Guest Contributor
I went down to the River today for a couple of hours and ran into a Fishermen’s Spot customer, Keith Mosier, who was fishing it for the first time too.
I had a tough time hooking fish but, the one I did hook was big and broke me off on 2X. 
Keith told me about a group of feeders that he had found and we went to take a look. They were tanks!
Keith graciously let me have a shot at them but I could get no love. He stepped back in and immediately hooked a nice one that took him down stream about 50 yards but he finally was able to land his first carp on a fly and I was on hand to take some pics.
lariverflyfishing 
Great job guys! That was a big one for anywhere- LA River rocks!
Gregg
Wow…Where was he casting, in those rapids?
Yeah, that’s the kind of water I never get love in. I find that the fish has to be feeding, or at least interested, then the fly has to come in slowly to that maybe 1-foot cone right around his mouth.
Awesome Keith! You make anywhere you fish look like fun.
I land Carp on #5 rods all the time. I’m talking about fish over 20lb… the key is to keep the rod tip pointing towards the fish instead of up in the air. This is an old tarpon trick and puts much more pressure on the fish. Have fun!