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We have a glut of carp flies here that we need to move!  Check out the mystery boxes, a bunch of our best carp flies at a discount.  You never know what you might get,  a handful of backstabbers, some belly crawls, Some of the Roughfisher's stuff....   Premium quality flies...

This is our peak season for selling carp flies, and we are finally starting to see some trickle in to our bins.  We apologize for any backorders you may have encountered, and hope you are getting out to take advantage of one of the peak times of year to fish (especially Lake...

Thanks to everybody pouring in orders.  The cottonwoods have dropped here already and carping is really starting to hum.   We are backordered on a few flies and awaiting shipments and tyers to deliver soon.  Please be patient with us as flies are arriving and we will fill orders...

I have been virtually absent from the water lately, both due to the influence of the trout side of my life being way too busy, and the Uncommon Carp becoming quite a popular place to pick up carp bugs.   I will be adding even more flies here soon as we have found some more tyers and...

Bugs are coming in slowly but surely into the shop.  We have posted a couple of new patterns that are tested patterns for catching carp.   It is the end of the thaw in lower Wisconsin, and once the waters warm up from their snowmelt it is time to start stalking carp again....

I love short fly rods.  Carp rods under 8 feet are my absolute favorite.  There I said it.  But beyond personal preference, there is a reason that short rods perform better than the standard 9 foot rods.  They are simply more accurate.  There are some mathematic models...

Scott rods has listened.  They designed their new A3 rod around the wants and needs of warmwater anglers with input from carp heads like us!   They come in a 6 and 8 weight version that are incredibly powerful rods that can slow down even the hardest running carp, while still being...

I remember this winter trick from back in Michigan.  When the weather is bone chilling cold, you can still find active carp milling about in the warm water discharges from power plants and other wonders of the post industrial world.  I am getting twitchy enough from lack of fishing to...

I live in the north.  The high is in the low teens right now.  I have not gotten the tying bug, have not even put away carp gear from last season.  Just patiently waiting until the deep freeze ends and I can chase tailing carp on the Great Lakes again, or cast for some fish in the...