The dorsal fins of carp....

[Gary Bills]

Gentlemen, with no little trepidation I have set down my thoughts on the above topic on my blog site, and I would welcome your scrutiny and comments...

[JerryC]

Interesting observations FB. To be honest, although being well aware of different dorsal fin patterns, since my early (50's) days of carp fishing I've never really delved too deeply. It doesn't surprise me though with the different strains that now reside in our waters - Namely the Galician, Dinkelsbuehl, Ropsha , Italian, Aischgrund, Frame and Royale. The one that does usually stands out to me is the Ghostie, the dorsal generally appears much more concave.

[Gary Bills]

Interesting observations FB. To be honest, although being well aware of different dorsal fin patterns, since my early (50's) days of carp fishing I've never really delved too deeply. It doesn't surprise me though with the different strains that now reside in our waters - Namely the Galician, Dinkelsbuehl, Ropsha , Italian, Aischgrund, Frame and Royale. The one that does usually stands out to me is the Ghostie, the dorsal generally appears much more concave.

That's a most interesting obvervation about ghosties, Jerry, thank you. I suppose I'm making a distinction, or trying to make a distinction, between the "original" shape of a carp's dorsal and how it has developed through selective breeding, into the many different king strains we now have...