Carpocalypse 2015

Via Carp on the Fly:

Here we go! Head over to: 

http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=qos84qpab&oeidk=a07eb06yhcde38cb345 

to register. Different format last year, but you know it will be an awesome couple of weeks. Best part, you don't need to be anywhere in person. We will be having a dinner etc but play along from the web! Sign up, and join the fun!

Boom...Morgan

Fly Product...Orvis Beginner's Guide to Carp Flies - Dan Frasier

Many of you may know Dan from Carp Pro others simply as one of the top authorities from the Carp realm. I ordered my copy of the book on Amazon (another reason I love Prime, getting books for an awesome price and in two days, my copy should be here tomorrow) when it was announced, and cannot wait to get my hands on those sweet sweet pages to help get me through what is setting up to be a long winter...and a lot of time at the vise.

Dan is a good friend, always willing to listen and when it comes to answering any questions, whether it be carp or simply fly fishing, he spits knowledge deeper than most. Cheers for putting this together, its one of the few missing puzzle pieces to the realm of carp on the fly and solidifies your position as an expert and even legend in the sport. Well done friend, well done!

Now, get you yours by clicking the link above!

Boom...Morgan

And The Winners Are...

Sorry this took so long to get up, I received about 275 entries (individual photos) into this year's 2014 Photo Contest. I spent all day yesterday judging photos and almost called a draw in multiple categories...the submissions were phenomenal, some of the best I've seen. The gear we're giving away this year is pretty ridiculous, seriously, its well over $1,000!

If you need a little refresher, heres how the photo contest worked...

Rules:

-Photos were submitted to us for judging

-Max of 4 pictures per person (one per category).

-The categories were:

• Best Picture
• Biggest Carp
• Prettiest Carp
• Ugliest Carp

-1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners were be selected for each category.

-Submissions were due by August 24th, 2014 by 8am.

So who won and what did they win you win you ask? Drumroll please...

Best Picture -

1st Place -  Ben Eastman won a custom Vedavoo Tight Lines Sling. Ben, you pick the color, as with all Vedavoo products, its made 100% in the USA and made to order! 1 pair of Dizm Eco Eyewear shades -$225 Value

2nd Place - Courtney New won a Handcrafted Wetfly Net (medium) and 1 pair of Dizm Eco Eyewear shades. -$155 Value

3rd Place - Woodson Boughton a Wetfly Farmer John Hat and a Cheeky Fly Fishing beverage koozie and reel pouch. -$50 Value

Biggest Carp -

1st Place - Matt Simms won a mixed bag of 12wt Apparel's newest, freshly-launched gear and colors and set of Goat Head Gear Sole Spikes - $150 Value

2nd Place - Hunter Watson won a Handcrafted Wetfly Net (medium) and set of Goat Head Gear Sole Spikes. -$85 Value

3rd Place -  Seth Green won a BadAxe Design Carp Hat and set of Goat Head Gear Sole Spikes. -$50 Value

Prettiest Carp -

1st Place - Seth Green won a custom, made-to-order, Nature Boy Designs "Con Mas" 550 Lanyard, a dozen Feather-Craft carp flies, and a Feather-Craft "Meat Locker" Fly Box. -$110 Value

2nd Place - Matus Sobolic won a dozen CarpPro carp flies, mix bag of stickers, and a Cheeky Fly Fishing beverage koozie and reel pouch. -$70 Value

3rd Place - Brandon Morrison won BadAxe Design Patch, The Fly Trout shirt and a Loon Outdoors hat. -$50 Value

Ugliest Carp -

1st Place - Caleb Corona won an assorted bag of Bozeman Fly Goods' brand-new Bug Collars, a bag full of Allen Fly Fishing carp hooks, and a BadAxe Design Carp Hat. -$110 Value.

