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| Wbranch | March 15th, 2008, 8:17 am | |
| York & Starlight PA Posts: 557 | On the Tulpehocken Creek near Reading, PA there are lots of carp. In very early July the Tully gets decent Trico spinner fall. A number of years ago I was fishing on July 03 and after the trout stopped rising I walked downstreaam a bit and tight against the far bank I could clearly see about half a dozen carp, in the 5 - 6 pound range, rising. It was pretty cool so I still had my #20 Trico spinner on and 6x tippet and on the 2nd or 3rd cast the lead fish came up an inhaled the spinner. I thought it fought great and was into my backing in a few seconds. I wound up landing about three of them and it was great sport. | |
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| RodBailey | September 7th, 2008, 7:52 pm | |
| Posts: 1 | Wow Nice catch! What size fly rod did you use? | |
| Al514 | September 7th, 2008, 8:28 pm | |
| Central New York Posts: 86 | 6/7 wt. | |
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| JZord | March 18th, 2009, 3:37 pm | |
| New York Posts: 14 | i love carp! | |
| Martinlf | March 20th, 2009, 3:38 pm | |
| Palmyra PA Posts: 1480 | Matt, I just saw your post. I landed a big carp on the Tully during a trico hatch a few years back. I had 7X on and began to wonder if I'd get my fly back, though. It became real work after a while, with me running downstream a time or two to avoid a break off. Still, it's the biggest fish I've landed on a trike. | |
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| Wbranch | March 22nd, 2009, 6:36 pm | |
| York & Starlight PA Posts: 557 | Louis, As you know I fished the Tully frequently this past summer during Trico time but only saw carp rising to spinners a few times and then they diddn't want my offering. BTW I did go to SC on Wednesday and while the day was gorgeous and I fished with just a turtleneck and long sleeve shirt I didn't see that many Baetis and the fish did not rise until 2:00. I managed three on #16 BH PT's and three 11"- 13" on #18 BWO emergers. I've decided it is just too long a drive in the early season when fish don't rise until noon, or later, to go up for just one day. I spent almost five hours in the car to fish for seven hours - it's just not worth the driving time. I'll not go back until early July now - after the major hatches are over in the Catskills. | |
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