Flip Pallot and Brian Flechsig chasing carp during the famous Mulberry season in Ohio.
See Part 1 here.
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Brian and Flip Carp Fishing- Part 2
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Brian and Flip Carp fishing- Part 1
Part 1 of Brian Flechsig and Flip Pallot fly fishing for Carp during the famous Mulberry season in Ohio. Stay tuned for more….
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Treppa’s F.O.T.F (Fly of the Flats) – Ben Treppa
Recipe:
Hook: Daiichi 2220 Streamer Hook (4X long) size 6
Thread: UTC 70 Denier Black
Tail: Finn Raccoon Tan
Tail Flash: Cooper Krystal Flash
Legs: Barred Crazy Legs Orange/Gold Flake
Eyes: “Mono” Eyes (purchase or make with hard mono & 6/0 glass czech bead)
Body Hackle: Orange Grizzly
Dubbing: Cohen’s Carp Dub-Rusty Nail
Wing: Finn Raccoon Tan
Head: Sculpin Helmet Mini- Brown
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- Securely mount hook in vise. Begin thread 3/4 of the way work to the bend and back forward. Cut hunk of finn raccoon off the hide and remove long guard hairs and under fur. Tie in from 50% point of the hook shaft down to just above the bend. I prefer the tail to be under an inch but you can adjust as necessary for your needs.
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- Add krystal flash. I like the Krystal flash about as long as the tail. Generally I use 2 pieces tied in and doubled over for strength.
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- Add in legs of your choice similar to the way you did the krystal flash. You want them about as long as the tail. Tie them in and double them over for strength.
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- Use pre-made or make your own “mono” eyes. I like the EP crustacean eyes but I ran out so I used homemade. This is a piece of hard mono with 6/0 czech glass beads placed on them with Deer Creek Diamond Hard resin.
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- Tie eyes in about 1/4″ off the back of the fly. I use a pair of flat jawed pliers to flatten the mono creating less bulk for the fly.
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- Select a piece of grizzly schlappen or webby hackle. I prefer grizzly because of its “molted” look. Tie it in just in front of the eyes, tip first.
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- Create a dubbing loop about 6" in length. Insert Cohen’s carp dub into the loop, spin well, then brush out.
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- Palmer dubbing loop with Carp dub forward to your initial tie in point. Once again brush out.
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- Palmer hackle forward. I make quite a bit of wraps of the hackle and even go into the marabou like stuff near the bottom of the feather.
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- Rotate hook in vise. Cut piece of finn raccoon off the hide, remove most long guard hairs, and underfur. Tie in, clean up thread head, whip finish, and cut thread. Touch a fairly large amount of gel superglue, slide sculpin helmet on, and put into place. Make sure the “keel” of the helmet is on the bottom so the hook point rides up. At this point remove it from the vise and trim the bottom of the fly down with a pair of scissors if you would like. It helps sometimes with the speed at which it sinks.
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Lipton’s Black Flag
Jean-Paul Lipton has come up with another killer pattern and it should work really well on carp especially. Check out the recipe below and then head over to Jean-Paul’s roughfisher.com website to get more of the details.
Lipton’s Black Flag:
Hook: Umpqua U401 (O’Shaugnessy Stainless) Size 6
Thread: UNI Thread, 6/0 Black
Tail: Moose Mane
Body: Roughfisher’s custom dub, Black Gold
Underwing: Krystal Flash, Black/Peacock
Legs: India Hen, natural
Thorax: 3.2 mm tungsten bead; Roughfisher’s custom dub, Black Gold
Eyes: #3 (2.4 mm) ball chain, black
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McTage’s Chubby Chaser
Fly-Carpin has released another very fine carp fly tying video. In this one they show you how to tie McTage’s Chubby Chase Leech. This is a leech fly pattern which combines Pat Cohen’s Carp Dub with a very short section of black magnum rabbit strip to create a wide latterally flattened profile leech that does a headstand on the bottom in a similar fashion to many of McTage’s other carp flies. Pat Cohen’s Carp Dub was just released recently by Hareline Dubbin, so check out the colors on Pat’s site: www.rusuperfly.com
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John Montana’s Hybrid Carp Fly
Fly-Carpin ties John Montana’s Hybrid Carp Fly. I talked to John about this exact pattern last summer here and posted a quick bit on FrankenFly. This is definitely a productive carp fly. Fly-Carpin has a super nice carp website, so if you are into catching carp on the fly read up. Check out the video and enjoy!
