Drool

Check this out. Too bad they wouldn't touch any offering of any sort. Completely turned off. The cool thing was - I figured as much before I even started trying... so I just settled in and practiced casting - watched them for an hour or so... chuckled now and then and reveled in the feeling that comes with being totally stifled by cyprinids. I could have snagged fish all day... but I was doing all that I could to avoid snags. You can tell by looking at these pics - a person could snag a fish on every cast. Also - I had no clue how I would have landed any of these fish if I'd fair-hooked one: the slope was ice and snow and I'd have had to risk a lot to get to the river. Birds-eye view (even better with my polarized glasses) of the biggest carp colony in the world... wow. I love 'em.