I decided to take my act to Loeb Lake in Central Park, the next day.
Armed with an ultra light fly rod, I began looking for carp.
So you must try to keep nuisance fish away. Today there were scores of
turtles looking for handouts from the tourists that want to see the turtles
that gather here,
carp make. I thought I was stuck on some debris in the lake. Slowly,
I was able to budge the line a little, not much but enough to let me know
that I was not hung up on something. I thought it was a big snapping turtle
I had to pump my rod and retrieve line. This was a slow process because
there was a tremendous weight on the fly line. After several minutes of this,
I was able to put line back on the fly reel. My rod was bent completely in half,
I was making progress. Finally I saw the carp's mouth. I had an onlooker take
my net and I steered the carp into the net. My first mirror carp in a couple
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