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<p>Howdy Cowpokes</p>
<p>This is the 10 Gauge Carp Fly. It is my go-to bug about 90 percent of the time when pursuing carp on the fly. Start with a #6 egg hook, and tie a little base of thread near the start of the hook bend. This acts as a stop to four red plastic beads, the kind guys use to tie walleye spinner rigs. I tie a few twists of black dubbing, usually with a little UV flash mixed in, in front of the beads, and tie off a little thread head. I put a little Zap-A-Gap at the thread base, and a little in between the beads.</p>
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Howdy Cowpokes,
Carp definitely have a color preference for red when it comes to the 10 Gauge fly. I've tied the same pattern with yellow, green, and glow-in-the-dark white beads, but neither caught as many fish as red beads.
You'd have to ask a carp to figure out why, but red is the best color.
JK
You didn't have to share your pattern at all, and you did. Thank you. I sincerely appreciate it.
P.s. I metro fly fish for carp and other rough stuff a lot........we should meet up some time.
Just your run of the mill Orvis Boy. Fly fishing elitist. I cannot hear you over my false casting. All guided trips every day.
Fishing for compliments since 88.
Get out the Ten Gauge! Nice pattern JK, I'm gonna have to tie some of them up.
Kinda looks like orange hairy corn. It's actually interesting to me, because I used to fish a pond in Wisconsin that was jammed with carp. Just for fun, I once threw out a small, orange colored rapala lure, and sure enough, had a couple of follows and even caught one!