I"ve been doing this lately

Carp are looking up!

 

[Long_Rod_Silvers]

Wait....wtf!? Is that a dry fly in a carp lip?

 

[Pigs]

Always wanted to try a cottonwood seed fly. I’ve come across carp slurping the cottonwood on multiple occasions. Heck you could just gather the real stuff and tie it on a hook. Would that be using bait?

 

[Salmo_g]

Would that be using bait?

Yes, natural bait at that.

 

[Doublebluff]

I tried to go back and catch one on a cottonwood fly, but they seem to have all gone on vacation. This is what I use as cottonwood seed. Basically just scrap feather material, maybe with a foam post, ginked up a bunch. When they eat on the surface, it looks to me like a miniature Hollywood Bowl just cruising along the foam line.