NymphadvancedGreat Lakes
Carp Carrot
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Available Sizes#6 - #10
Color Variations
Rust/OrangeOliveBrownTan
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Schultz Outfitters
Matched on Great Lakes, nymph flies, steelhead. Michigan and Great Lakes shop lead for steelhead, trout, and smallmouth patterns.
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AZ Fly Shop
Matched on nymph flies, carp, carp. Arizona and Southwest shop lead for desert trout, bass, canal carp, and warmwater patterns.
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Fulling Mill Flies
Matched on nymph flies, nymph, broad catalog. Large pattern house with broad freshwater and saltwater fly categories.
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Big Y Fly Co.
Matched on nymph flies, nymph, broad catalog. Broad by-type catalog useful for common benchmark patterns and inexpensive backups.
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Fly Fish Food
Matched on nymph flies, carp, broad catalog. Strong technical tying and trout catalog coverage, especially nymphs, dries, and stillwater flies.
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Visit sourceCarp are the most underrated game fish in the Great Lakes, and the Carp Carrot is the fly that is slowly converting the skeptics. These are not your grandfather's ditch carp -- Great Lakes carp tail on sand flats like bonefish, spook at shadows, and fight like they have something to prove. The Carrot lands with a whisper, sinks to nose level, and gets inhaled by fish that outweigh most steelhead by twenty pounds.
Quick Facts
TypeNymph
Difficultyadvanced
SeasonsSpring, Summer
Target SpeciesCarp
Sizes#6 - #10
Best LocationsLake St. Clair, MI; Muskegon River, MI; Fox River, IL
Where to Fish It
Lake St. Clair
MI · Great Lakes Shoreline
Muskegon River
MI · River
Fox River
IL · River
Map unavailable. Locations for Carp Carrot: Lake St. Clair, MI; Muskegon River, MI; Fox River, IL
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