New UK Carp Fisherman

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Terry_F
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New UK Carp Fisherman

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I just received an email from my nephew in UK.
His Dad took him carp fishing using a whip, it seems its a rod with a line tied on, but no reel.
Anyway he landed his first carp. 3lbs.

Thought you guys might like to share the moment.

Well done Jack.
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Terry_F wrote:I just received an email from my nephew in UK.
His Dad took him carp fishing using a whip, it seems its a rod with a line tied on, but no reel.
Anyway he landed his first carp. 3lbs.

Thought you guys might like to share the moment.

Well done Jack.
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Nice looking carp!


Here in Japan they fish with long (5 - 7 meters!!!), whip-like rods onto which line is attached without the use of a reel. It seems effective enough since I saw people catching carp with them.

Carp are an under-exploited resource in Canada, but it seems the rest of the world has no problem targeting them.
Time's fun when you're having flies.
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Post by Iceman »

Love the look of a UK carp. :D

Hope to bag a few this weekend.
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Post by FishingIsHealing »

Very nice carp

Looks like a leather carp almost but has a few scales so it's probably a young Mirror carp.........

I think we only have common carp here.......no leather or mirror variations....

Cool!

Thanks for the report

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We have some mirrors, Jackel with a beauty.

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Post by Eli »

FishingIsHealing wrote: I think we only have common carp here.......no leather or mirror variations....
OH we've got mirrors. Just few and far between...getting one like Al's is very rare...

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where abouts in the UK are you fishing marko?
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Is this fly-fishing for CARP?

Got any sites on how this is done? Strategy and what not.
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Fly fishing for carp links:

http://www3.sympatico.ca/ianjames/carp.html
http://www.flyfisherman.com/midwest/dwcarp/
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Post by Mitch24 »

Those Carp are huge, but they are outrageously hideous. They remind me of the Orcs in Lord of the Rings. Nice fish though, monsters.
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eye of the beholder mitch, eye of the beholder
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