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Crab Schlapp-em Shrimp – Ben Treppa
Ben Treppa has come up with another crab/shrimp pattern and it’s a good one. I think this would make an excellent carp fly. Ben steps it out for you.
Crab Schlapp-em Shrimp
Hook: Gamakatsu SC15 1/0
Tail: Brown Arctic Fox
Eyes: Mono with 6mm black bead
Collar: Brown Schlappen
Body: Brown arctic fox and shaggy dub
Body Hackle: brown schlappen
Weight: Lead eyes
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- Securely mount hook in vise and begin thread.
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- I start at the eye, although its not necessary.
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- Cut a clump of arctic fox or finn raccoon off the hide (this was a little too much. You’ll see in the next photo I removed some). Remove or comb out the under fur. Size the fox/finn how you prefer. Mine is about a hook and half long. Cut tag end and set aside for later in the tying process.
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- Here is the fox/finn tied in tight and trimmed.
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- Dub some Fl. Orange ice dub onto your thread. Create a “ball” in from of the fur. Comb it out a bit if you’d like or leave it as a ball. This is supposed to imitate a spawn sack, but also provides a great platform for the eyes and antennae.
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- Prepare your eyes. I smash down the mono of the eye with pliers then tie them in along the whole shank. They hold up better this way. Add a touch of head cement of super glue to help them stay tied in.
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- Prepare material for your antennae. For this fly I used burnt and dyed peacock herl. There are many different materials you can use as antennae including krystal flash, boars hair, pheasant tail, etc.
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- Secure antennae. I usually do 3-5 antennae per fly.
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- Prepare a brown schlappen feather by removing off webby stuff from the bottom. Tie in tip first and palmer to create a collar like shown in the picture.
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- Prepare another brown schlappen feather by removing the webby base AND stripping one side of the feather. Create a dubbing loop about 4″ long for later in the process. Work the thread forward and tie a set of eyes (beadchain, lead, or omit) on top of the shank. Secure with superglue.
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- Prepare dubbing loop by waxing the thread. Insert the ends of the arctic fox you have left over from prior steps and spread it evenly among the loop. If you discarded the tag ends you can substitute EP brushes or any other fiber similar. DONT SPIN YET
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- Add some shaggy dub to your dubbing loop and now you can spin it. You can omit this if you’d like but I like the extra shaggyness!
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- Palmer your schlappen forward and tie off/whip finish. You will notice that it probably looks horrible and compressed. Grab a bodkin and a toothbrush (or any dubbing tool) and brush this out very good. The shaggy dub and fox tend to get hung up in the loop.
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- Black Prince – Don Bastian
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Sculpin Helmet McLuvin – Fly-Carpin
This is an excellent carp fly which is an adaptation of my original McLuvin by Eric Bebee at Catch Fly Fishing. I have had allot of luck fly fishing for carp with the SH McLuvin in many scenarios but have had the most luck using it on sand and gravel flats or sand-bars when the carp are keyed in on crayfish. I have caught grass carp, mirror carp and common carp up to 20lb with the Sculpin Helmet McLuvin. This fly uses the FlyMen fly fishing mini sculpin helmets. This is a relatively heavy carp fly and is best suited to situations where indirect presentations are effective. Examples include distant slow cruisers where you can lead the fish, close-in tailers and cruisers where you can perform a drag and drop presentation and any carp in water over knee deep. http://www.flycarpin.com
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