TRAVERSE CITY — People used to poke fun at Dave McCool because he likes to fish for carp with a fly rod. Carp, after all, are reviled by many anglers in the United States, thought of as a rough, ...

The common carp widely is considered to be a "junk fish" in the U.S. even though they were brought here initially for their food value. The carp is pound-for-pound one of the larger and harder fish to ...

Under the general heading of "Know Before You Go," having at least some idea of how and where to catch carp will be of service prior to Saturday's Carpocalypse 2014. This is the one-day carp-only fly ...