03-19-2007, 12:44 PM
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[cool][#0000bf]Hey Z, I expected you to weigh in on this one. As Joni was gettin' smacked around by those carps I was thinking how proud you would be of her.[/#0000bf]
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[#0000bf]She asked the question "Do these things always take line off the reel?" I assured her that it only gets better/worser when they warm up a bit and get some energy. In another month or so we will have to take her to the hospital after a carpfest...to set the grin surgically removed from her face.[/#0000bf] [/reply]
TD,
You have it all right. I'm amazed at how flyfishers will pay thousands of dollars to go to the bonefish flats and yet will ignore and resist the fabulous "bonefishing" right under their noses in their local lakes and rivers. The flyfishing purists around here in my area have a mental block about it. They'll chase 10 inch trout with passion but turn their noses up at the prospect of 10 pound (and larger) carp. Then again, so did I. But not any more.
A ten pound trout is a fish of a lifetime for many flyrodders. A ten pound carp is a regular occurance. "But who would want to fish for those things?" someone asks. Go figure.
[cool]And you're right about needing to surgically remove the grin.
I did get out for a few hours on Saturday at a local carp lake. I found that they were very spooky about my tube, even when I was ulta careful in trying to stalk them. Also, the low-to-the-water position didn't allow me to see them as well as stalking in the shallows. It's a small lake so the results might be different in a big water situation. I dunno. I may need to use the tube for transporting to the spots and then get out and walk along the shore.
z~
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[cool][#0000bf]Hey Z, I expected you to weigh in on this one. As Joni was gettin' smacked around by those carps I was thinking how proud you would be of her.[/#0000bf]
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[#0000bf]She asked the question "Do these things always take line off the reel?" I assured her that it only gets better/worser when they warm up a bit and get some energy. In another month or so we will have to take her to the hospital after a carpfest...to set the grin surgically removed from her face.[/#0000bf] [/reply]
TD,
You have it all right. I'm amazed at how flyfishers will pay thousands of dollars to go to the bonefish flats and yet will ignore and resist the fabulous "bonefishing" right under their noses in their local lakes and rivers. The flyfishing purists around here in my area have a mental block about it. They'll chase 10 inch trout with passion but turn their noses up at the prospect of 10 pound (and larger) carp. Then again, so did I. But not any more.
A ten pound trout is a fish of a lifetime for many flyrodders. A ten pound carp is a regular occurance. "But who would want to fish for those things?" someone asks. Go figure.
[cool]And you're right about needing to surgically remove the grin.
I did get out for a few hours on Saturday at a local carp lake. I found that they were very spooky about my tube, even when I was ulta careful in trying to stalk them. Also, the low-to-the-water position didn't allow me to see them as well as stalking in the shallows. It's a small lake so the results might be different in a big water situation. I dunno. I may need to use the tube for transporting to the spots and then get out and walk along the shore.
z~
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