Carp on a 5wt!!

[dylan2187]

so decided to hit up my local lake with my fly rod today grew tired of the sunnies and bluegills and decided to take a stab at some of the monster carp the lake has. crept ever so quietly over to the shallows. saw a nice tailing carp that was roughly two feet long cast right infront of him and wam i was on. fought the fish for about 15minutes all around the lake until it grew tired enough for me to attempt to land,bent down grabbed his tail with my left hand and he took off again into the deeper water,upon that last run i hear a loud snap look up in horror and see half of my sage ds2 and watch the other half slide down the fly line. needles to say i lost the fish and now have to wait on sage for a response to my email about a warranty sadly all i can give a pic too is the rod didnt even get a chance to get a pic of the carp. so much fun but such a crappy ending

 

[gangster]

Carp are beastly!
Nice hook up and better luck next time.
YOur rod should warranty out just fine.

 

[xEchOx]

Sorry to hear bud. I'd much rather snap a rod and a fish than by stepping on it or trying to free a snag.... I think...

 

[mbeatrice]

that sucks breakin the rod but it must have been fun for a bit .. i got a carp on a lake fork swim bait i couldnt believe it when i seen it..

 

[dylan2187]

yes i called sage they warrantied it i just need to send it out to them in washington and wait 4 weeks. ive been cruising ebay and craigslist in the meantime though cause 4 weeks with no fw fly setup is beat lol. im tempted to go back on the 4th with my sw setup just because im that annoyed haha. but man o man it was so much fun!