Revive - A Quarterly Fly Fishing Journal (Volume 1. Issue 1 summer 2013) | Page 31

They work the flats in droves, devouring anything that gets in their way while leaving behind a pock-marked sub-aquatic lunar landscape. These carp are stealthy, but they're not hard to find. If they're not tailing or breaching the surface periodically, they're forming massive mud clouds. That's their calling card. Find a mud cloud and you'll be in business in short order.

Chances are, even if you are an experienced carper, you've never caught

fish like these before. These carp have no qualms about chasing down

their prey. The takes? Prepare to have your arm damn-near ripped out of

its socket. Strip sets are frequently rewarded by aerial maneuvers. Have

you ever experienced a "carpwheel?" There is nothing subtle about

Blackfoot carp. If they want to eat your fly, you are going to know about it.