The first thing I noticed about Tokyo was
the amount of carp-filled waterways all
around. At the time, I’d never heard of
anyone catching carp on fly but figured
they must be catchable... it took me
ages to get my first. There was nobody
to help me and almost nothing about it
online, actually, and I was on the edge of
giving up when I managed to get a small
carp to eat a marabou charlie.
Over the next couple of years carp
started to grow in popularity, especially
thanks to McTage at Flycarpin and John
Montana to name just two influencers...
So I started my first blog, CarpflyJapan
to add to the pool of knowledge.
One of the main drivers for me was that
most of the info that I could find treated
a 1-3 carp day like it was a fantastic day.
But by that time, I was regularly catching