2nd Place - Larry Dostal won a WV Angler Sun Mask (Buff) and a Feather-Craft "Meat Locker" Fly Box. -$80 Value

3rd Place - Chad Shaner won BadAxe Design Patch, The Fly Trout shirt and a Loon Outdoors hat. -$50 Value

Congratulations to all of our winners! Be sure to send us an email at tltffcarpweek@gmail.com letting us know your mailing address and we will have things shipped out ASAP. Please take time to thank the companies that sponsored this year's Carp Week.

Same time, same place next year, the week after 'Shark Week'...Carp Week 2015 is due to be enormous. This year we peaked out at numbers that were completely unfathomable. From here on the blog to our social media pages...well over 20,000 unique views...whoa. You guys are awesome, thank you so much for supporting and following TLTFF!

Boom...Morgan

Carp Week 2014 Photo Contest - LESS THAN 24 HOURS REMAIN

So far we've received about 250 entries (individual photos) into this year's 2014 Photo Contest. The gear we're giving away this year is pretty ridiculous, seriously, its well over $1,000...that YOU could win! I figured, since there is 24 hours left until the contest ends, I'd give you a little more stoke to sleep on once you've submitted your photos knowing what it is you could potentially win.

If you need a little refresher, heres how the photo contest works...

Rules:

-Submit all photos to TLTFFCarpWeek@gmail.com with the subject line "Carp Week Photo Contest". 

-Max of 4 pictures per person (one per category).

-Picture must be in PNG or JPEG format.

-The categories will be as follows:

• Best Picture
• Biggest Carp
• Prettiest Carp
• Ugliest Carp

-1st, 2nd, and 3rd place will be selected for each category and will win some sick gear from the companies listed above.

-Submissions are due by August 24th, 2014 by 8am.

-Winners will be announced on (Sunday) August 24th through a blog post in the afternoon.

-Any questions can be directed to tightlinedtalesofaflyfisherman@gmail.com

So what do you win you ask? You may want to sit down for this, the prizes are pretty unreal...

Best Picture -

1st Place - Custom Vedavoo Tight Lines Sling. You pick the color, as with all Vedavoo products, its made 100% in the USA and made to order! 1 pair of Dizm Eco Eyewear shades -$225 Value

2nd Place - Handcrafted Wetfly Net (medium) and 1 pair of Dizm Eco Eyewear shades. -$155 Value

3rd Place - A Wetfly Farmer John Hat and a Cheeky Fly Fishing beverage koozie and reel pouch. -$50 Value

Biggest Carp -

1st Place - 12wt Apparel mixed bag of their newest, freshly-launched gear and colors and set of Goat Head Gear Sole Spikes - $150 Value

2nd Place - Handcrafted Wetfly Net (medium) and set of Goat Head Gear Sole Spikes. -$85 Value

3rd Place -  BadAxe Design Carp Hat and set of Goat Head Gear Sole Spikes. -$50 Value

Prettiest Carp -

1st Place - A custom, made-to-order, Nature Boy Designs "Con Mas" 550 Lanyard, a dozen Feather-Craft carp flies, and a Feather-Craft "Meat Locker" Fly Box. -$110 Value

2nd Place - A dozen CarpPro carp flies, a Cheeky Fly Fishing beverage koozie and reel pouch. -$50 Value

3rd Place - BadAxe Design Patch, The Fly Trout shirt and a Loon Outdoors hat. -$50 Value

Ugliest Carp -

1st Place - An assorted bag of Bozeman Fly Goods' brand-new Bug Collars, a bag full of Allen Fly Fishing carp hooks, and a BadAxe Design Carp Hat. -$110 Value.

2nd Place - A WV Angler Sun Mask (Buff) and a Feather-Craft "Meat Locker" Fly Box. -$80 Value

3rd Place - BadAxe Design Patch, The Fly Trout shirt and a Loon Outdoors hat. -$50 Value

I hope you were sitting down for all of that. As you can see, pretty crazy. Even in 3rd place your walking away with $50 in gear, just for sending in a photo of a carp you caught! This is by-far the largest giveaway we've ever done both in value and sheer size. It only happens once a year, during Carp Week, so dig through your computer and phones photo libraries and send those photos in by tomorrow at 8am!

