Well.....are you gonna share your carp flies? Or......is that top secret.....can never reveal......gag order from the courts.....kind of a secret?
Absolutely! I’ve never tried to keep any secrets about the many things I have learned over the years chasing carp with a fly rod. However, the one thing you won’t get out of me is the location of my mulberry “honey hole” - which is sacred ground!
One of my main “go to” carp flies I call the PMC. The name is from the three natural fur and feather materials used to tie it (Pheasant, Mink and Crow). I tie it on a Daiichi 1530, size 6 which is a 2X stong heavy wet fly hook. I use medium black bead chain eyes (tied on Clouser style) so the fly rides hook point up. Pheasant marabou tail, mink fur body tied in split thread style and a small covert feather from a crow as the soft hackle collar. Nothing fancy just good earthy toned natural materials the provide a good bit of motion with some subtle contrast. No shiny bead or glitzy flash in this fly.
It presents delicately and sinks to the bottom at a very calculated rate. I have brought many dozens of carp to the net with this fly over the years. If you can manage to put this fly into “the zone” in front of an actively feeding carp without it knowing you are there, the carp most certainly will eat this fly.
With the new site and ease of posting photos hopefully I can share a photo of my PMC with you.
Also from my past experiences, carp become increasingly more challenging to hook up on a fly rod after they have been bowfished over consistently. Good luck with your carpin’.
