10-28-2019, 06:16 PM
[#0000FF]Carp are the Rodney Dangerfields of fishdom. They don't get no respect...until someone does hand to fin combat with them. If you're not too proud to take tugs from whatever source you can get it, carp will give you all you can handle.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]I agree. The mirrors are kinda special...at least in appearance. In the olden days at Yuba we got more mirrors than standard issue. Still quite a few at Willard. "Back in the day" I had one take a small chartreuse fly I was flinging for crappies. Ran me into the backing on my 6 weight. I had the rod over my shoulder and throwing a roostertail going backwards in my old round tube trying to keep up with that beast. Got out to one of the channel buoys and went round and round a few times...but didn't let that wily old puckermouth wrap me. Finally got it to crawl in my net. Guesstimated close to 20 pounds. Biggest "crappie" I caught that day.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]Actually, some of the best sight fishing for Deer Creek carp is somewhere after Labor Day. Once the power squadron traffic dies down and the water cools a bit there are lots of carp cruising the surface and slurping up the "algae peas" that form about this time. The right fly in the right place gets quick approvals. Also, the fish are not quite as spooky as they are when there is more traffic on the lake.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]Algae peas on Deer Creek.
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[#0000FF]I agree. The mirrors are kinda special...at least in appearance. In the olden days at Yuba we got more mirrors than standard issue. Still quite a few at Willard. "Back in the day" I had one take a small chartreuse fly I was flinging for crappies. Ran me into the backing on my 6 weight. I had the rod over my shoulder and throwing a roostertail going backwards in my old round tube trying to keep up with that beast. Got out to one of the channel buoys and went round and round a few times...but didn't let that wily old puckermouth wrap me. Finally got it to crawl in my net. Guesstimated close to 20 pounds. Biggest "crappie" I caught that day.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]Actually, some of the best sight fishing for Deer Creek carp is somewhere after Labor Day. Once the power squadron traffic dies down and the water cools a bit there are lots of carp cruising the surface and slurping up the "algae peas" that form about this time. The right fly in the right place gets quick approvals. Also, the fish are not quite as spooky as they are when there is more traffic on the lake.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]Algae peas on Deer Creek.
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