Can You Fly Fish For Carp? Do You All Eat Them?
June 15th, 2009 | How To Fly Fish | 10 Comments »Seems like a lot of you fish for carp… anyone fly fish for them? maybe with nymphs? and do you actually eat the carp? i have always been told they are poor eating.
Most people who know me on here know that i don't really like carp-i don't have any solid reasons why but there is just something about them. I have fly fished for them on a few occasions and have to admit they are great fun to hook as they do run well(gel spun backing is a good idea as its often needed).
As for eating them i don't, they really do eat anything from the bottom and the taste reflects this.
I do tie flies for the-not for me personally but for a friend of mine who fly fishes but doesn't tie-they are generally created from spun deer hair, i like to add a little white synthetic dub to the body which creates a good fly, especially when fished quickly on the surface.
A strong leader and a reel with a good drag is essential to catching carp on the fly.
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dont think it is possible to fly fish for carp,
not very successful anyways,
and as for eating them, not allowed.
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You can try… but Carp are a bottom feeders… they like to bite on oatmeal balls and smelly bait…. when we fish for carp we always catch and release… 1st cause no one eats fish in my family 'cept me… and 2nd I don't care to fillet them and have to deal with the mess. But if you do want to try them for dinner, there is a mud vein you need to cut out first (like shrimp) most people smoke them.
happy fishing!!!!
ANY DAY FISHING IS BETTER THAN REGULAR DAY DOIN NUTHIN'!!!
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You can, in fact fly for carp, yes… sorry your other answerers answered without knowing. Here is everything you need to know.
https://www.msu.edu/~connert/carpfly.htm
As far as eating carp, you can, but I don't. Too many bones.
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Yes, you can fly fish for them, I don't recommend it, but it's your choice. As far as eating them, yes, I do. I clean them (always get that mud vein out), my wife cooks them, and we all eat them. Some people claim that they have too many bones, but this is mostly from people who actually never even tried them. If I catch one on a fishing pole, I have this old bathtub, that I try to keep them in for a couple of days to clean 'em out a little before I clean them, but it's up to you. All that my wife uses when cooking them is salt and pepper.
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Most people who know me on here know that i don't really like carp-i don't have any solid reasons why but there is just something about them. I have fly fished for them on a few occasions and have to admit they are great fun to hook as they do run well(gel spun backing is a good idea as its often needed).
As for eating them i don't, they really do eat anything from the bottom and the taste reflects this.
I do tie flies for the-not for me personally but for a friend of mine who fly fishes but doesn't tie-they are generally created from spun deer hair, i like to add a little white synthetic dub to the body which creates a good fly, especially when fished quickly on the surface.
A strong leader and a reel with a good drag is essential to catching carp on the fly.
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way back every one here that used rhem,,used pressure cooker,,after cleaning,as noted ,,then bust up or grind all an made patties like samon or crab cakes,,little onion,peppers salt pepper,,i recall them being good eating,, few flyers below lewisville catch on black an yellow flies finnin around shallow banks.
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No!!! do not eat them they tast like mud and real fishy! i dont think you can fly fis for them! Carp are bottom feeders so. Hope i helped! Good luck!
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Just because a carp is a bottom feeder, doesn't mean one's not gonna take a fly. There are special sinking flies. Fly fishing for carp is based on sight fishing anyway I think.
See a carp, toss the fly in front of it.
http://www.flyfishforcarp.com/ <—- there you go, a whole website just for flyfishing carp.
People believe carp to be a trash fish and not worthy of being considered a "game fish". Those people have probably never caught a big carp before.
Try hooking, fighting, AND landing a 44 1/2 pound carp from a float tube on 8 pound line! That carp gave a whole new meaning to the term, "Nantucket Sligh Ride"!
As far as eating them, I never have. I've heard they're bony and not tasty, but you can never trust what you hear or believe what you see.
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-B
Fly fishing for carp is the ultimate challenge. They are very spooky fish, particularly amur or grass carp. My husband fishes for grass carp a great deal and has developed a fly made from green, dyed deer hair that looks like lawn clippings. I have been with him when he has hooked these fish and can tell you they are incredibly hard fighting fish. Once you hook one it is game on! He has not had much experience fishing for common carp and I understand they are less picky and grow to enormous size.
You definitely want to use a strong rod and stout tippet. My husband broke a 2 wt rod on a relatively small carp and now uses a 7 wt with 1x or 0x tippet, as these fish are so strong.
Some people do eat carp, but we don't. It's always catch and release with the grass carp because they serve a great purpose in keeping the algae down in lakes and ponds.
My source is my husband – and http://flyfishinganglersandoutfitters.com
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