Hooked my first carp screwing around in an urban park pond in metro Denver while my kids were worming for 7” catfish. Took a #16 para Adams on 5x on my 3WT bamboo rod during the “Wonderbread Hatch. The pond was so small he couldn’t rip me into my backing (despite the frantic efforts) so just flew around in circles for a half hour while I waded out waist-deep into the muck. Exciting for a while and then people got bored and left, including my wife and kids, leaving me hollering in the evening gloom as the freeway lights flicked on from I-70. A solid 7lbs and yes I put the rod in my teeth and held the fish up toward the nonexistent camera. Glorious.
Thanks for the awesome video. Brings back so many memories of happy hours spent stalking tailing carp with my 4wt as a teenager in the late 90's in South Africa. I didn't know it at the time, but I learned so many tricks and tactics that would later serve me really well when guiding in the Seychelles..... Such an underrated fish and such a great way to fish for them!
What an amazing place to fish! We don't have carp venues anything like that in the UK as most are managed and stocked fisheries, but we do have a lot of very big fish that pull hard and fight dirty. Great video too.
What a great story..braking off flyline at backing, then grabbing it and reattaching and landing the fish! Awesome! 😀 Those were some Huge carp for a Huge flyfisherman! Liked the longer video. 👍 Saw some smaller carp in local river yesterday..no takers, but did get a 16” largemouth and a few smaller ones, so all was good.🎣. Thanks as always Ben!
I caught a 12 lbs carp in the Henry's Fork once and they are kick in the fighting department. Thanks for posting, not many fly fishers talk about fishing for carp on a fly rod.
@@camerannC I didnt know it either. When the fish swam by me, in murky water, I thought it was a huuuuge brown trout. I was a bit disappointed but appreciated the fishes fighting ability.
So funny, it’s almost a cross between bonefish and baby tarpon fishing, mudding and tailing even! I guess rolling is the only thing they wouldn’t do being a bottom feeder.
Im a carp on the fly guy myself and its very challanging ..........BUUUUUUT you should try Corbina next if you haven't already, right on the beach sight fishing for these lightning bolts in toe to 6" inches of water . they are also called the grey ghost for a good reason .....southern california in the summers . It takes folks years ....just to land there 1st one . Super spooky fish and they can see you as well as your fly line as you cast to them . we use mole crab flies for them . Its a lot like bone fishing .....ok checkout out .
That was hilarious and awesome 🤘👍! Well done captain. I'm still at zero carp in the net, makes sense to say that sadly I'm currently mad at em, maybe next weekend it will change, good lordy i sure hope so 🙏🤞
You are now my hero! You cast right handed and reel right handed! I have gotten so much grief over the years for doing that. They say, "You should cast right, reel left! Don't you know that!" "No, I don't know that -- what I do works great." "Yes, but it's not proper technique." Based on the video, I'd say what we do works great -- phooey on "proper." (Breaking off a few carp, big deal! Those things are monsters and anyone's technique will get battered with these bad boys!) Thanks for the video!
I've always had a reel tough time catching carp (of course I don't usually go for carp) but even when I do see them and give it a try they just never seem interested. I have caught a few carp by accident with nightcrawlers on ultralight spinning gear and man do they run like freight train holy shit! Didn't know you can get em on wooly buggers!
Knot or tippet size? Time for a brew haha...Why are carp so much fun, isn’t it like fishing for walleye only a bigger tug? Thanks Ben you are the one that intro’d me to ZLand....
Hey man what is your setup you got any weights floaters sinkers? Dry fly? Are you using leader line or tippet, or fishing line or flouralcarbon? You make great how to catch but what about a what you're equipped with video for carp.
Hey Ben which do you find happens more... 1. The carp will actually find and eat the bugger, or 2. You need to dead drift it past their faces for a reaction bite? Thanks.
As a beginner I don't know how much bend a rod will take. I have read that glass is tougher but can't cast as far and weighs more. I assume you're throwing a graphite rod probably a decent one. How to you not break it on these whoppers? Experience ??
I liked the story about about losing your fly line and then finding it, tying it back on and catching the fish. Tight lines, just kidding I watched that video ;)
Never had the opportunity to fish them in a big lake, always been close quarters combat fishing in log infested rivers. Shame too because I live in Michigan.
