Gregg Martin, an Idaho Carp angler and inspirational man, sent me some of his egg patterns before the season started. I tried them in the early part of the season but the wind made fishing them difficult. Last week I got out for three days of carping. On those days the wind took only the occasional shallow breath. I was able to get a Carp to take Gregg's egg. This was not indicator fishing; I was sight casting. It was cool to see this fish take the egg pattern. Thanks Gregg!
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ReplyDeleteHas anyone tried a non-indicatored egg in moving water ?
ReplyDeleteFunny you should ask that. My buddy Mike just pulled it off two weeks ago. Chartruese egg with two split-shot about a foot and a half up the leader cast slightly upstream and over the shoulder of a carp in heavy current. Carp turned on the fly mid-column as the shot was pulling it down.
DeleteI am going to try some next year with more weight on them.
ReplyDeleteInteresting P. What about the wind was messing with using them? They do work though that is for sure.
ReplyDeleteIn the spring and early summer the wind blows HARD in central Washington and Oregon where we fish. The wind blows a bow in the line very quickly and if the fly isn't weighted for the conditions it never gets down. I was able to get a hookup last week because there was no wind. I can see that the fly will produce. I just need to weight it according to the time of year I am fishing.
ReplyDeleteEggcelent!! I have a feeling those egg patterns will start working really well around these parts sometime soon.
ReplyDeleteI'm super glad you did get to use them successfully Mr.P! They are somewhat light but in my situations where I use them most that is an advantage. The egg lands rather softly, and often with a slight pond current and/or a soft chop I can gently drag it over the bottom of carp seen only (mostly) by their bubbles. It (the indicator) hesitates as it brushes the bottom and I know I'm at the correct depth and the drift of 10-15 feet shows it to many fish with a slight belly in the line. I've an egg and worm combo with a 5/32" tungsten bead and it sinks very fast. The anchoring though is not what I want in the drift I've established. I have cast them to sighted fish sans indicator in the current of my one small moving water but the egg ivariably hangs up just before the fish, where as with a fly rod bobber I can keep it working. So many ways to use these things, again, I'm pleased they have a place in your arsenal!
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I expect that they will have a bigger place in my arsenal next year Gregg.
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