rookie_fly_guy
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Hey, I've never fished for carp before and on a recent walk I discovered the pond in the picture below. Apologies now for the picture quality, it was snapped on my phone.
Anyway, as far as I can tell its pretty much unfished or rarely fished - its crowded with trees (no bits of rigging hanging from the trees either) pretty difficult to get to with no signs of any kind of path into it, but I definatly saw a rise from a fish or two.
So the thought of fishing an unfished pond is pretty appealing but I have no idea where to start with that amount of lillies, so I was hoping for some advice on rigging or improving the area from you guys.
Oh, just to fill you in I have a couple of shortish float rods and an 11ft ledger rod, but no poles and I don't really want to shell out on buying one (although I figure that would be the best way)
I was thinking about possibly taking up a longarm with a scythe attachment and clearing a channel about two feet wide and 15 odd foot long, then just fishing the channel, thoughts?
Alternatively theres a fallen tree on the other side of the little promontory I was standing on, water looked to be about 3ft deep at the deepest but it was clear of lillies, would this be another good area to try?
Thanks in advance!
Anyway, as far as I can tell its pretty much unfished or rarely fished - its crowded with trees (no bits of rigging hanging from the trees either) pretty difficult to get to with no signs of any kind of path into it, but I definatly saw a rise from a fish or two.
So the thought of fishing an unfished pond is pretty appealing but I have no idea where to start with that amount of lillies, so I was hoping for some advice on rigging or improving the area from you guys.
Oh, just to fill you in I have a couple of shortish float rods and an 11ft ledger rod, but no poles and I don't really want to shell out on buying one (although I figure that would be the best way)
I was thinking about possibly taking up a longarm with a scythe attachment and clearing a channel about two feet wide and 15 odd foot long, then just fishing the channel, thoughts?
Alternatively theres a fallen tree on the other side of the little promontory I was standing on, water looked to be about 3ft deep at the deepest but it was clear of lillies, would this be another good area to try?
Thanks in advance!