Carp on cane fly rod, Oakland Lake, Clove Lakes,Willowbrook Lake,

I have not been able to write about my travels due to the fact that I have not caught any fish
in awhile.  But I have been trying.

Every so often I like to use different rods to fly fish.  This is a nine foot , four piece, cane fly rod. I picked it up on eBay several years ago.  I thought it would be fun to use a rod with a slow traditional flex.  This rod came with two tips.  I have yet to determine why.  I guess I'll have to visit my local fly shop to find out the purpose of two tips.  I have caught carp with this too.  It fishes like fiberglass.

                                   

In my last post, I mentioned that there are a number of kettle ponds in New York City.  I hope before the end of the season I will have visited all of them.  The picture posted above is of Oakland Lake
it is a kettle pond not far from Golden pond.  I have fished here in the past.  There are panfish, pickerel and carp.  It is fed by a natural water source and is one of the few lakes that never freezes completely during the winter.

The drawback to this lake is the algae bloom which covers the lake in the warmer months.

In this photo, you can see that the surface is already half covered by algae.  It was a beautiful day to fish in spite of the algae.

This is a picture of Cloves Lake on Staten Island.  Notice the fog in the background.  I was trying to determine the feeding patterns of the carp in these lakes.  Cloves Lake Park has three lakes within it's
borders.

On a different day, the weather was sunny .  Still, I caught no carp.  I chummed but they would not come!

I caught a nice mirror carp in this lake years ago; while it was feeding under a Willow tree.

This is a picture of another lake  on Staten Island. It is next to the College of Staten Island.
Unfortunately, I spent hours here at Willowbrook lake and only caught two turtles.  I saw not one fish of any kind on this visit.

Another view of Willowbrook Lake, looking north.

Oops, I mixed in a photo of Martling Lake, one of the three lakes that are in Cloves Lake Park.
 I sat near a Mulberry tree here for hours trying to catch feeding carp.

This is the shallow end of Willowbrook Lake.  I saw this mother and her ducklings

This proves I have been out fishing but just not catching!