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    Sep082009

    Sept Slab of the Month Entry: European Carp

    Our words couldn't possibly do this justice, so I'm just gonna copy and paste the email we received:

    Hello, this big carp did I catch on the fly in shallow water in the Netherlands. The fly was a salmon egg imitation. The fish was very strong on my 7 wt TFO rod.
     
    Greetings,

    Sjoerd Siemensma

    Reader Comments (13)

    That fish is a pig. Congratulations to our Euro-brother.

    September 8, 2009 | Unregistered Commentertailfin

    And this is a great example of a conservation-minded photograph. Note that the fish is still dripping water. If you do ever have to lift a fish out of the water for that trophy shot, keep this particular image in mind.

    September 8, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterFishDoc

    gross...covered in carp slime...id be running for a shower after that

    September 8, 2009 | Unregistered Commenterattack

    Nice Dutch Carp Sjoerd!

    Grtz Maarten Bruinenberg

    September 8, 2009 | Unregistered Commentermaarten bruinenberg

    Ratbone-

    Disregard veiled threat in last Email...

    The playing field has been changed.

    That's a big-ass fish.

    September 8, 2009 | Unregistered Commenterg_smolt

    Wow.

    September 8, 2009 | Unregistered Commenterbuckeye

    My Netherlands-born husband (Schiedam,1952) is jealous! Good job!

    September 8, 2009 | Unregistered Commenterspokaneriverprincess

    must have put up a great tug!

    September 8, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterMike Schmidt

    It's a carp.. it doesn't have to be dripping. Keep those ugly things out of water for 10 minutes and it doesn't even phase them. They eat rat poison and batteries without it affecting them, they don't need to breathe...

    September 8, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterMatt

    Wow

    September 8, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterJohn montana

    Hey FISHDOC......get a freakin life. Oh no he's got that big,nasty carp 36 inches out of the water. But wait it's still dripping. It's okay then.

    best regards,

    carp conservation society of america

    September 9, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterRichard Cranium

    Are carp afraid of heights?

    September 9, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterClint

    Angler has striking resemblance to Field Marshal B.L. Montgomery.

    September 9, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterD.B.

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