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Carp anyone? - ironrod - 05-10-2009 [cool] Decided to hit Blackfoot Reservoir today...glad I did!!! Went to one of my favorite spots but didn't see any activity in the water. I headed out in my waders with 9wt in hand. After getting out their around waist deep I saw the first of many "orka launches"[]! If you've never seen these guys go nuts during the spawn...you gotta do it! Today the trick was ssssllllllooooowwwww retrieve and once in a while due a few short "pops". In two hrs I landed 7 fish...that's due to being by myself with no net! Man I love those Rocky Mountain Bone Fish!!! I took a couple of pics with my phone...the large one was around 30+lbs! One shot of a smaller but still fiesty one and one shot of my 9wt getting worked over. [signature] Re: [ironrod] Carp anyone? - flyfishingfool - 05-10-2009 Nice looking fish. I'd have rather been pulling out hefty carp than laying in bed all day sick. It was a beautiful day to fish today. Good report. [signature] Re: [ironrod] Carp anyone? - wormsinker - 05-10-2009 I'll bet that was a dang nice fight. Great photos. Is the fly some type of wolly bugger? I got some good carp fishin in my backyard but have never tryed for them on a fly pole, any tricks of the trade your willing to share? [signature] Re: [ironrod] Carp anyone? - MONTANA_MAN - 05-10-2009 Outstanding! I got to hand it to you...what a bruiser....very nice fish! I love Carpin' on the fly. Keep the photos comin'. [signature] Re: [ironrod] Carp anyone? - thebugler - 05-11-2009 thats one sexy set of lips on those fish,was their anyone catching trout up at blackfoot res? if so what are they biteing on? great pictures. [signature] Re: [thebugler] Carp anyone? - ironrod - 05-11-2009 There were a few people fishing by the dam but I only watched them for 10 min. Nothing caught while I was there. I also saw a couple of jon boats trolling but again didn't see anything caught? [signature] Re: [ironrod] Carp anyone? - EddieFish - 05-11-2009 [:/] I'm glad I went to the North Fork instead, NOT!!! The water was about a foot higher than last week and the water was off color too. Good hatches but no fish on top this week. I went South on Sunday with my wife, we only made it as far as Bone, she likes the Windmills more than Carp and when she found out we had 20+ miles of dirt road still to go we turned around and fired up the grill at home. Can't say I blame her it was Mother's Day, tried to slip one past her but no luck! Remember the Carp Classic this weekend!!! [signature] Re: [EddieFish] Carp anyone? - EddieFish - 05-14-2009 [] Went to Blackfoot Res last night, we did OK! Everyone got into a nice one. Their was little or no wind. Not alot of fish comming out and going airborne, but we had a great time. [signature] Re: [EddieFish] Carp anyone? - EddieFish - 05-14-2009 [mad] Sorry about the pix size in the last post, trying to get it figured out! Maybe too small now, still working on it [signature] Re: [EddieFish] Carp anyone? - windriver - 05-14-2009 Thanks for trying on the picture size. If you reduce the size using microsoft paint. 30-40% of the original (8-10 mega pixel) is about right. Thanks Windriver [signature]