Pics from the Yak

This is just a bunch of pics from and of us in the Yaks.

New River State Park Float trip with the Red X Anglers

Loaded up and ready to go.

Bow Fin fishing in Core Creek Kinston NC

Core Creek

Core Creek

Sharon my better half at Ft Fisher Kayak Meet and Greet.

My Yak Ft Fisher

Sharon first Flounder and first fish from her Yak.

Ft Fisher Meet and Greet, yeah a few people showed up...LOL

Feb in Lake Texakana

Feb in Lake Texakana

Canyon Lake Texas just got the rack from son-in-law and the Tie Down post from Austin Canoe and Kyak in San Marcos

Back down in the marshes at Ft Fisher

Hope Mills lake before the dam busted ...AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!

Little Bass Ft Bragg lake

Nice size flier from one of the Ft Bragg lakes

Little Chain Pike hit that Dry fly and it was on ...great to fight on the fly.

Some Grass Carp Flies

Now I know some people wouldn't think of purposely go after Grass Carp, and then there are some that would only use a Muzzy fly , But they are a powerful , and spooky fish. Sounds to me like the perfect combination for the Fly Liner. I have started thinking of the carp more now due to a friend from South Africa who loves to fly and spin fish for these "Poor Mans Bone fish".  Well as you have read in earlier posts , Steve will be returning to his home soon. I had tied up several common carp flies for him to take home  (pictures back a couple of posts ago), but today I decided to go with the grass carp. So here is what I have. None of these are my own design , I may have tweaked others designs but don't lay claim to any of them.

 This first fly I have tweaked a little with the addition of Boa Yarn to form a root base to hide the hook eye. This fly I found on the microskiff forum by a fellow that calls himself  HA3Mmr

This  one is by a fellow named Ryan who has Scum Pocket Blog  He found, as I did, this great looking imitation grass at a craft store, and well you can see the results. The foam is to help it float a little higher in the water. This is also what I used on the previous fly.

 This fly has been around for quite a while ,it was first tied by Sister Carol aka "The Fly Tying Nun" . Have to give her full credit for this one. I think it looks a lot like the Hydrilla we have here in every body of water in mid NC.

This , while not strictly a Grass Carp fly , is a interesting twist on a old favorite, the San Juan Worm. Mr. P of Mr.P's blog calls this the wild thing. It is a worm tied from a red rubber band. It should be much more durable than the original.









Well that is it for to day. Waiting on a call to tell me my vehicle is ready, went in for inspection and air conditioner service, and the last call said it would be $1600, the heat was up to 98 today so what are you going to do , tell them to fix the air!!!!!!!


Here are a couple other flies she ties that are pretty cool. I can attest to the Chamois Worm working great in the mountains around the French Broad by Asheville.

              This is the Chamois Worm

This is the Two Tone Curly Worm.