When I sight fish for Carp on fly most of the time I am hooking them in shallow water. The files use ride hook up and I use drag and drop to put it on their dinner plate, then I give the file just a little motion and wait for the take. Are you actually fishing this like you would a plastic worm for Bass (Carolina rig)? I ask because I have never caught carp on fly when giving the fly a ton of action. Looks more like a bass fly to me.