Top-water bait for Carp?

[TMadness1013]

Hi all,

I have a stream on the side of the house that is loaded with big common carp.  I've noticed that they LOVE to jump out of the water & feed on bugs on the surface often.  This surprised me because everything I've read has said they feed primarily on the bottom.

I fish almost exclusively with spinners...having them deep in the water has done nothing but spook the carp, but I'm wondering if I could possibly attract some by reeling in quickly & letting my spinner skim the top of the water. 

Has anyone caught carp with a similar method??  Thanks in advance! 

[Skipper]

Ive seen guys fly fishing for carp on TV, and they were doing very well catching "gulpers".

[Pasquatch]

Worms, no weight to them, skitter them across the surface.

[Big Burk]

try fishing a dry fly if you want a good challenge. but i would recomend a pop up boillie (floating), or bread packbait and use no weights and drift it over top of them, it seems to work on the fish in my area, good luck.

[rgfixit]

When the cottonwoods are dropping their seeds, I use a cotton ball fly laced with a bit of strawberry flavoring. They gulp the cottonwood seeds from the surface. The trick is to land the fly without spooking the fish.

Carp on a flyrod are a blast.
RG