When people talk about winter carp on the fly fishing, they can’t possibly be thinking of Ontario. I don’t see anyone out on the water these days at minus 20 degrees Celsius targeting carp. The New Fly Fisher e-mag (check it out, it’s free!) just ran a story about pre-spawn carp fishing around the Bay of Quinté. It’s an okay read though it seems they run this story every couple of years. However, their tips are solid, and fishing in the GTA in mid-May looks very similar. More interesting and inspirational, however, is Le Mouching‘s Valentine’s Day post...

Last week temperatures in Toronto dropped to minus 40 degrees Celsius and Lake Ontario froze over. At about the same time I found some really nice “Carp on the Fly” videos online that made me miss summer. I’ll probably have to wait until mid May to again fish for carp in my favorite Great Lakes bays, so the best thing I can do right now is scan the internet for content like this. Comment here or shoot me an email if you find more good stuff! Podcasts: Kirk Deeter shares his top ten tips for carp, and Dan Frasier adds some advice. Earlier in 2013, CarpPro magazine started the FlyCast...

For the past three years I have been fly fishing for carp, and I still think it’s a super exciting way to catch fish. This is particularly true when you live close to the Great Lakes where a lot of carp grow into the 30+ pound monster category. Every now and then I’ve written about this relatively new, yet fast growing branch of the sport. The posts aren’t so much about my own fishing experiences, but about linking to others’ great content that helps us understand how carp tick. (For the European readers, here is a post in German.) Now however something new is online: CarpPro...

In diesem Jahr ist endlich mal wieder ein Buch zu meinem Lieblingsthema “Auf Karpfen mit der Fliege” erschienen. Kirk Deeters Buch “Fly Fishing for Carp” ist, soweit ich weiß, erst das zweite Werk, das sich ausschließlich dieser Angelei widmet. 1997 erschien bereits Barry Reynolds’ genialer Klassiker “Carp on the Fly”. Reynolds’ Buch habe ich in den letzten Jahren so manches Mal mit ans Wasser geschleppt und hatte es selbst beim Waten dabei. Es strotzt nur so von praktischen Tipps und Beobachtungen, die einem am Wasser direkt weiterhelfen. Wo finde ich...

Again, it’s that time of the year: you wake up one day just to realize that the weather has been pretty chilly for most of the week and that it is already mid-November. The warm days are gone and will only be back in half a year. In November, I usually sit in front of the computer regretting not having done enough fly fishing during the warmer months. My second regret (specific to 2011) is that I didn’t really shoot any great fishing videos, although my goal for this summer was to have mastered my camera and editing software. So there is my first goal for 2012. In 2011, I only put together...