Dude, I would not have thought they would hit the black wooly bugger. I have yet to catch my first carp on the fly. I primarily fish the California Delta. Lots of carp, but they're difficult to persuade! Any advice?
Giggles like a kid at a candy store with $100 bucks , and why not ? It’s not often you have days like that going after Carp , they can be very elusive:-) but so much fun when you hook into one . Hang on and make sure all is clear including knuckles, reels , go pros , belts , rod tips and the list goes on with 20 ponder on and taking line like a freight train . Ye haw
Almost got stung by about 100 bees accidentally casting into a tree that happened to have a bees nest connected to the branch when i was out fishing for carp last... Also these carp do not seem as spooky as the ones out by me, if the ones by me even see your fly line near them they sre gone
Thanks for not editing out the mistakes. Great to see someone so experienced still have issues from time to time!
He pulls too hard on the fish to lose them on purpose. Otherwise the video would have been boring and short.
@@earthq1077 tttrueuttti
Hooked my first carp screwing around in an urban park pond in metro Denver while my kids were worming for 7” catfish. Took a #16 para Adams on 5x on my 3WT bamboo rod during the “Wonderbread Hatch. The pond was so small he couldn’t rip me into my backing (despite the frantic efforts) so just flew around in circles for a half hour while I waded out waist-deep into the muck. Exciting for a while and then people got bored and left, including my wife and kids, leaving me hollering in the evening gloom as the freeway lights flicked on from I-70. A solid 7lbs and yes I put the rod in my teeth and held the fish up toward the nonexistent camera. Glorious.
Thanks for the awesome video. Brings back so many memories of happy hours spent stalking tailing carp with my 4wt as a teenager in the late 90's in South Africa. I didn't know it at the time, but I learned so many tricks and tactics that would later serve me really well when guiding in the Seychelles..... Such an underrated fish and such a great way to fish for them!
Carp are lowkey the most fun freshwater fish to catch. Either on a fly rod or cranking them off the bottom. Good stuff, Ben.
Fully agree. Other than possibly peacock bass. But carp are so much easier to come by and such a fun challenge.
What an amazing place to fish! We don't have carp venues anything like that in the UK as most are managed and stocked fisheries, but we do have a lot of very big fish that pull hard and fight dirty. Great video too.
Love the mud marlin! They pull hard
Carp are love, carp are life. - The Book of Tom 16:12 verse 21
not when they are being put on rocks and kicked back, the carp dont love that
lazy carper what are you a Brit
@@floridagator800 no im mongolian
I watch a lot of videos on fly fishing, this one is top 5 for sure. Stay HUGE and keep the great content coming!
This is a great video. it is very helpful to see how you retrieve the fly and set up for the cast
Hey Ben thanks again for another awesome video. Also, for showing how you can make mistakes and still have a good time. I sometimes forget that part.
What a great story..braking off flyline at backing, then grabbing it and reattaching and landing the fish! Awesome! 😀 Those were some Huge carp for a Huge flyfisherman! Liked the longer video. 👍 Saw some smaller carp in local river yesterday..no takers, but did get a 16” largemouth and a few smaller ones, so all was good.🎣. Thanks as always Ben!
This is the stuff I come on UA-cam for. Good job Ben
Captions say "music" while lines going crazy.
I agree cc, I agree
Beautiful scenery. I love Montana in the summertime.
Feels so good when you get a carp right away. Super smooth. I love it.
Nice!
Here in the Netherlands we feed floating cat food first, wait for them to surface and then add the floating fake bait.
I caught a 12 lbs carp in the Henry's Fork once and they are kick in the fighting department. Thanks for posting, not many fly fishers talk about fishing for carp on a fly rod.
I didn't know there were big carp in the Henry's Fork.
@@camerannC I didnt know it either. When the fish swam by me, in murky water, I thought it was a huuuuge brown trout. I was a bit disappointed but appreciated the fishes fighting ability.
So funny, it’s almost a cross between bonefish and baby tarpon fishing, mudding and tailing even! I guess rolling is the only thing they wouldn’t do being a bottom feeder.
WOW, so many break offs...lol
Nice carp, beautiful water and nice day!
