When You Can't Chase Trout...

[OKFlyFisher44]

Just thought a few of you guys might appreciate this...

Spent the weekend in western oklahoma to see some old college buddies and catching up. Spent sunday afternoon on the ol' Washita River outside of Clinton, Oklahoma chasing carp, channel catfish, and drum on the fly! We had a good time stalking these wary fish as the river was low and super clear. Always enjoy something different and challenging! We caught a nice mixed bag of carp, catfish, and drum.

This was the fish of the day. Spotted him tailing on a sand-bar right when we pulled up to the river. Put in downstream of him. On the 2nd drift, he turned to his left, moved about 2 feet over, and sucked the mini-bugger right up! Made an impressive run upstream, taking all my fly line, and some of my backing. Had to chase him down! Awesome fish!

[DaddyO]

Nice Fish, Chance!

[Geoff]

awesome.!! i still cant wait til i get one on the fly

[Ämp]

I have found around boat ramps on stockton that I can toss a brown popper with my 9wt and catch carp .. I always thought our carp just fed on plants and such ,

either way they take em .. I know what kinda fun that had to have been though gratz .

[troutman11]

At Lake of the Ozarks by the boat ramps there are carp hanging aroud. do u think i can catch some on a wooly bugger or what kind of fly should i use?? and what kind of fly did u catch your carp on??

[zsmith62]

Hey Troutman- Check this site out, they have all kinds of flies for carp, ranging from nymphs, streamers, corn and breadcrumb imitations, and mulberry flies. Here it is: http://www.rainysflies.com/carp.php They have several pages of carp flies, so be sure to look through them all...

[OKFlyFisher44]

The link that Zach posted will be very helpful. I caught that fish on what I call a "mini bugger". Its just a beadhead wooly bugger I tie in a size 12. Nothing special...just something I tied up right before the trip. I've also tied up mulberry flies and popcorn flies for them. I've read crayfish patterns work along with various other patterns. Heard of guys catching them on prince nymphs and red fox squirrel nymphs as well in sizes 10 and 12.