http://www.fieldandstream.com/blogs/fly ... -year-carp
3.) Because Beaver Island blew my mind, and I want to go back there with my family. I had many great fishing adventures in 2011--Argentina, Ireland, Saskatchewan, and more--but believe it or not, Beaver Island in Lake Michigan sticks out in a special kind of way.
Check this out, and you'll see why. 4.) Purely economic motives. Carp fishing is among the fastest growing segments of the fly fishing industry. If you're a guide, or shop owner, or manufacturer of fly product and you aren't at least dabbling in carp now, you're nuts. Same can be said for writers (and yes, there is a book in the works).