fly rod Carping the Jordan

Utah Fishing Reports & Discussion Utah Fly Fishing
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I attempted for the first time going after carp with a fly rod on the Jordan over the weekend. I didn’t get any but learned some lessons.

  1. watch your back cast and adjust accordingly. I was casting in some areas that had fly eating bushes and trees.
  2. be ready to change plans and or flies quickly.
  3. sight cast to fish when possible. they were feeding on the surface but it was a fast snatching a morsel so I was casting after the fact.

I did not go to far but was unable to spot any fish to cast to other than after they had already grabbed a bite from the surface. I started out with a olive wooly bugger but switched to using foam beetles and Cherynobyl ants since they were feeding on the surface. the feeding was a fast splashy type rather than a hoover vacuum at the surface. I was not sure what they were feeding on. I will be trying again soon, any tips or experiences would be appreciated.

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I don’t have much advice on tossing a fly for carp, just not that good at it myself, but I have noticed a local guy on Facebook post some really cool videos about this.

Here is a link to one of them - might be some help

https://fb.watch/ewRtsHRvMb/

Maybe fishskibum or one of his partners in crime can offer some suggestions - they are very good at this.

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great information. I have a great respect for the challenge of catching carp. I love the fight they put up on conventional tackle, especially river fish. I think it is a great idea to just spend some time observing. hopefully i will have some pics to post soon.

thank you.

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well its an odd addiction
like most addicts id advise not startin
jordans tough access to throw, limited vis, lots of lumber, shopping carts etc and game enders
supped most of it theyre in there
i like 2700ish but its pretty well full of weeds last i checked and always goat head haven

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used to wade fish a bit along thanksgivin point but its a long walk in since the rail road shut down access from the i15 side
I fish the bear in the nwr more than the jordan as its got more targets with better elevated clearer banks
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but 100 buck fillups been limitin that
fished well a couple weeks ago

if ya wanna cast to em with decent backcast space
deckers
has been my go 2 lately

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josh summed most of it up it can be pretty easy at times and frustratingly tough at others
id prefer to fish clearer water and watch em eat and learning to read the body language of the eat takes some time
theres happy poopers and unhappy ones
the unhapppy ones bolt or slink away
and dont eat
happy ones will eat about anything presented in a manner that continues to brings happiness
best advise i can pass along
would be throw less especially to big domers and pods and wait a bit for the best shot
far as flies id prefer to not throw weight and throw a lot of hollow chain eyed crustation stuff
and small barbelled heads in current or need to git down to deeper water fish
but the throw past and drag and drop into their vision vacuums mouth is what most of the kooks i know who spend a good bit of time doin it
and while troots only live in beautiful places
the carp can hang in da hood as well

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great pics fishskibum. that first one is almost in the backyard of where i used to live. right now I am at the south end of the valley. the jordan is close for a fast trip. I have to admit I have received a lot of great feedback and encouragement from this post. I really like the third photo. thanks for posting them.

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Congrats Panchodog! Welcome to the addiction!
The only mirror carp I have caught on the fly was snagged on accident at Pineview. I think I pulled it out of another fishes mouth and into this one’s back. It was on the outside of a pod. Sure made a long fight bringing in a carp sideways on a fly rod lol.

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that viddy was pretty good
the sups a game changer
used to fish willard and the outlet into the bear quite a bit theres some good 30" domers in there

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used to git em good from the dike
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its a beach thing now
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but theyre still there
they did clean up the tamarisk and the banks on the outlet so its better back casting now from shore
banged a few at deckers thurs
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Thought we would get a post out of the Flygodess about fly fishing the Jordan river . Have not seen a post by here in a long time . Nor anywhere .

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