Have never seen such fast action with carp, wow. 👍🏼
Clear water, full of Mirror Carp, you sir hit the jackpot!
Carp are always a fun catch. I would get them with dry dog food on a hair rig. Your content is always epic.
Im a carp on the fly guy myself and its very challanging ..........BUUUUUUT you should try Corbina next if you haven't already, right on the beach sight fishing for these lightning bolts in toe to 6" inches of water . they are also called the grey ghost for a good reason .....southern california in the summers . It takes folks years ....just to land there 1st one . Super spooky fish and they can see you as well as your fly line as you cast to them . we use mole crab flies for them . Its a lot like bone fishing .....ok checkout out .
Man those are fun fish to catch.
@@nickhardgrave3986 ....yeah into your backing fun for sure !
That screaming drag at the end of the vid though, so sick
That was hilarious and awesome 🤘👍! Well done captain. I'm still at zero carp in the net, makes sense to say that sadly I'm currently mad at em, maybe next weekend it will change, good lordy i sure hope so 🙏🤞
I do this at Ray Roberts in Texas. Awesome fun and hones your skills. They are smart,wary fish and fight like Hell!
splitshot with San Juan or crawfish has been working for me in texas, but of course the carp have to be in the mood for it.
Fat carp and six pack of PBR! That's HUGE!!! Thanks for the video
You are now my hero! You cast right handed and reel right handed! I have gotten so much grief over the years for doing that. They say, "You should cast right, reel left! Don't you know that!" "No, I don't know that -- what I do works great." "Yes, but it's not proper technique." Based on the video, I'd say what we do works great -- phooey on "proper." (Breaking off a few carp, big deal! Those things are monsters and anyone's technique will get battered with these bad boys!) Thanks for the video!
so how do you get a heavier fly and line to land softly enough to not spook them?
That guy who sent you the fly invented the carp coachman. I've talked to Jarrett before. He's cool.
is it possible to do this in the wintertime? =(
Also what flies do you use for carp? I throw everything at them and they just look at it then swim away scared
See last week’s video.
Hell yeah, I love carp fishing!
Poop-fish paradise LOL!! Another one I saw in some vids that was new to me was 'Swamp Salmon" that's hilarious!
Hi,
What is the fly line do u used on this vidéo ?
And which polyleaders ? Size ?
Tippet or fluoro ? And 0X / 1X / 2X ? I'm new for carp fishing.
That Scientific Angler texture line is loud af.great vid.
Awesome fish! Don’t tell the Carp Nerds that you didn’t use a catch Mat to protect its delicate Scales!! Lol
Great video!!!
I'm sure you have tried a few.. whats your absolute favorite fly line for carp so far? I just bought a new 6wt and have decision paralysis.
Ahh the Helios 3D. Love that rod series!
I've always had a reel tough time catching carp (of course I don't usually go for carp) but even when I do see them and give it a try they just never seem interested. I have caught a few carp by accident with nightcrawlers on ultralight spinning gear and man do they run like freight train holy shit! Didn't know you can get em on wooly buggers!
Carp are BADASS 🤙🏼, nice videos man.
How do you see these carp
Polarized sun glasses
Knot or tippet size? Time for a brew haha...Why are carp so much fun, isn’t it like fishing for walleye only a bigger tug? Thanks Ben you are the one that intro’d me to ZLand....
Condolences to Colorado. Would love to see a Tenkara for carp video!
No fish makes you laugh more than a carp!
Love the carp on a fly. Great video!
Ben what do you think about the Echo Badass Glass for carp fishing?
Super fun to watch. Thanks...from Patagonia
What bait do you use when fly fishing carp
It's great to see that even pros struggle some times! Not that it's great to see but.... well you know! Enjoyed the carp fishing!
I am far from pro.
Love the sound of line spooling off a reel. Reel HUGE
Hey Ben, what reel are you using? I’m thinking about getting an Orvis Battenkill. What are your thoughts?
Dude that is a nice mirror carp!!!
This video was indeed EPIC!!! 🏆🏆🏆🙂✌️🎣
Just got my first one of this year this past weekend. Felt good to knock the dust off🍻
Carp are what’s gonna save Trout. Keep it up!
