The Hooky Man

Fly fishing for carp in the big city on lunch break

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• Fly
• Fishing
• Fish
• Carp
• Offbeat
• Angler

[asmodia14]

nice. i recently got my first carp on the fly. ate a prince nymph and once the hook was set the game began. the tug of war didnt last very long but it was a lot of fun.

[sebastianokelly]

@asmodia14 , once you go down the path of the brown bomber, you will never look back....

[gosport86]

hey great video. i now want to learn how to fly fish. can you tell me about what would be best gear to use to catch carp. thanks

[sebastianokelly]

gosport,

A 6 or 7 weight rod is best, matched with a floating line.  9 foot leader is about right with 1 or 2 X tippet, 3 X if they are real spooky although you will get a lot of break offs.

[sebastianokelly]

Thx for the props, folks. Fish on!

[Joelx415]

Wet or dry fly?

[sebastianokelly]

Joel,

It is a dry fly so to speak. Black or dark purple chenille wrapper around soft panfish popper foam tied on top of a #4 hook. It floats right in the film like the real thing. You can see what the imitation looks like a couple minutes into the video when I am opening and closing my hand over both real and imititation mulberries.

[asmodia14]

@sebastianokelly im not. buying a new 8 wt rod tomorrow and trying it out. then i will see how it does in cape cod for some blues and stripers.

[gerharddelport]

Nice...

Pity cant do this in Johannesburg South Africa.... :-( 

[andreatdk]

Nice story! It looks a run against time for fun, but maybe time limit is making it even more exciting... Thanks for sharing.

[bugg255]

100 pct pure fun

[MembrainJ]

Excellent job, I enjoyed watching it and I suddenly want to skip off work and hit the Credit River.

[Troutsiders]

Loved it! You just tickled everyone's fantasy of playing hooky to fly fish. Great video... Fantastic editing! 5*