Boom...Morgan

E-Zine...CarpPro #8

Boom...Morgan

TLTFF's 3rd Annual Carp Week

Some of you may have been following us for awhile and saw the promotions we've been doing for this year's Carp Week. The last two years have been a huge hit, thanks to you, so this year we thought we'd not only bring Carp Week back, but make it even bigger. This week has a lot of greatness packed into it, thanks to our awesome contributors and friends. Just to give you a breakdown of how the week will pan out, we wanted to give you a play-by-play as to what we have in store.

Everyday at 7am, like we've always done, 3-4 posts will go live. One is guaranteed to be a sick carp-related fishing video (Daily Reel). The rest will be either interviews with industry experts, reviews of carp-related gear, knowledge from the geniuses of the carp world, and info on how you can win free gear! Every day we will be giving away all kinds of fly gear! You have multiple ways of winning, please read carefully below...

The best part about Carp Week is not only that you can exponentially expand your knowledge of fly fishing for carp, but you can win awesome prizes. Just to give you an overview as well as a shoutout to our amazing Carp Week sponsors, here's who's on board this year for gear...

• CarpPro
• Allen Fly Fishing
• Bozeman Fly Goods
• 12wt
• Cheeky Fly Fishing
• Feather-Craft Fly Fishing
• Wetfly
• Nature Boy Designs
• The Uncommon Angler
• Goat Head Gear
• Risen Fly
• Vedavoo
• The Fly Trout
• Dizm Eco Eyewear
• WV Angler
• ScaleFish Studio
• BadAxe Design

And here are our featured fly tiers for our "Daily Dozen Fly Giveaway" where we will be giving a lucky one of you a dozen flies every day all week long. To enter into the daily fly giveaway, be sure you email TLTFFCarpWeek@gmail.com with the subject line "Daily Dozen Fly Giveaway Day ___" (the ___ corresponds with the day of Carp Week, tomorrow is Day 1).

• Day 1 - The Catcher and the Fly
• Day 2 - Rob Snowhite
• Day 3 - Mario Garza Flies
• Day 4 - FlyTimesDC
• Day 5 - Waters Edge Fly Co.
• Day 6 - Pat Cohen (R U Superfly)
• Day 7 - Roughfisher

The world-famous Carp Week Photo Contest is BACK!

Rules:

-Submit all photos to TLTFFCarpWeek@gmail.com with the subject line "Carp Week Photo Contest". 

-Max of 4 pictures per person (one per category).

-Picture must be in PNG or JPEG format.

-The categories will be as follows:

• Best Picture
• Biggest Carp
• Prettiest Carp
• Ugliest Carp

-One winner and one runner up will be selected for each category and will win some sick gear from the companies listed above.

-Submissions are due by August 24th, 2014 by 8am.

-Winners will be announced on (Sunday) August 24th through a blog post in the afternoon.

-Any questions can be directed to tightlinedtalesofaflyfisherman@gmail.com

-Contest begins now...GO!

I hope y'all are as syked as we are for a super-fun week. Make sure you spread the word by using the hashtag #CarpWeek and 'like' and follow @TLTFF on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter for exclusive content! 

For your chance to randomly win some gear, use the hashtag #CarpWeek on all posts, we will be selecting a random winner at some point that has used the hashtag during Carp Week.

During Carp Week, please send all contest entries, questions, or any correspondence to TLTFFcarpweek@gmail.com.

Boom...Morgan

E-Zine...Carp Pro #6

Boom...Morgan

E-Zine...CarpPro - #5

Boom...Morgan

And The Winner Is...

