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Posts: 733 (04/20/08 21:05:07) |
  Was in Washington over the weekend and spent a day on the Columbia
River. Rod is a 8.5ft 6/7 Cortland FR2000, reel is a 1495. Yeah, yeah, I know, "Where is Madi-Sue?" Well, she had to stay home, believe me, she is
pouting.
Stand on your head to get a better look at that top picture, I can't seem to rotate it. Keith
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Posts: 319 (04/20/08 21:37:35) Master Guide |
they are ugly but they sure can bulldogged when hooked :-0)
must have been a tough battle with the Cortland rod. what fly? thanks for sharing....I can't wait to get them on corns |
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Master Guide
Posts: 464 (04/21/08 04:08:22) Master Guide |
Nice mirror carp. We don't see too many of those! Great fish!
Joe C. "Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the
drink, taste the fruit,
- Henry David Thoreau
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Sport
Posts: 41 (04/21/08 05:49:35) Sport |
I hooked a 22" carp on a caddis nymph in a deep trough incidental to trout fishing yesterday and thought I had a monster brown for about a minute. What a
tussle on the Diamondglass 8'6" 4wt!
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Posts: 1747 (04/21/08 06:13:48) Moderator and Chat Room Host |
Keith...great looking Washington carp. Hopefully Madi-Sue will forgive you soon.
Yeti...did you land your carp? Sounds like an interesting tussle. |
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Guide
Posts: 209 (04/21/08 09:49:31) Guide |
Is the second carp a leather carp? It looks like one I caught last year. The leather carp look to have no scales.
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Sport
Posts: 42 (04/21/08 13:19:37) Sport |
Cameron, Yes, the fish was landed and luck played a major role. The fish was hooked in a deep trough with very shallow riffles upstream and down so it
didn't have a lot of room to run. Was basically a slugfest and the rod soaked up all the carp's energy and protected 5x.
Magicwrech, apologies, I didn't intend to hijack your thread. |
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Posts: 189 (04/21/08 16:32:17) |
Amazing mirror carp. i plan on getting a longer glass rod and chasing some carp this year.
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Posts: 35 (04/21/08 19:39:36) |
bill0215 wrote: I would call that a half mirror carp. A true mirror carp would be totally covered with the large scales. A true leather would have no scales at all.
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Posts: 122 (04/21/08 20:43:09) Sport |
Well, if anyone aught to know, it is the exalted President of Carp Unlimited!
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Posts: 193 (04/24/08 20:03:15) Guide |
The first carp I ever caught only weighed about 5 pounds...I thought I had foul hooked a nuclear sub by the tail. I don't think I ever had such a fight.
I'll bet both of those made your hair stand on end. They're ugly critters, but pound for pound, nothing I've ever caught in fresh water was their
fighting equal.
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Posts: 197 (04/27/08 03:08:37) Guide |
Those are awesome fish, Keith.
Now I do miss our Carps... :\ __________ [ r i k i ] |
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Posts: 104 (04/27/08 17:15:27) Third eBay Oracle |
fess up, what was the secret fly ?
awesome catch! |
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Sport
Posts: 37 (04/28/08 13:09:46) |
majicwrench nice fish..I just started fishing with an old 1495. I was wondering what methods you use trying to slow down a carp like that with a medalist.
Obviously you can't palm it and those fish make crazy runs. Do you just let them run? and then apply pressure or do you put finger pressure on the line
when it's flying out? I have them in my home waters here and am going to try for them soon. Any tips appreciated. Again, great catches!
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