Restocking the carp box with this carp version of Clouser’s Foxee Redd Minnow. I left a couple of these stuck in big old Mr. Rubberlips this weekend. I need to beef up on my tippet a bit. This pattern is a really good carp fly for me.
Hook - Mustad 3906B or equivalent, size 12-16
Thread - Black
Tail - Dark ginger hackle fibers
Body - Light cream poly yarn coated with head lacquer
Hackle - Dark ginger as a wet fly collar
The Book of Fly Patterns: Over 1,000 Patterns for the Construction of Artificial Flies - Eric Leiser
Yellow Sprite
Hook - Mustad 3906B or equivalent, size 12-16
Thread - Black
Tail - Dark ginger hackle fibers
Body - Yellow poly yarn coated with head lacquer
Hackle - Dark ginger as a wet fly collar
Time to spin up a few extra mulberry flies for the carp box because the “mulberry hatch” is just around the corner. This is my deer hair mulberry fly tied on a size 10 hook.
Time to spin up a few extra mulberry flies for the carp box because the “mulberry hatch” is just around the corner. This is my deer hair mulberry fly tied on a size 10 hook.
The mulberry tree in my yard took a big hit from a heavy frost a couple weeks ago. All the leaves turned brown and fell off. Just now starting to bud out again. Dont have much hope for berries this year. Alittle rain would help it along.
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - Claret hackle fibers
Rib - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Pale green or blue silk or wool
Throat - Claret hackle
Wing - Polar bear* (or substitute), sparse, blended orange, blue, green, yellow, olive
*Polar bear in white is hard to find these days let alone dyed colors. I substituted with bucktail
I have never had a problem with them. The only firehole bead I really buy is just these caddis green ones! I think the PT would break or get chewed up before the bead goes bad.
This fly was invented by Robert Chaisson, a guide living in Cheticamp, NS.
It is a simple pattern that works well on most of the rivers of Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia.
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Red
Tip - Oval silver tinsel
Tag - Pink floss
Body - Bright green wool
Rib - Oval silver tinsel
Wing - Gray Squirrel
Hackle - Bright green hackle wound as a collar
