A universal guide to the right fly gear and other helpful equipment for carp fly fishing on still waters and rivers!

Clear and practical article dedicated to fly fishing equipment and effective tactics of fly fishing for CHUB and marginally their larger fish cousins - asp - on the fly! If you do not know how to choose the right fly rod, fly line, the right fly, or the strenght of the leader, this article is the right reading for you in this period of fishing season! Do not hesitate to try the targeted fishing for coarse fish - chub on your fly rod on non-trout waters!

In the last - 4th episode of articles about fly fishing for chubs, we will focus on larger specimens of this fish, but in parallel on another predatory fish inhabiting the same river zones along with the chub - ASP. These fish are very similar in behavior, in their hunting habits and also in their diet. They feed mainly on smaller fish, so we will fish with their imitations - STREAMERS!

In the previous two episodes we focused on fishing for chub active in the water column (wet flies) or directly at the surface (dry flies). These two methods are both parallel-use and combinable - when the chub are active below the surface will often react to wet flies in the column and vice versa. But in the 3rd episode we divert a bit and go near to river bottom with NYMPHS!

In the 2nd episode of our mini-series of articles devoted to the most killing artificial flies intended to fly fishing for CHUB on coarse rivers and lakes, this time we will focus on the most traditional style of fishinng these fish with fly gear, but mainly for artificial flies used in this technique - it's WET FLIES! So let's take a closer look at another series of my TOP favorites!

1st episode from a short mini-series of articles devoted to the most basic and effective flies intended for catch a very popular coarse fish - CHUB, which is still inhabited by a large part of European coarse waters! So let's try all these verified DRY FLIES!

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