Carp Waters

[Vicus]

I'm heading to Roodekopjes this weekend, my mate who is currently there informed me the carp are all kop onderstebo feedig like crazy in water up to 1.5m deep, so I am seriously considering packing my 5WT and a few tiny buggers.

Roodekopjes is probably the most ideal venue for carp on fly, bar only the crocs. Still, I have caught them off the boat on lead-heads with short casts. And against my better judgement I have waded there too, although this was 20 years ago. Most aggressive carp I have ever seen.

[Vicus]

Richard Simpkins from the Urban Fly fishers, had very good catches on carp in the urban dams. Might be good to chat to him

Just got off the phone with Richard. I am going to be popping around to their shop sometime this week, to pick their brains. I will report here as and when I make progress targeting Carp on fly.

[Andre]

Sounds a bit like the Vaal is fast catching up, as SA's number 1 carp venue.

Roodekopjes is probably the most ideal venue for carp on fly, bar only the crocs. Still, I have caught them off the boat on lead-heads with short casts. And against my better judgement I have waded there too, although this was 20 years ago. Most aggressive carp I have ever seen.

[smallstreams.co.za]

Apologies if this was posted already ...

[Vicus]

Apologies if this was posted already ...

hehehe..it was, but it is worth another watch anyway. it embodies the "something special" about fly-fishing that is just so hard to put into words.

[Vicus]

Originally Posted by Korrie
Richard Simpkins from the Urban Fly fishers, had very good catches on carp in the urban dams. Might be good to chat to him

Just got off the phone with Richard. I am going to be popping around to their shop sometime this week, to pick their brains. I will report here as and when I make progress targeting Carp on fly.

So I paid Urban Fly-fishers a visit yesterday, and ended up having a chat to Reuben Torres. The man is clearly passionate about his hobby of fly-fishing, and specifically about carp fly-fishing. I got exactly the kind of information from him I was looking for.

Thanks Korrie for pointing me in their direction.

Expect some related posts on this thread in the near future.

[Johandre]

will love to catch a nice carp on fly