Mulberry Madness
Each spring Carp line up under the mulberry trees waiting for the fruit to fall. The European Carp gorge themselves on mulberries at this time of year so fly choice is easy. Today I ‘matched the hatch’ with a mulberry fly which simply consisted of black deer hair tied on a #2 hook. These fish can be a challenging target, they grow big and fight pretty hard. They are also ace fun when sight fished with a surface fly. Stalking them and getting the eat isn’t easy. More than a dozen rejections today but managed to get 3 fish to commit to my freshly tied mulberry flies.
The Wilson River is teaming with carp. Carp 70cm+ are not uncommon. Gear of choice today was a floating line on a Loop Q 7wt combo from Loop Tackle.
