When you hear the words urban fly fishing, what pops into your head?

Maybe trash, pollution, or carp?

Today's guest flips the idea on its head.

He's a full-time guide who explores the canals, lakes, and streams of Arizona right in the middle of the city.

By the end of this episode, you will see carp in a whole new light and walk away with some

solid tips to help you fish more confidently in your own backyard waters this year. This is the Wet Fly Swing podcast where I show you the best places to travel to for fly fishing, how to find the best resources and tools to prepare for that trip, and what you can do to give back to the fish species we all love. Derek Rivchin, Phoenix Guide and Master Carp Trickster is going to walk us through how he

catches fish in urban fisheries.

You're going to find out what the difference is between a grass carp and a common carp and how

to fish the fly to them.

You're going to find out when to use a dry fly and where exactly to place that fly. We're going to talk about that today. Where to put the fly to get the most action. And what his number one color is for carp in canals. We're also going to talk about the flats. Lots of good stuff today. Plus, you're going to find out why these carp species are federally protected and some history behind the canals and indigenous people

out there.

All right, here we go.

Let's get into it.

Derek Rivchin from low water guide.com.

How you doing, Derek?

Good.

How are you, Dave?

Great.

Yeah, I'm excited to jump into this one today.

I always love a good urban fly fishing kind of journey. We've had, we've done some episodes in Arizona, and we've definitely talked about carp, which is a species I'm sure we're going to touch on today. But we're going to get into all that and maybe give people some tips on if they're, you know, I'm guessing some of the stuff we're going to talk about today might apply to other areas. But take us back a little quickly to your background like how

do you first get into it what's your first memory on fly fishing um well thank you for the podcast

i know we've been trying to get on here for a long time so i appreciate it finally happening but um

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