Thank you all for an amazing Carp Week. Honestly, y'all crushed our numbers bringing in the most unique views we've ever had in one week let alone one month! We had hundreds of submissions to the Carp Week photo contest and gave away a record number of gear from our amazing sponsors. If you didn't already have the opportunity to do so, please head on over to our sponsors pages and check out what they have to offer, check them out on their social media outlets as well, let the know you heard about them through TLTFF's Carp Week, I'm sure they'll all appreciate it.

For those of you who entered, wow, what beautiful fish, you guys are killing it around the world! Its great to see this unique type of fly fishing take off and be appreciated by so many.

We hope that you learned a thing or two this week, maybe added some new gear or flies to your collection whether it be through one of our contests or through supporting our great sponsors. We really cannot thank you enough for the support! We got some amazing feedback throughout the week that made us realize how great our readers are and why we keep this blog going, thank you.

All that said, lets get on to announcing the winners of this year's Carp Week Photo Contest! With hundreds of submissions received, it was a bit overwhelming going through the photos but over the last two nights we've been going through them over and over and we've finally selected the best of the best.

There were four categories: Best Picture, Biggest Carp, Prettiest Carp, and Ugliest Carp. All pictures submitted were placed in their respective categories based on our perception of them. After cups and cups of coffee...here are your winners as well as runner ups and below the pictures are their prizes.

Best Picture- 1st Place

Jeremy Green

• A pair of black Dizm Eyewear Dempseys (polarized)
• A copy of The Orvis Guide to Fly Fishing for Carp from CarpPro
• Choice of ONE pair of gloves and ONE SUNwt Mask from 12wt
• Cheeky Fly Fishing Stash Reel case
• "Carp Fly Fishing" print from BadAxe Design
• BadAxe Design trucker hat
• BadAxe Design "Carp Fly Fishing" shirt

Best Picture- Runner Up

Dave Kuntzelman

• The Fly Trout "Don't Get Skunked, Get Fly" shirt
• Fishpond USA hat
• Dragonfly Fishing Can-yard
• Gift Certificate to J&M Flies

Biggest Carp- 1st Place

John Bartlett

• A pair of black Dizm Eyewear Dempseys (polarized)
• Choice of ONE pair of gloves and ONE SUNwt Mask from 12wt
• "Meat Locker" fly box from Feather-Craft Fly Fishing
• BadAxe Design "Carp Fly Fishing" shirt from Kevin Morlock at Indigo Guide Service
• Cheeky Fly Fishing Stash reel case

Biggest Carp- Runner Up

Anthony Macchiarola

• The Fly Trout "Fly Fishing Love" shirt
• Redington hat
• Set of Goat Head Gear Sole Spikes

Prettiest Carp- 1st Place

David Litten

• A pair of black Dizm Eyewear Dempseys (polarized)
• Choice of ONE pair of gloves and ONE SUNwt Mask from 12wt
• BadAxe Design "Carp Fly Fishing" shirt from Kevin Morlock at Indigo Guide Service
• Cheeky Fly Fishing koozie
• Free Fly Apparel Sun Mask from WVAngler.com

Prettiest Carp- Runner Up

Josh Gutierrez

• Redington shirt
• Loon Outdoors Classic Logo hat
• Set of Goat Head Gear Sole Spikes

Ugliest Carp- 1st Place

Gabriel Bizeau-Régis

• A pair of black Dizm Eyewear Dempseys (polarized)
• Choice of ONE pair of gloves and ONE SUNwt Mask from 12wt
• Nature Bay Designs custom "Carp Week" NBD 225 Lanyard and Hat(ch) Patch
• Cheeky Fly Fishing koozie
• Hat from Fishpond USA

Ugliest Carp- Runner Up

Miles Christmas

• Fishpond USA shirt
• Loon Outdoors Classic Logo hat
• Cheeky Fly Fishing Stash reel case

If you are a winner, you have one week from today (August 25th, 2013) to respond to us by sending your name and address to tightlinedtalesofaflyfisherman@gmail.com with the subject "I WON".

