Fly Fishing for Carp

Its been a while since my last blog, so here it goes... Ive been fishing just about every week on the Big Thompson and it has been great. Now that run off has started it has been a little tougher but still can be fun. Any way, the guys at the fly shop have been raving about fly fishing for carp, so the other day I thought I would give it a try, besides they said it was awesome!!!
Well the first time out I fished for 3 hours and all I got was a bunch of mosquito bites. I saw a lot of carp, but they are like hunting elk, once they get a glimpse of you they are gone. That was my fist experience.
A couple of days later I tried it again, and I was lucky and hooked into 2 carp. Well to be honest I don't know what all the hype is about, but it was a pretty boring experience. Catching carp is about like pulling in a snagged log, yes they might go on a couple of big runs that will take you into your backing but that is about it. I did catch the biggest(24" @ 10lbs) fish I have ever caught on a fly rod. All in all I'd rather take my chances at getting swept away in 1400 cfs river any day and catch a nice rainbow than go carp fishing.
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