Tag: carp

This is the time of year where a lot of my fishing buddies leave me for carp. I get invited to join, but I just don't really like carp fishing - especially when I can fish for trout, instead. But, I don't begrudge anyone who likes chasing carp on the fly, and that's why I'm sharing this post from Louis Cahill, over at Gink and Gasoline. In the video in his...

David Merical of central Iowa was the winner of the random drawing for the Moonlit Lunar S Glass Fly Rod Giveaway sponsored by Moonlit and MidCurrent in October. Says David of his fishing: "I flyfish for everything… bluegills, crappies, trout, largemouth & smallmouth bass, carp, catfish… If it swims, I’ll try to catch it on flies. I had tried to...

Extreme heat in Australia’s New South Wales has resulted in a fish kill in the Darling River. “Australian state government on Tuesday announced plans to mechanically pump oxygen into lakes and rivers after hundreds of thousands of fish have died in heatwave conditions.” Via AP News. For years, Asian Carp have threatened the Great Lakes ecosystems...

Have a question you want answered? Email it to us at [email protected]. Question: Every spring when the carp are spawning, I see them very active, often jumping out of the water entirely. So I’ve been trying to catch one, but the water in the river I’m fishing is very muddy, and sight-fishing is impractical. I’ve read enough articles online and...