

These picky fish lack an internal organ commonly found in almost 3/4 of all fish, how is that possible?

skunked

The Skunk Set Me Free: Reflections on Leaving the Nymphing Highway

Getting skunked, catching nothing, was never an acceptable outcome.... until I realized different

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big fish

5 Tips for Landing Those Big Fish on Your Fly Rod

To be a true angler you need to experience the heartbreak of losing a big fish. Here's how to stack the odds in your favor so that doesn't happen...

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Useful Biology: What A Fish Tail Teaches Anglers

We can learn clues about fish by simply understanding how tail shapes differ (Fly Fishing)

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Instant Favorite: TFO Axiom II-X Fly Rod Review

This fly rod has become an instant favorite, reviewing the tfo axiom 2-x fly rod

common carp

Carper's Almanac: Two Years Studying Urban Carp Behavior

We chased urban carp around for two year at a set of fixed locations, checking in regularly, and logged details to each encounter, what did we learn?

fly tying

Weird Flies that Work: Chartreuse Headstand

I have a slight obsession chartreuse fly patterns...

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5 Tips: So You Want to Catch a Carp

Coming from trout, it's kind of like brushing your teeth with your opposite hand

behavior

Do Other Fish Know When A Fish Gets Hooked? Social Learning in Trout, Carp, Bass and Pike

Let's talk about the social cues a group responds to, or doesn't respond to, when a fish gets hooked.

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Understanding Warmwater Lakes: How Ecology Shapes Bass Fishing Success

In warmwater fly fishing, especially bass fishing, we often just throw poppers and streamers with little emphasis on understanding the reasoning for these tactics

common carp

First to America: Carp

Carp introduction in North America pre-dates brown trout introduction, and the hatchery propagation of rainbow trout

swim bladder

Swim Bladders and Pressure Changes: What Anglers Need to Know

Let's take a closer look at how fish swim bladders might be influenced by atmospheric pressure changes (ie; storms, cold fronts)

from the road

Story From the Road: My 4-Wheeled Oven and Urban Carp

Fly fishing: Craving the flats, it was finally time to dig into the carp game again

from the road

Story From The Road: Mudwrestling Grass Carp

Our fly fishing story of landing an unlikely fish, and navigating the 9-5 grind