Please take a moment and pat yourself on the back, job well done. I have to say, we have some amazing photographers and fisherman follow us, it really gives us the motivation to keep TLTFF going.

Thank you all again, stay posted for more upcoming giveaways and don't forget to gear yourself up for your next trip with stuff from our sponsors!

Boom...The TLTFF Crew

Orvis' Carp Central

Orvis launched their Carp Central a few months ago with the intentions of helping people who like to focus on fly fishing for carp or want to get into the game learn a thing or two from the pros. Orvis has teamed up with CarpPro, Fly-Carpin, The Drake, and Carp on the Fly to bring you a central hub of information for helping you get a carp on the end of your line.

I've had CC bookmarked since its launch and check it once or twice a week for updates. They recently finished out their Photo Contest in which they gave away a good number of Helios 2 Outfits, according to many like John "Montana" Bartlett of Carp on the Fly, an amazing carp outfit.

So Orvis and carp, doesn't make sense right? Wrong, makes total sense. Orvis has been moving out of their comfort zone of tweed suits, tea and crumpets and has moved into a more ideal market for the everyday angler (yes, their prices are high, but the range of gear they offer now is amazing). Carp is the ideal route for them to help show that move. Here's a little info on why Orvis loves carp...

"They’re strong, they’re cagey, you can find them almost anywhere, and carp fishing with a fly rod is perhaps the most exciting sight-fishing you can do in fresh water. As one of our customers recently said “It’s about the only chance most fly fishers in the US have of catching a ten-pound fish in fresh water.” We agree, and if you really study your carp resources, you may catch fish much bigger than that magic ten-pound mark.

So let us help you enjoy the journey. We love saltwater fly fishing and we live in trout country. But most of the anglers on the Orvis staff really get jazzed about carp fishing, so we’ve put together some valuable resources for you."

Carp Central holds everything from information on fly fishing for carp, to gear they recommend using for carp, to keeping you in the know about whats new in the sport. From videos to articles to giveaways, and podcasts...I'd say Orvis has carp down. Be sure to roll on over to Carp Central and check it out, maybe you'll learn a thing or two! Check out Orvis on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and their website for more.

Boom...The TLTFF Crew

Guest Post: Dan Frasier of CarpPro Talks Carping

Dan Frasier of CarpPro has always been great to us at TLTFF and is a constant outlet for information when it comes to fly fishing for carp. We usually contact Dan when we have questions regarding new water or when we simply want to pick his brain. As one of the leading editors over at CarpPro, Dan not only has a wealth of knowledge about carp as a species, but writing too. Since our writing isn't always the best, its nice to have someone write for us that actually do so pretty well. Without further adieu, here's Dan...

E-Zine...CarpPro - Issue 4

Boom...The TLTFF Crew

Carp Week 2013

Scroll down for Photo Contest...

Some of you may have been following us for awhile and seen the promotions we've been doing for this year's Carp Week. Last year was a huge hit, thanks to you, so this year we thought we'd not only bring Carp Week back, but make it twice as big. This week has a lot of greatness packed into it, thanks to our awesome contributors and friends. Just to give you a breakdown of how the week will pan out, we wanted to give you a play-by-play as to what we have in store.

Everyday at 7am, like we've always done, 3-4 posts will go live. One is guaranteed to be a sick carp-related fishing video (Daily Reel). The rest will be either interviews with industry experts, reviews of carp-related gear, knowledge from the geniuses of the carp world, and info on how you can win free gear! Every day we will be giving away a dozen flies from some of the best carp fly tiers we could get, flies that are tried and true and can help you put a nice bend in your 6, 7, or 8wts.

The best part about Carp Week is not only that you can exponentially expand your knowledge of fly fishing for carp, but you can win awesome prizes from fly lines to t-shirts, to original artwork, to hats and much much more! Just to give you an overview as well as a shoutout to our amazing Carp Week sponsors, here's who's on board this year for gear...

