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2014/10/06 09:31:57 (permalink)

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Trout weren't hitting too well yesterday. Did have a palomino attack one of my minnows but he didn't eat it. Changed scenery and was able to get a 12 or so lb carp on my 4wt on a fly I designed and tied specifically for carp. It was a chore to cast the weighted waterlogged bunny strip fly the 40 ft or so that I needed. Had to use my horrible double hauling skills to get it out there accurately. But the fish certainly saved my day.
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    Re: mamoth 2014/10/06 19:26:51 (permalink)
    Nice catch FishinGuy. Whats that fly supposed to mimmick?

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    Re: mamoth 2014/10/06 21:34:46 (permalink)
    What fun!!! Thanks for sharing.

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    Re: mamoth 2014/10/07 07:02:52 (permalink)
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    Nice catch FishinGuy. Whats that fly supposed to mimmick?
    nothing in particular. Just something black with a lot of movement when sitting still. I did a lot of research on successful carp flies and that's what I came up with. Its sort of my take on on the leather trouser worm fly. I added a bushy black/orange dubbed body, some rubber legs, and didn't weight it as much as this was very shallow water. I'll try to post a pic of the fly later.
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    Re: mamoth 2014/10/07 07:25:06 (permalink)
    Photo from flycarpin.com . not my fly, but the inspiration.
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    Re: mamoth 2014/10/08 07:06:44 (permalink)
    this is the fly that it ate. Might look like a leech or crayfish, but I don't think either of those are in mammoth.
    post edited by FishinGuy - 2014/10/08 07:07:55
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    Re: mamoth 2014/10/08 07:09:49 (permalink)
    they land and sit tail up in the water like this.
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    Re: mamoth 2014/10/10 16:27:40 (permalink)
    Carp were a bit more scarce in the spot today. But the trout were being pretty aggressive. Caught a brown and 2 rainbows. One went 22". It was really tricky to get a hook set because they were just nipping and spitting the minnows a couple times to kill them. The last fish, the big one, took about 6 or 7 minnows to hook him.
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    Re: mamoth 2014/10/12 09:28:02 (permalink)
    Caught more trout yesterday. 3 were rainbows. This fish was 20".
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