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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.

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.

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.

Love the look of a UK carp.

Hope to bag a few this weekend.

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

==Tom==

We have some mirrors, Jackel with a beauty.

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...




where abouts in the UK are you fishing marko?

Is this fly-fishing for CARP?

Got any sites on how this is done? Strategy and what not.

Fly fishing for carp links:

http://www3.sympatico.ca/ianjames/carp.html
http://www.flyfisherman.com/midwest/dwcarp/

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

eye of the beholder mitch, eye of the beholder