• 12wt.
• BadAxe Design
• CarpPro
• Cheeky Fly Fishing
• Chesapeake Fly Co.
• Dizm Eyewear
• Feather-Craft
• Fishpond USA
• The Fly Fishing Consultant
• The Fly Trout
• Goat Head Gear
• H&H Outfitters
• Indigo Guide Service
• J&M Flies
• Loon Outdoors
• Nature Boy Designs
• Redington
• Risen Fly
• WVAngler.com

And here are our featured fly tiers...

• Chesapeake Fly Co.
• Feather-Craft
• Indigo Guide Service's Kevin Morlock
• Main Stream Fly Co.
• Mario Garza Flies
• Roughfisher
• Waters Edge Fly Co.

We have an unbelievable amount of gear to giveaway this week so keep your eyes on the blog every day to stay in the know as to how you can win! To start the week off right, we have a huge fly giveaway brought to you by Feather-Craft Fly Fishing (see Daily Dozen Fly Giveaway - Day 1 post above) but we also wanted to get everybody in the know about our Photo Contest. This year we will be holding a photo contest just like last year but this year with a few changes...

Rules:

-Submit all photos to TLTFFCarpWeek@gmail.com with the subject line "Carp Week Photo Contest". 

-Max of 4 pictures per person (one per category).

-Picture must be in PNG or JPEG format.

-The categories will be as follows:

• Biggest Carp
• Best Picture
• Prettiest Carp
• Ugliest Carp

-One winner and one runner up will be selected for each category and will win some sick gear from the companies listed above.

-Submissions are due by August 17th, 2013 (last day of Carp Week) before midnight EST.

-Winners will be announced on (Sunday) August 18th through a blog post.

-Any questions can be directed to tightlinedtalesofaflyfisherman@gmail.com

-Contest begins now...GO!

I hope y'all are as syked as we are for a super-fun week. Make sure you spread the word by using the hashtag #CarpWeek and 'like' and follow @TLTFF on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter for exclusive content! 

For your chance to randomly win some gear, use the hashtag #CarpWeek on all posts, we will be selecting a random winner at some point that has used the hashtag during Carp Week.

During Carp Week, please send all contest entries, questions, or any correspondence to TLTFFcarpweek@gmail.com.

Boom...Morgan

E-Zine...CarpPro #4

Boom...Morgan

Carpocalypse 2013 Dates Announced

Some of you may remember Carpocalypse from last year, we talked about it during Carp Week. This year's has been announced and their is a Facebook event page for it allowing you to get the details and a way for you to RSVP. But if your too lazy to click on the links, here you go:

• Carpocalypse is a catch and release fly fishing tournament for Carp. It’s a chance for anglers to get together, have a good time, and support a conservation cause. The main goal of the tournament is to raise awareness for our cause while having fun. As it is a catch and release tournament all prizes are awarded based on photographic “proof” and are determined by a panel of three judges. Day 1 7am-8am- Angler registration- All anglers must check in before the days fishing at  8am all anglers will be released for the day. 8am-5pm- Fishing- All anglers may travel to wherever they would like to fish for the day as long as they make it back by the 6pm deadline. Any fish from anglers not checked in by the 6pm deadline are ineligible for the competition. 5pm-6pm- Angler check-in 6pm-7pm- Cocktail hour (yeah) 7pm- Catered Dinner Day 2 7am-8am- Angler check-in- All anglers must check in before the days fishing at 8am all anglers will be released for the day 8am-3pm- Fishing- All anglers may travel to wherever they would like to fish for the day as long as they make it back by the 6pm deadline. Any fish from anglers not checked in by the 4pm deadline are ineligible for the competition. 3pm-4pm- Angler check-in 4pm-5pm- Awards Ceremony It will be hosted at Clover Island Inn in Kennewick, Washington. I'm really tempted to fly out, we will see how that unfolds. Boom...Morgan