Notes:
This is a nice and simple dragon fly nymph pattern. I use olive, claret and brown chenille
for the body.
I have
used this pattern for at least 30 years. It is published on page 46 of
Randy Stetzer's great pattern book, "Flies: The Best One Thousand".
It is also on page 77 of Terry Hellekson's fine book, "Popular Fly
Patterns". It is also in many other books and
magazines.
I used to teach
beginning fly tying in several school districts locally and this was a very easy
and inexpensive fly to tie. Kids loved it. It can teach all the
basics and materials are very plentiful. Ringneck pheasants are
everywhere around where I live.
I use this pattern to
imitate the very large size dragonflies (Anax sp. and Libellula sp.) that
we have in here the mid-west. Come summer, the adults are everywhere, so
the fish (trout, bass etc.) see a lot of dragonfly nymphs all year around.
This is a productive fly.
This is
an old British Columbian pattern dating back to the 1920s. It is named
after it's originator, Colonel Carey, a retired British soldier.
Col.
Carey failed to
show up at home after an assignment so his family sent someone to find
him. He was found at a remote cabin on Arthur Lake where he was
testing
his new flies tied with pheasant rump feathers. He discovered the
feathers
gave a life-like movement in water and the pattern was productive. The
Carey Special became well known in the area and eventually
it's popularity migrated
across Canada as well as the northern section of the USA.
You will find this
fly tied with bodies of various colors and materials such as deer hair, fur, floss, dubbing, peacock herl, and many others,
but it is the pheasant rump feathers tied as shown that make it a "Carey
Special".
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