He followed directions and when we shoved off at 6:10 AM we had 4 rods in the boat.
I didn't make the mistake of motoring too close to the surface feeders in the main channel so the motor was only on for a minute or two before it was time to pole.
And there they were.
The carp had moved 50 feet into the main channel and were slurping down whatever it was that they slurp. Noses and backs showing occasionally but otherwise just subtle rings in and around the flotsam.
MK, had the light rod pre-rigged with an appropriate bluegill foam spider and decided to give it a shot.
It took a number of casts but then the stars aligned.
When the carp hit, it absolutely pounded the fly.
Why a fish with an underslung mouth feeds on top is still a mystery. Why it would pounce on a fly the way a bass does a popper is an even bigger mystery.
We'd been fishing for 30 minutes. Pretty sweet.
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