In a recent post on spiders a particular pattern generated an email from a reader of SSR's. The email told me of a similar pattern that he used on the west coast. It had the basic color the fly but also had a bead, a nymph pattern. Well the old brain got to thinking and I put his ideas along with a few of mine together and came up with a large wet fly using partridge hackle, and along with some orange dubbing to create a fly that will have success when I choose to use it.
A test of the fly brought a lot of interest from both brook trout and fallfish.
The "Carot", The hook is a Firehole #718 size 12. the body is orange silk thread, and the thorax is orange dubbing, the hackle is gray partridge.
When wet the Carot takes on the look of a small baitfish, and that's what the fish were taking it for in my opinion.
I thought for sure you would post a "stick" along with it. :-) Maybe your amber Cane & Silk.
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Bill it was my TFO 6' 2wt. I was going to take my Cane and Silk bamboo but backed out.
Beauty of a fly... I need to make some bench time to spin up a few!
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Will, an easy tie and quite effective.
When I get past this hip thing, I have to fish more wet flies.
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Mark the wets will improve your catch rate.
I'm working on my own hip thing, too! Great fun. Liked your genealogy post, I've been digging through mine for decades now.
DeleteI still haven't tried that fly yet. Not sure what my deal is I always forget about it. I need to tie some up.
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Kevin please do give it a try.
Anything orange is a fish catcher as far as I'm concerned. No surprise those fish chased the carot.
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Mike orange is a predominate color in a brook trouts fin. The famous wet fly so named "brook fin" is also a killer fly.
That is a beautiful fly, Alan. Simplicity can be so much more than the sum of its parts.
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Mike you talk about simplicity in a fly, the Purple Dun was awesome today. Thread, and hackle...
Alan
ReplyDeleteA winner for sure, especially on slow days for mew; I like to add a tiny shot at times about 10" up to get the fly down especially in fast water. Thanks for sharing
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Bill in heavy water split shot is a good choice. I will sometimes wrap some lead free wire on the flies, especially when fishing the Farmington.
The partridge and orange is one of my favorite flies but I have never incorporated a bead. However most of my nymphs are tied with tungsten beads. Nice looking fly and I may give it a try.
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Beads don't mix with those types of flies. A bead on a nymph is a good choice. I hope your enjoying nice weather.
I have always thought the same, Alan, that the partridge and orange imitates a small bait fish. I am sure by now that brookies spawned last fall are swimming around in streams now, hopefully in ample numbers.
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Sam the streams are full of those 1" brookies. A good spawn and a good hatch. The brookies were quite active today.
Very cool post Alan, thank you.
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Matt perhaps a sea-run cutthroat surprise?
Alan, definitely will give that one a go in June when the streams open up.
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