A Beginning Carper’s Guide to Carp Gear
Posted by Tony G. Stevenson | Filed under Recreation & Sports
One of the most popular freshwater fish for anglers is the carp, which gets a lot of attention in Europe, but is still struggling to catch on in the United States. Carp fishing is a popular outdoor activity, and the large size and good fight of these fish is sure to help the growth of this sport continue. One thing every would be carper needs, however, is good fishing equipment.
One of the most important parts of getting good gear is obviously the fishing rod. A good carp rod will be medium action, and long - generally at least six feet long, although longer can be better. This gives the strength and flexibility needed for carp fishing.
When you’re considering fishing rods, obviously you also need to consider reels. Open faced reels should also be the only type you consider, although this is true of almost any good fishing rod. In addition, you want the reel to be large enough to hold at least 150 yards 12 pound test line.
Carp tend to like bait as opposed to tackle. While these fish have voracious appetites, they definitely prefer smelly bait to actual plastic lures. So try looking around for quality carp bait.
More advanced carpers will often use racks with several rods, or “pods,” and set them all up with bait and wait for any carp to show. These rod holders can be very expensive, but also free up the hands for anglers who don’t mind catching up on a good book while waiting for the trophy carp to show.
Without the right fishing line, the rest is moot. For carp the absolute “lightest” fishing line you want is 12 pound test line. Heavier line isn’t a bad idea, either.
A beginning carp fisher can get all the tackle and gear needed for a fairly inexpensive price. Between rod, reel, line, and bait you can start out for well under $100 in most areas. This is a fantastic fresh water fish to pursue, and one that lives up to its reputation as a fighter.
Every angler knows you have to have the right gear to get the job done. If you want to really enjoy carp fishing, get the right tackle and gear early on and you’ll be glad you did.
If you want to learn more about shopping for carp gear, feel free to visit that article or check out this website on shopping for carp gear. Thanks for reading.
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Fly Fishing 101
Posted by Michael Adams | Filed under Food & Beverage
The idea behind this piece is to help the beginner fly fishing. The terms used and the basic methods used in fly fishing may be unknown to the beginner at fly fishing, so we will start from the very beginning. So, if you are a beginner fly fishing person, please read on in order to become acquainted with fly fishing.
The instruments needed for fly fishing are generally called tackle, but if you want to be more accurate about the type of tools you need, you can add the words “fly fishing”. Therefore, we use the phrase: “fly fishing tackle”. Fly fishing tackle, or gear, basically consists of artificial flies, a fly rod, a fly reel and fly line. The set-up is: the fly is attached to the line, which is wound around the reel, which is attached to the rod or pole, which is used to cast the fly or other bait.
In order to be able to cast the fly as far as possible, the line needs to be a bit heavier than other types of line, because a weight is used in other forms of fishing to achieve the same effect. Furthermore, the artificial flies come in all sorts of shapes, sizes and colours to reflect real, live flies, depending on the type of fish the angler intends to catch.
In general, the artificial fly is made of hair, plastic, feathers, fabric, fur and other materials in order to make the lure as closely resemble as possible the insect or fly most commonly eaten by the particular species of fish at that particular month or time of the day. This means that each fishing location requires that you select a definite kind of artificial fly that will look like the insects living in the area where your desired species of fish frequent. Therefore, a type of fly used in one part of the country may not be as successful as you’d expect elsewhere.
However, there are classifications of flies too, although they fall into two basic general categories, which are known as ‘attractive’ and ‘imitative’. The imitative artificial lures look like real flies, whereas the attractive lures just rely on colour or the twinkling of sunlight in order to lure fish without necessarily resembling|looking like] the fish’s normal diet.
These classifications then further sub-divide artificial fly fishing lures into: a] dry (imitating grasshoppers, dragonflies, etc. which float on or near the surface of the water); b] sub-surface (resembling larvae, pupae) and c] wet (resembling leeches and minnows or other tiddlers).
The main distinguishing feature between fly fishing and non-fly fishing is that fly fishing relies to a great extent on the weight of the line to carry the artificial lure to that section of the stream where the fish are schooling, probably at a distance from the bank. The line is often green and hollow, so that it will float.
However, non-fly fishing depends instead on the attached weight, usually made of lead previously, to pull the line off the reel and carry it on to the correct spot, where the weight will also take the bait or lure down to the feeding fish.
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