Hey man what is your setup you got any weights floaters sinkers? Dry fly? Are you using leader line or tippet, or fishing line or flouralcarbon? You make great how to catch but what about a what you're equipped with video for carp.
Hey Ben which do you find happens more... 1. The carp will actually find and eat the bugger, or 2. You need to dead drift it past their faces for a reaction bite? Thanks.
Put it right in their face.
You know it's a good day fishing when you tell yourself I'm just going to catch one more and then have a beer.
As a beginner I don't know how much bend a rod will take. I have read that glass is tougher but can't cast as far and weighs more. I assume you're throwing a graphite rod probably a decent one. How to you not break it on these whoppers? Experience ??
What weight is your fly rod and what test is your leader line
I caught a carp once at Union reservoir in Longmont. No fight, I thought I was hauling in a log and SURPRISE carp.
I caught a carp at Union and it pulled hard.
Wow, that is an ideal fishery. Lots of carp, lots of flats, not a lot of vegetation, and no trees!!
I liked the story about about losing your fly line and then finding it, tying it back on and catching the fish. Tight lines, just kidding I watched that video ;)
What fly line you use?
Is it weird that Ben’s videos are the highlight of my week. #hugedork
Not weird at all. It’s the highlight of my week too.
Awesome videos man, so funny🤣💯
I definitely needed this today great video
Never had the opportunity to fish them in a big lake, always been close quarters combat fishing in log infested rivers. Shame too because I live in Michigan.
You may have answered this in another video, but why do you have your reel on right hand retrieve, but cast the other way?
I like it that way.
@@HugeFlyFisherman and that's all that matters
Goofy casting.
Looks so fun
Tom would be proud. You have pleased him.
Ben why do you use a right hand retrieve and cast righthand?
I like it that way.
Notice the reel handle being on the right side of the rod, peeps. I very rarely see this, but it's the way to go of more than one reason.
I love how they just saunter away. They DGAF for sure.
I love catching carp. They make nets so you don’t have to drag them on shore.
I don’t like carrying a big net.
What time of year is this?
Dude, I would not have thought they would hit the black wooly bugger. I have yet to catch my first carp on the fly. I primarily fish the California Delta. Lots of carp, but they're difficult to persuade! Any advice?
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I used to fish for carp with oatmeal balls as a kid. Looks like I might have to give this a try.
simply beautiful man ,FUN FUN
What rod size is that?
It says 8 on the butt
Carp ban, if that happened in the UK.
Minimum line test, plus dragging fish against the rocks...
😕🍻
Loved the video, commentary was great! What’s the reasoning for the right hand casting and left hand fish fighting?
I like it that way.
Giggles like a kid at a candy store with $100 bucks , and why not ? It’s not often you have days like that going after Carp , they can be very elusive:-) but so much fun when you hook into one . Hang on and make sure all is clear including knuckles, reels , go pros , belts , rod tips and the list goes on with 20 ponder on and taking line like a freight train . Ye haw
Did you connect your fly line to a boat for the intro?
The intro should be made into a meme. When that Asshole In the boat runs over your fly line
What reel is this??
Idk what state you live in but you should try fly fishing gar if y’all have em they’re big fun on the fly
Montana?? Not a drift boat in sight...that's weird.
Cover the carps eyes when they get all excited like that. It’s like turning a sturgeon upside down.
Looks fun!
This is a epic fishery!
Love your vid bro. Quick question, whats your rod weight?
Gonna piss off them trouts guys 😂
Good!
Whats next? Bass fishing ?
I’ve been tying up some sliders and I’ll be in Louisiana next week, so...
@@HugeFlyFisherman Dude, I'm at the Texas coast for the next couple of weeks. Maybe you can detour south on the way back.
The is one of your best videos.
Where are you!?!?! 3 mirrors back to back that’s insane I would love to fish that lake
Almost got stung by about 100 bees accidentally casting into a tree that happened to have a bees nest connected to the branch when i was out fishing for carp last... Also these carp do not seem as spooky as the ones out by me, if the ones by me even see your fly line near them they sre gone
Are you using a sink tip or no?
No
Huge Fly Fisherman thankyou I just started fishing streamers and have some carp in a pond around the corner gonna try to hook up today!
karp kicker! got through that one on 2x speed!