07-14-2003, 03:25 PM
[cool]Hey, Mr. Scud. Glad you are getting settled into your new location and that is proving to be all that you had hoped. I look forward to seeing your bike rod holder.
I have been hearing about the carp in the lower Provo. My theory is that the spawn is long over, and that is not the reason for their upstream migration. There are a couple of "tropisms" besides procreation that move fish into new habitat...food and temperature.
Carp do feed heavily on the spawn and fry of other species...some which use the lower Provo as a nursery. They also feed on aquatic plants and insects. They also like cooler and cleaner water whenever it is available. Their natural habitat in Europe and Asia is clear rivers. However, they are adept at quickly turning any water into what Utah Lake has become...murky and bereft of vegetation.
The third factor is the "herd instinct". Carp are often schooling fish...except for the very big ones. Where one goes, others go...and still more follow to see what the big attraction is.
Your bike riding brings back memories. When I attended that institution of higher learning, on the hill above Orem, I lived in a basement apartment just off Center Street in Provo. I rode my old 3-speed back and forth to the harbor at least once or twice a day...usually to fish, but sometimes to just ride along the river and watch whatever I could find to watch. I envy you your new home.
On the rod wrapping thing, once you learn the basics, you can practice new stuff all the time. I am thinking about doing a pictorial on the step by step process of wrapping multicolors. There are lots of good websites that can provide basic info, but, like fly tying, we all develop our own little tricks and techniques.
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I have been hearing about the carp in the lower Provo. My theory is that the spawn is long over, and that is not the reason for their upstream migration. There are a couple of "tropisms" besides procreation that move fish into new habitat...food and temperature.
Carp do feed heavily on the spawn and fry of other species...some which use the lower Provo as a nursery. They also feed on aquatic plants and insects. They also like cooler and cleaner water whenever it is available. Their natural habitat in Europe and Asia is clear rivers. However, they are adept at quickly turning any water into what Utah Lake has become...murky and bereft of vegetation.
The third factor is the "herd instinct". Carp are often schooling fish...except for the very big ones. Where one goes, others go...and still more follow to see what the big attraction is.
Your bike riding brings back memories. When I attended that institution of higher learning, on the hill above Orem, I lived in a basement apartment just off Center Street in Provo. I rode my old 3-speed back and forth to the harbor at least once or twice a day...usually to fish, but sometimes to just ride along the river and watch whatever I could find to watch. I envy you your new home.
On the rod wrapping thing, once you learn the basics, you can practice new stuff all the time. I am thinking about doing a pictorial on the step by step process of wrapping multicolors. There are lots of good websites that can provide basic info, but, like fly tying, we all develop our own little tricks and techniques.
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