It's Mulberry Season!

[ksbass]

We've been doing well this spring catching carp on the flyrod and having a blast. First it was dark #10 mohair leeches 8" under a smalll indicator and now it's floating mulberry flies. I noticed the immature mulberries a couple weeks ago and decided to tye up a few foam mulberries. They were an instant success even though there were no mulberry trees with dropping berries. They know! I am gaining more and more respect for carp. If you ever thought a trout was a picky eater just try carp on top. I had one guy inspect my mulberry for no less than 30 seconds with both eyes before he slooowly came up and finally sucked it in. You have to slowly raise your rod otherwise it's easy to pull the fly out of his mouth.

Troy

[zander]

That is awesome! Can you post your fly recipe for those mulberry flies?

[ksbass]

Sure. It's here. Island Park Mulberry Fly Recipe

I get to shift gears (from carp to trout) next week and spend all week in Branson with my wife and kids attending my daughter's nationals dance competition. The warden said Seth and I could spend 3 of the 6 days fishing. Never been before, but thought we'd give Taney a try. I think we're geared but could use some guidance. Any help would be appreciated. We'll be wade fishing with flyrods.

Troy

[Paola Cat]

Troy .... Awesome .... I've got to give that a try. Good luck at Taney. Use your scud and sowbug patterns just like in the river. I'm going to hit the Corp. outlets this weekend and hope to hook up with some of those carp. PC

[Poke 'Em]

Excellent report! I love catching carp (commons, grassies, anything!) on the fly.

[Geoff]

i tell ya what. i tied some of those foam mullberry flies, man them things are a pain in the butt the first couple times around. haha

[JONBOY]

i tell ya what. i tied some of those foam mullberry flies, man them things are a pain in the butt the first couple times around. haha

You slacker!!!!!!!111111 Y ou should be better at tying them than that!!! (I am friends with Geoff)

[ksbass]

i tell ya what. i tied some of those foam mullberry flies, man them things are a pain in the butt the first couple times around. haha

Sorry about that. Make sure you go easy with the super glue and only use the liquid kind as it drys fast and makes it easier. Hey I'll trade you a few mulberry flies for your favorite tie.

They sure stay on the hook better than real mulberries though. They are very durable too. They survive even the sharpest carp teeth!!

Here's a shot from last Saturday. This tree was dumping like mad. For whatever reason though there were only a couple carp under it though. We ended up picking a bag full of super ripe berries that were the best I've eaten. You should have seen the canoe bottom too. It was loaded from the berries falling into it. Also a shot of the two types of mulberries on our place. Who knew there were white mulberries? They are sweeter too.

Troy

[Geoff]

this was my first attempt at tying them. and one of my first times tying with foam. i guess im kinda an older material guy. when i got started the only thing made from foam were ants and chernobyl ants. and we never really tied a bunch of them. they turned out alright for the first batch, i need to use a different hook though i think. if you still want to trade lemme know, i can tie pretty much anything.

i can say this though, they sure as heck look like mullberrys, im sure they will work good, now only if i can find more carp and it would stop raining i'd be good to go