Mea Carpa

About this episode

This episode discusses carp as an invasive species and their relevance to fly fishing in North America.

Like many a dace that have taken aa dry fly, only to get hook-set into the streamside vegetation - I bit off more than I could chew last week on the podcast. When I thought about talking predatory fish, I figured I could shoehorn carp into the discussion. They aren't predators in the same way musky and big largemouth are. However, the rods and rivers overlap. Regardless, this is an episode where I make things right. Which, of course, entails talking about carp for nearly 30 minutes. These weirdo, invasive fish are worth knowing about if you are in North American and own a fly rod. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Casting Across

Topics covered

• carp fishing
• predatory fish
• fly fishing
• invasive species
• North American fish

Keywords

• carp
• fly fishing
• predatory fish
• invasive species
• North America

Mentioned in this episode

Products: fly rod

Books & works: Mea Carpa

Places: North America

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