I still remember my
journey of probing into fly fishing for carps started 2 years since
2002. From searching & extracting distinctive qualities &
details of certain nymph patterns to tying my own pattern... to
flipping through plenty of reading material about nymphing technics....
plus numerous try out sessions with those nonsenses that I tied...
The path was
getting more & more discouraging...
But ever since I gotten the Ultralight set this year, yr 2004. The
fire rekindled. Once again, I took the carp challenge seriously
again.... What I have gone through from the probing for the past
two years, I hope I can help those who have not hit a carp on fly
yet.
The most difficult part of fly fishing for carps for myself personally
is the discernment from the take of a carp. Nymph pattern, I leave
it up to you folks. At least I know now what the buggers are taking
now. If I am a carp, I felt Dragonfly nymphs are much more a higher
source of protein than Damselfly nymphs.
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Ingredient for
Damselfly Nymph:
| Hook : |
Daiichi, Size 14,
Standard Nymph Hook, Micro Barb. |
| Thread : |
Danville Spider
wire, Ultra Fine. |
| Upper Body : |
Olive Marabou feathers,
from a twisted bunch of 3-4 fibres.Fine Wire Lead of 4-5 coils. |
| Lower body : |
Olive Marabou feathers,
from a twisted bunch of 2 fibres. (Prefer finer tips of marabou
feathers.) |
| Tail : |
Olive Marabou Feather
tips. |
| Thorax : |
Pleasant Feather. |
| Legs : |
Fibres of Partridge
feathers. |
| Eyes : |
Burnt Mono Eyes
(50lb mono) |
| Head : |
Same pleasant feather
as thorax. |
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Ingredient for Dragonfly Nymph.
| Hook
: |
Gamakatsu, C12 Size
12. |
| Thread
: |
Danville Spider
wire, Ultra Fine. |
| Upper
Body : |
Peacock herl, from
a twisted bunch of 3-4 fibres. Fine Wire Lead of 4-5 coils. |
| Lower
body : |
Peacock herl, from
a twisted bunch of 3-4 fibres. Mono line to form thicker body
before tying the Peacock herl on surface. |
| Thorax
: |
Pleasant Feather. |
| Legs
: |
Fibres of Partridge
feathers. |
| Eyes
: |
Burnt Mono Eyes
(50lb mono) |
| Head
: |
Same pleasant feather
as thorax. |
Tying your
own ... Damselfly Nymph
| 1) |
Prepare Burn
Mono Eyes. Use candle/lighter to burn both ends of 50lb
mono line to form the eyes. |
| 2) |
Tie approximately
3⁄4 length thread bedding on the hook shank starting
with the hook eye. Also include 7 to 8 rounds of lead
wire around the front, secure the lead wire coils. Then
tie down mono eyes. |
| 3) |
Cut &
tie about 10 Marabou fibre tips to form tail. |
| 4) |
Tie down 2-3
Marabou fibres & twist to form a marabou core. Wrap
the marabou around the hook shank until desired length. |
| 5) |
Tie down a
fold of pleasant feathers. |
| 6) |
Continue the
dubbing process of wrapping the marabou feathers around
the lead coil till mono eyes. |
| 7) |
Tie Pleasant
feathers on the other end to form the thorax now. Tie
down the pleasant feathers another wrap to form the head.
Tie in patridge feather fibres. |
| 8) |
Finish the
securing at the hook eye with super glue. |
Tying your
own ... Dragonfly Nymph
| 1) |
Prepare Burn
Mono Eyes. Use candle/lighter to burn both ends of 50lb
mono line to form the eyes. |
| 2) |
Tie approximately
3⁄4 length thread bedding on the hook shank starting
with the hook eye. Also include 7 to 8 rounds of lead
wire around the front, secure the lead wire coils. Then
tie down mono eyes. Tie also a mono line body to form
the bigger lower body profile of the dragonfly nymph. |
| 3) |
Tie down
2-3 Peacock herl fibres & twist to form a herl core.
Wrap the herl around the mono body on hook shank until
desired length. |
| 4) |
Tie down
a fold of pleasant feathers. |
| 5) |
Continue the
dubbing process of wrapping the herl around the lead coil
till mono eyes. |
| 6) |
Tie Pleasant
feathers on the other end to form the thorax now. Tie
down the pleasant feathers another wrap to form the head.
Tie in patridge feather fibres. |
| 7) |
Finish the
securing at the hook eye with super glue. |
Species...
My main target for this fly is for anything which do not mind
a nymph or two especially formulated for local carps.
Action...
This fly's sinking rate can be adjusted by the amount of lead
coil it holds on the hook shank. Work this fly slow and steady
with tiny twitches at times. Usually if the water takes a
slow drift from the current or wind, you will find that this
fly would be fished with much ease.
When we are
doing carp nymphing in much still water or with the added
advantage from a slight drift, we can place our focus on a
few places... the nymph's path, the fly line tip & the
rod tip. The nymph's path.... Along as we retrieved slow or
followed the drift of the slight wind or current, if our fly
is at the correct depth, we can actually feel where the nymph
goes as it bumps into rocks, snags or slightly attached into
the algae patches.... in order to feel all this, always maintain
line tightness whenever possible.
The fly
line tip...
will register micro takes with twitches from bites, if you
are fishing in broad daylight, visually if you can register
& discern most of the takes, this is an big bonus to you.
Remember to always apply floatant at the tip, if the tip sinks...
you lose this sensing edge. I felt Indicators are good but
once the wind starts to blow little harder, the surface area
from the little orange float tends to drag the nymph with
too much speed. Again the rod tip. To register takes.... always
try to minimise slack line. With all these points in which
can help you to register takes, You folks should be going
carps on fly, huh?
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